As declining margins squeeze every facet of orthopaedics and reimbursement undergoes yet another change, independent surgeons seek to diversify their practices to protect existing revenue and develop new streams. Some are aligning with or opening an orthopaedic urgent care center. In turn, the growth of orthopaedic urgent cares has attracted interest from other industry stakeholders, like major hospital systems and device distributors.

Strategic orthopaedic-related 510(k)s issued in March 2016 include: Vantage Total Ankle (Exactech), Align Anterior Ankle Fusion Plate (Extremity Medical), Jazz Lock (Implanet), PROLIFT Expandable Interbody System (Life Spine), OrthAlign Plus UniAlign (OrthAlign), Tesera SC Standalone Anterior Cervical Plate (Renovis Surgical), S-Wire (Spinal Resources), Interbody System (Surgtech), Xspan Laminoplasty Fixation System (X-spine/Xtant Medical) (View the full list of orthopaedic 510(k)s for March 2016)

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