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Global Total Knee Arthroplasty Market Recent Developments
- In November 2022, Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc., a global medical technology company, announced that the Persona OsseoTi Keel Tibia for cementless knee replacement has received U.S. FDA 510(k) clearance. Persona OsseoTi is the most recent addition to Zimmer Biomet's clinically proven Persona Knee System, and it includes a new porous version of the Persona anatomic tibia with OsseoTi Porous Metal Technology, which uses anatomical data in conjunction with 3D printing technology to build a structure that directly mimics the architecture of human cancellous - or spongey - bone.
- In March 2022, Johnson & Johnson MedTech, a healthcare technology company, announced the addition of two new innovations to its kinematically advanced and proven ATTUNE Knee portfolio by DePuy Synthes, the Orthopaedics Company of Johnson & Johnson: the ATTUNE Cementless Fixed Bearing Knee with AFFIXIUM 3DP Technology and the ATTUNE Medial Stabilized Knee System.
- In December 2021, MicroPort Orthopedics, a global leader in orthopedic devices and technologies, announced the successful completion of the first surgery in the U.S. utilizing Pixee Medical, U.S. FDA-cleared augmented reality surgical application for assistance in total knee arthroplasties. Pixee Medical's Knee+ is a patented platform designed to assist orthopedic surgeons in performing surgeries better and faster by providing real-time positioning of instruments right in their field of view via smartglasses.
Collaborations:
- In December 2022, THINK Surgical, a technology innovator developing orthopedic surgical robots, announced a collaboration with a U.K.-based digital health company, Definition Health. The companies will jointly develop a seamless, web-based, connected care solution to enhance the surgical planning experience for surgeons using THINK's robotic technologies for joint replacement surgery. This web-based solution will support all of THINK's robotic products, including new product launches planned for 2023.
- In September 2020, Total Joint Orthopedics, Inc.,a medical device company announced a new collaboration with THINK Surgical, Inc. THINK Surgical will develop software that will allow TJO's Klassic Knee System to be implanted using THINK's TSolution One Total Knee Application, and both companies will co-market the solution once the Klassic Knee System receives 510(k) clearance to use the TSolution One Total Knee Application.