Carolyn LaWell, Author at ORTHOWORLD

Investors Prioritize Care Delivery, Post-Revenue Companies

Extremities, sports medicine, digital health and the hospital supply chain remain attractive areas for orthopaedic innovation, according to investors who spoke during this year's Musculoskeletal New Ventures Conference. This seems like a natural course, with extremities and sports medicine being high-growth segments of orthopaedics and innovations in digital health and supply chain routinely mentioned as solutions to complex industry challenges. The sentiment that we took away from the discussion was optimism about the number of investment opportunities available, and about orthopaedics as a whole.

Nov 15, 2018

How the EU’s MDR Will Impact Your Supply Chain

Actionable Advice Industry Voices

The forthcoming EU Medical Device Regulation will impact your supply chain, both in manufacturing and distribution. You must talk with your partners now to ensure that you possess the information you need from themand they from youto meet regulatory requirements, your timeline for CE Market Approval and critical considerations for audits. Mike Wolf, Director of Solutions Delivery at Maetrics, outlines some talking points for you and your suppliers.

Oct 19, 2018

Zimmer Biomet’s Apple Watch Collaboration Latest Example of Industry’s Focus on Digital Health

Joint Replacement ORTHOFLASH

Zimmer Biomet and Apple have co-developed mymobility, an Apple Watch app designed to facilitate connection between hip and knee replacement patients and their surgical care teams. We believe that the announcement is indicative of forthcoming multi-industry digital health collaborations and products that will seek to shape orthopaedic care primarily in hip and knee recon.

Oct 19, 2018

Contract Manufacturing Market Primed for Growth

Competitive Landscape Market Drivers

The orthopaedic contract manufacturer market comprises hundreds of companies that serve orthopaedic device manufacturers and, in many cases, other contract manufacturers. We estimate that revenue for this market reached $5 billion in 2017, +7.6% or $360 million from 2016, as published in THE ORTHOPAEDIC INDUSTRY ANNUAL REPORT.

Oct 19, 2018

Joint Reconstruction Expected to Continue with Steady Growth

Market Analysis The Numbers

The 1H18 performance of companies that make up ~80% of the joint reconstruction market achieved 4.1% growth vs. 1H17. These companies posted 2.4% growth in 1H17 vs. 1H16. Here is a look at past activity and future predictions for hip, knee and extremities.

Sep 21, 2018

NASS Conversations Reaffirm Spine’s Focus on Additive, Computer-Assisted, Materials

Company Updates Competitive Landscape

The spine industry is fixated on two concepts: procedure enhancement via surgical assistance technologies and device design via coatings, materials and manufacturing.

Sep 10, 2018

Spine Market Growth Expected to Remain at 2%

Market Analysis The Numbers

Spine accounts for 18% of the orthopaedic industry's overall revenue. In 2017, sales of spine products (excluding biologics) exceeded $9 billion worldwide, an increase of 2.2% vs. 2016, according to our estimates. The segment remains a story of large, differentiated companies losing market share to the players that derive the majority of their revenue from spine.

Aug 22, 2018

How Will Orthopaedic Procedures Change in the Next 10 Years?

Industry Voices Surgeon Interviews

The OMTEC 2018 Closing Keynote panel of surgeon entrepreneurs and executives fielded an audience question on ways that surgical techniques will change over the next five to 10 years, and what might that mean for new products. We thought it was great question with insightful answers, which we have recapped here.

Jul 23, 2018

Surgeons Seek Innovation in Instruments, Delivery of Care

Industry Voices Surgeon Interviews

We need to address the real problem. To orthopaedic surgeons on the OMTEC Closing Panel, the problem is delivery of care. Current instrument options, according to them, lead to changes in surgical planning, downtime between surgeries, significant cost assumed by the hospital or surgery center and inventory management conundrums.

Jul 18, 2018

Arthroscopy/Soft Tissue Repair Market Ripe for 6% Growth

Market Analysis The Numbers

Sales from arthroscopy/soft tissue products in 2017 surpassed $5.3 billion and grew 6.2% vs. 2016, according to our estimates published in THE ORTHOPAEDIC INDUSTRY ANNUAL REPORT. The segment exceeded our projections, partially due to better-than-expected growth by players like DePuy Synthes, Stryker and Zimmer Biomet.

Jul 18, 2018

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