Orthopedic Design & Technology Magazine

July/August 2014

  • The Exoskeleton Frontier

    The Exoskeleton Frontier

    In June, the FDA approved the United States' first exoskeleton device for patients with lower-limb immobility. There is much more in store for this exciting new technology.
    08.04.14
  • Room to Grow: Emerging Growth Orthopedic Companies

    Room to Grow: Emerging Growth Orthopedic Companies

    There's still room for upstarts with solid technology and a winning value proposition to take on the orthopedic industry's heavyweights. ODT profiles four up-and-comers with their eyes on the prize.
    08.04.14

  • Editorial
    The Road Not Taken

    Getting a medical device from a napkin sketch to the operating room, examination room, or patient bedside isn’t always (seldom is, in fact) a high-speed, straight-line journey—particularly for a first-time entrepreneur or a doctor with a big idea.
    08.04.14

  • The Last Word
    Medtech Match Game

    It’s a drumbeat we’ve heard ad nauseam lately it seems. Investments in the U.S. medical device sector are a tad soft (if one is feeling a little more optimistic) or virtually non-existent (if you’re perhaps not as bullish and given to hyperbole). There are regulatory and reimbursement challenges.
    08.04.14