tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-126852961571725269.post33617784950503664..comments2024-02-24T06:25:59.743-08:00Comments on The Spine Blogger: Questions for Our ReadersMusculoskeletal Manhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14873819014357051373noreply@blogger.comBlogger78125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-126852961571725269.post-3677895744775322962012-10-30T16:19:53.568-07:002012-10-30T16:19:53.568-07:00yes, he is a swindler...wont pay you, is over leve...yes, he is a swindler...wont pay you, is over leveraged...do not do business with him....<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-126852961571725269.post-58272224573348688222010-08-10T15:47:00.475-07:002010-08-10T15:47:00.475-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-126852961571725269.post-78370554477881431532010-07-27T17:00:29.115-07:002010-07-27T17:00:29.115-07:00Anyone ever hear of a company called Verticor run ...Anyone ever hear of a company called Verticor run by Todd Stanaford in Midland, Texas?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-126852961571725269.post-62461136031677632662010-07-27T15:29:35.136-07:002010-07-27T15:29:35.136-07:00Xpenis has become very me too- capless failed and ...Xpenis has become very me too- capless failed and product recalled- so what do they have that is unique?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-126852961571725269.post-21219191573924135582010-07-27T14:18:13.454-07:002010-07-27T14:18:13.454-07:00Leave Billy Lubisher alone!Leave Billy Lubisher alone!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-126852961571725269.post-15511878654161927732010-07-27T13:01:53.417-07:002010-07-27T13:01:53.417-07:00The VP level people at ATEC are worthless!The VP level people at ATEC are worthless!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-126852961571725269.post-5312626793226801062010-07-27T11:10:26.512-07:002010-07-27T11:10:26.512-07:00Some still show equivalent when not better results...Some still show equivalent when not better results than fusion ; with long patient series (up to 10 years) and a rising demand<br />A few european private clinic still live on american patients flying over to get their neck or their back fixed<br />What does it take to make the Payor believe ?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-126852961571725269.post-59863970693688816922010-07-27T06:27:19.506-07:002010-07-27T06:27:19.506-07:00Disk technology will only play outside the US fo t...Disk technology will only play outside the US fo the indefinite future. With the current state of the FDA, getting elastomerics approved will be difficult if not impossible. And by the time they are approved, maybe in 7-10 years, the US payors will continue to reject them.<br /><br />Unless the MDT, ZMH etc. can make a business case to support development for EU-only, these technologies will languish.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-126852961571725269.post-4979973781768287262010-07-27T02:12:44.649-07:002010-07-27T02:12:44.649-07:00It seems to me that something is cooking about thi...It seems to me that something is cooking about third generation elastomeric discs<br />When you see how fast Spinal Kinetics pushed up its M6 sales in Germany taking market leadership over Synthes in just a year you think that this might just be the next thing <br />MDT, Biomet, ZMH have been looking into it very recentlyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-126852961571725269.post-66329630442183851292010-07-26T17:54:27.170-07:002010-07-26T17:54:27.170-07:00who knows about ATEC. That entire ship is run by F...who knows about ATEC. That entire ship is run by Foster who lives on the opposite side of the continent. Kuyper is only in there to be a fresher face to investors but really it's Foster calling all the shots. The "acquisition" of scientx was one of the funniest things I've ever seen orchestrated in my life. "Hey guys! What if my medicore spine company in california pretended to buy my other mediocre spine company in france? Would investors think we made a super uber duper company? Let's give it a try!"<br /><br />In all seriousness, I think ATEC will be fine. However, the histrionics involved in the management and investor relations departments are overly contrived sometimes make me want to puke.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-126852961571725269.post-54361152848555431032010-07-26T14:40:25.342-07:002010-07-26T14:40:25.342-07:00What is the future with ATEC? Seemed to bring on ...What is the future with ATEC? Seemed to bring on a bunch of distribuitors, but people say they are ran by corporate people way in over their heads? Thoughts?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-126852961571725269.post-61812415161880359752010-07-26T06:17:08.647-07:002010-07-26T06:17:08.647-07:00'Amplify' is a nice name: It does seem to ...'Amplify' is a nice name: It does seem to amplify the problems that already were hinted at in the ALIF and ACDF applications, and that for a long time were ignored. Soft tissue reactions necessitating steroids, which by the way are very effective in preventing bone healing, or surgical decompression. Impressive seromas necessitating drainage to prevent permanent disability, ectopic formation of what a pathologist once described as 'weird' bone inside and outside the canal, sometimes ways distant from the original site of application. Again necessitating further surgeries. It does seem that a lot more than just bone is Amplified.......Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00670352669210786388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-126852961571725269.post-18472257428826821822010-07-25T07:15:16.873-07:002010-07-25T07:15:16.873-07:00TSB has not heard any word about X-Spine losing ma...TSB has not heard any word about X-Spine losing market share or in financial distress, and we have some of the best sources within the industry. I couldn't agree with Anonymous 5:51 that whomever is throwing around this horse manure doesn't have their facts, otherwise, prove it.Musculoskeletal Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14873819014357051373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-126852961571725269.post-7331315896767089972010-07-25T05:51:59.374-07:002010-07-25T05:51:59.374-07:00Whoever is talking BS about X-spine is obviously a...Whoever is talking BS about X-spine is obviously a competitor who lost business to them. (I would bet that 8:37 and 6:36 are the same person).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-126852961571725269.post-83376871710085846212010-07-24T18:36:40.862-07:002010-07-24T18:36:40.862-07:00Yeah I hear xspine is on the verge of bankruptcy, ...Yeah I hear xspine is on the verge of bankruptcy, technology investments, new hires and zero new sales, sad they had a good cervical plate too. Everthing else mediocreAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-126852961571725269.post-59761568338281838592010-07-24T13:30:28.725-07:002010-07-24T13:30:28.725-07:00I'M AWESOME!I'M AWESOME!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-126852961571725269.post-24241947552266218382010-07-24T08:37:53.062-07:002010-07-24T08:37:53.062-07:00I heard the guys over at xspine are in deep shit- ...I heard the guys over at xspine are in deep shit- running out of money!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-126852961571725269.post-14392685908572899112010-07-24T05:11:01.626-07:002010-07-24T05:11:01.626-07:00Minsurg has filed a lawsuit against Nuvasive and o...Minsurg has filed a lawsuit against Nuvasive and others? This should be interesting.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-126852961571725269.post-11484476297398995112010-07-24T03:28:53.077-07:002010-07-24T03:28:53.077-07:00I sure that MSD will do its best to sway the FDA. ...I sure that MSD will do its best to sway the FDA. As for VC money? There is plenty of it around, just look at the companies that have raised capital over the last year. Though these companies may not be hardware companies per se, they still have products that are spine-centric. Investors love to gamble, it's their nature. Even when they are wrong, many still tend to believe the situation will right itself. Look at the idiots that continue to invest in Small Bone Innovations. That market does not have anywhere near the legs that Tony V claims, yet people still believe him, even if he has to go to Malaysia to raise capital. An infamous character once said; "the difference between truth and fiction is that fiction only has to make sense."Musculoskeletal Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14873819014357051373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-126852961571725269.post-5367321003077311512010-07-24T00:23:28.113-07:002010-07-24T00:23:28.113-07:00Medtronic is attempting to release new tissue dila...Medtronic is attempting to release new tissue dilators that allow for dynamic EMG neuromonitoring. Sound familiar? NuVasive patent lawyers are ALL over this one.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-126852961571725269.post-49372780209706822382010-07-23T20:26:39.488-07:002010-07-23T20:26:39.488-07:00We'd all better hope that the Amplify panel me...We'd all better hope that the Amplify panel meeting goes well next week. PMA approvals in spine industry are rare. If a company spends millions of dollars on the IDE study and then can't get the product approved by the FDA, let alone reimbursed, how long do you think the VC money will keep being invested in spine startups? Lumbar discs..clinical/reimbursment failure. Cervical discs...reimbursment failure. OP-1....FDA approval failure. There's a lot riding on the panel meeting next week for the future direction of the whole spine industry.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-126852961571725269.post-48788634174205343702010-07-23T19:18:42.126-07:002010-07-23T19:18:42.126-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-126852961571725269.post-65924920488771328242010-07-23T16:41:06.904-07:002010-07-23T16:41:06.904-07:00Anon 3:11, sounds crazy but word on the street fro...Anon 3:11, sounds crazy but word on the street from different sources say it's true. It's out of the hands of the metal reps now, too. There are current studies observing cancer as well. Varied opinions about using it with allograft creating resorbtion and subsidence. Too many other issues from reimbursement, off label use, limited indications with limited implants to use it with, etopic bone growth, etc. Maybe more research should have gone into this besides does it grow bone. Always make sure your prom date doesn't have an Adam's Apple before you get her back to the hotel room after the dance! Some things assumed due to initial observations may end in a big surprise.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-126852961571725269.post-63794091126577122352010-07-23T16:36:43.708-07:002010-07-23T16:36:43.708-07:00Infuse contains an average of 12mg's of protei...Infuse contains an average of 12mg's of protein @ $5000. Amplify contains 40mg's of protein! Do the math - MDT is screwed. My heart goes out to them...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-126852961571725269.post-8529208692319679862010-07-23T15:11:21.987-07:002010-07-23T15:11:21.987-07:00MSD is not taking it off the market. That's t...MSD is not taking it off the market. That's the most unrealistic comment I've heard on this blog.<br /><br />What's more realistic is the fact that they're going to charge 10 thousand dollars a level. They're stupid enough to do it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com