Stryker Corp, claims that DePuy’s, Wright Medical’s, Zimmer’s and Smith & Nephew’s hip replacement systems utilizing a dual-locking mechanism, all infringe on Stryker’s ‘243 patent. Howmedica Osteonics Corp. in New Jersey, and Stryker Ireland Ltd of Cork, Ireland, (Stryker) is suing DePuy Orthopaedics, Inc., Wright Medical Technology, Inc., Zimmer, Inc. and Smith & Nephew, Inc. [...]

Strike one up for the team from Warsaw, the “Orthopedic Capital of the World,” as Warsaw-based Zimmer Holdings, Inc. announced on November 10 that it has acquired Memphis-based ExraOrtho, Inc. Memphis is home to numerous orthopedic companies and enjoys a healthy competition with it’s neighbor to the north. ExtraOrtho makes an external fixation line called [...]

Zimmer Holdings, Inc. is bringing its NexGen LPS-Flex knee with Prolong Highly Crosslinked Polyethylene (XLPE) to the U.S. The company, in a January 13 press release, says combining prolong polyethylene with its LPS-Flex knee provides a “revolutionary anteriorly positioned pivot near the entry point of the anterior cruciate ligament, replicating the anatomic center of knee [...]

Stryker Corp. is suing Zimmer Holdings, Inc. to block sales of Zimmer’s Pulsavac Plus system. The device removes damaged tissue and cleans bones during joint surgery. In the patent-infringement suit, Stryker claims that Zimmer’s system infringes three U.S patents. Stryker is seeking cash compensation and an order to prevent further use of the inventions, according [...]

Zimmer Holdings has acquired exclusive global rights to English-based Accentus Medical’s Agluna anti-infective technology. heryl Blanchard, Ph.D., Zimmer’s chief scientist, said applying the Agluna technology to Zimmer’s implants, “could lead to reductions in the occurrence of post-operative infections in joint replacement procedures. A September 3 announcement described Agluna as a patented surface modification technology applied [...]