Weekender: Zimmer 'smart knee' gets FDA nod as ortho rivalry with Stryker heats up

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Zimmer 'smart knee' gets FDA nod as ortho rivalry with Stryker heats up The orthopaedics device maker, through a collaboration with Canary Medical, becomes the first company to bring an implantable smart device for total knee replacement to the U.S. market. Baxter to buy Hillrom for $10.5B in bid to expand connected care portfolio Wall Street analysts and investors had previously questioned the price and strategic fit of a deal, which was rumored for weeks. COVID-19 seems to skew Abbott heart failure monitor study results The clinical trial of the CardioMEMS implantable sensor in a wider patient population missed its primary goal, but the company is moving forward based on an analysis adjusted for the pandemic. Abbott's Amulet trial results could lift LAA closure market: analysts Wall Street analysts were not surprised by the results given the recent FDA approval for Amulet, but agreed that the data was strong enough to boost the left atrial appendage closure products from Abbott and Boston Scientific. Smoking pot before knee, hip replacements linked with more complications With marijuana use rising quickly in U.S. adults aged 45 to 64 years, three studies presented at the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons meeting sought to find out if consumption affects outcomes. From Our Library Trendline How medtechs are navigating the sales environment after the pandemic View all resources Best of What We're Reading Wall Street Journal Hospitals Swamped With Delta Cases Struggle to Care for Critical Patients The New York Times America Desperately Needs a Much Better F.D.A. MobiHealthNews Medtronic partners with Stasis to offer AI bedside patient monitoring system in India MedCity News Buoyed by Covid-19 tests, Cue files for IPO Vox Why can't America fix its Covid-19 testing problems? Axios Wall Street boosts lab companies amid Delta testing surge Suggest a story we should read Dive Into a Topic Medical Devices Policy & Regulation Clinical Trials Manufacturing Legal M&A Research Diagnostics Digital Health Imaging Share MedTech Dive: Daily Dive with others and get rewarded. You've referred 0 readers. To become an official Dive Insider, just successfully refer 10 contacts to MedTech Dive: Daily Dive. Here's your link to share: https://www.medtechdive.com/signup/insiders/?signup_referred_by=5f93078d7aa51972095c9316

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