Greg Nieminen

If you’re interested in 100% digital workflows If you’re interested in implant workflows If you’re interested in full arch case planning If you’re interested in eliminating variables If you’re interested in prosthodontics Then this webinar is a must attend for you!! Link below to register for this extremely informative webinar……

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See how starting with triplane imaging and post-processing raw data with EchoPAC can lead to faster diagnosis and treatment. Get the details in a new case study with Dr. Jordan Strom in Vivid Magazine, out now! #Vivid #VividMagazine #echocardiography #GEHealthCare #CardiovascularUltrasound #CardiovascularHealth #Ultrasound #HeartHealth #AI

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See how the new BIS™ Advance monitor empowers you with precision in anesthesia dosing. The ERAS® (Enhanced Recovery After Surgery) society guidelines recommend BIS™ technology as part of the protocol to help enhance patient recovery after surgery.(1-4) https://lnkd.in/e2CrtW8w Product usage represented may not be approved or cleared in all markets. The BIS™ monitoring system should not be used as the sole basis for diagnosis or therapy and is intended only as an adjunct in patient assessment. Reliance on the BIS™ monitoring system alone for intraoperative anesthetic management is not recommended. #MedtronicEmployee 1. Guidelines - ERAS™* Society. ERAS™* Society. https://lnkd.in/ef97XduC. Published 2022. Accessed September 27, 2022. 2. Nimmo AF, Absalom AR, Bagshaw O, et al. Guidelines for the safe practice of total intravenous anaesthesia(TIVA): Joint Guidelines from the Association of Anaesthetists and the Society for Intravenous Anaesthesia.Anaesthesia. 2019;74(2):211-224. doi:10.1111/anae.14428 3.Stenberg E, Dos Reis FalcãoLF, O'Kane M, et al. Guidelines for Perioperative Care in Bariatric Surgery: Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) Society Recommendations: A 2021 Update [published online ahead of print, 2022 Jan 4]. World J Surg. 2022;10.1007/s00268-021-06394-9. doi:10.1007/s00268-021-06394-9 4.Gustafsson UO, Scott MJ, HubnerM, et al. Guidelines for Perioperative Care in Elective Colorectal Surgery: Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS®) Society Recommendations: 2018. World J Surg. 2019;43(3):659-695. doi:10.1007/s00268-018-4844-y

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This Pano™️ scope and NanoScope™️ visualization technologies are changing the way surgeons view the joint during #hiparthroscopy procedures. In this video, John Christoforetti MD FAANA, FAAOS demonstrates some of the benefits of being able to push a button to change between a 30, 45, and 70 degree angled lens. #hipsurgery #innovation #orthopedicsurgery #sportsmedicine #medicaldevice #medicaleducation #orthopedicsurgeon

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Is Big Ortho Getting Ready For Radical Vertical Impact Simulation❗❓ With the news from the FTC yesterday regarding non-competes there is a lot of speculation on what this will mean for our industry. While I do believe for the most part non-competes are used to limit employees/1099s career opportunities I am skeptical this is a doomsday scenario for Big Ortho and Big Ortho distributors. From my understanding, California, North Dakota, Oklahoma, and Washington, D.C. currently do not enforce most agreements. I have talked with a lot of Ortho Reps in these states who don't feel like they have the freedom/ability to change their career path. Don't get distracted by all the news about non-competes... If you are frustrated where you are... Whether you have a non-compete or not... 🔷 Figure Out What Winning Looks Like For YOU and YOUR FAMILY This is not the same for everyone so make sure you can clearly articulate it for yourself. Don't let someone else define it for you. 🔷 Spend Time Working On Your Exit Strategy 🔷 Make Sure You Are Running Toward Something And Not Away From Something I have seen reps jump from one company to another only to realize they are in the same basic situation they just left. A well-planned exit will take some time to plan. If you have a plan already figured out you can put a pause on it to see how all of this plays out, but don't be surprised if you wait six months or a year and the legality of non-competes and the ability for a company to drag you into court because you went to a competitor might still be as clear as mud.

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At RSNA 2024, learn about the AI-enabled clinical capabilites and workflow advances of the CT 5300 that make it easy to routinely scan cardiac patients. #RSNA24 #CT5300 #radiology https://lnkd.in/gUBSQAJT

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Hey #EPEEPS How's this for a circuit?!? Atypical Afl with a long narrow channel in a very low voltage area. EGMs spanning the full TCL were imperceptible on the recording system, but not on Grid with Nearfield-OT. Frequency based mapping annotates the critical isthmus with almost-perfect accuracy. Less than a handful of bad points in an 18k point map. Voltage cutoffs of 0.1 mV would've hid the majority of this isthmus on the map. The propagation map below has voltage cutoffs of 0.02 mV. Voltage, however, is still useful in conjunction with frequency mapping. The whole channel lights up with low voltage, high frequency emphasis giving us a discreet target. Flutter termination when putting the catheter on the channel. AML to follow. EGMs and other associated images in the comments #EnsiteX #Abbottproud #ABBOTTEP

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The Penditure™ LAA device is designed so surgeons can deploy with ease and clip with control.¹ Wide opening at the base. True tip-first closure. Single-button deployment. No cutting of sutures. It's an open and closed case for left atrial appendage exclusion. Learn more: bit.ly/Penditure See risks: bit.ly/3QX8vMY #Penditure #LAAExclusion #LAAManagement #MedtronicEmployee

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❓Big question is…. ❓ What is going to happen to all the non-solicitation agreements that have been signed? 🧐 With the FTC ruling on non-competes, I’m now wondering about the non-solicitation. How does the ftc ruling apply to those agreements? Is that where we are going to get held up in court? What are everyone’s thoughts? #medicaldevice #medicaldevices #meddevice #medtech #zimmer #strykwr #smithandnephew #depuysynthes Richard Southgate Stu Brandon Kevin Brown 🎸 Kris Jones Jerry Ennett Mark Copeland Chad Bonner

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I want to share the link to Dash Splints YouTube channel where you can watch the whole podcast with JEMS and the inventor of the Dash Splint. https://lnkd.in/gx8r3ebn

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Does a perfect world exist??? RD rapid prototypes every week. Regulatory loves RD. Die Mold shop fist 👊 bumps RD. Contract Manufacturing loves when medical device engineers are on production floor. Sterilization house calls you back in 5 mins. It does! VitaTek RD/Rapid Prototyping/Weekly in house Hydrophilic Coating in house Regulatory in house Die Mold Tooling in house Contract Manufacturing in house Sterilization in house www.vitatek.io Medical Device Development Manufacturing Everything In House #prototyping #rapidprototyping #contractmanufacturing #manufacturing #medical #medicaldevices #sterilization #medicaldevicemanufacturing #researchanddevelopment #researchdevelopment #equity #privateequity #capital #hydrophilic #coatings #diemolds #meddevice #doctors

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The Penditure™ LAA device is designed so surgeons can deploy with ease and clip with control.¹ Wide opening at the base. True tip-first closure. Single-button deployment. No cutting of sutures. It's an open and closed case for left atrial appendage exclusion. Learn more: bit.ly/Penditure See risks: bit.ly/3QX8vMY #Penditure #LAAExclusion #LAAManagement #MedtronicEmployee

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Check out our TechTalk, “Fundamentals of E-beam Irradiation Sterilization.” 💡 Electron beam irradiation is compatible with most dense products, takes mere minutes to complete, and has lower material effects than other radiation sterilization modalities. Watch STERIS Principal Scientist Jon Jansson and Regional Radiation Validation Manager Niamh Pardy examine the E-beam irradiation process start-to-finish, including common applications, dose distribution, and subsequent validation. 👨‍🔬 Watch now: https://lnkd.in/gXEkiTby

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Spine Deshittification (Thank you Mitch Johnson for coining the phrase) In 30+ years in this crazy business, I have never worked in spine.  Some customers are actually brain surgeons – and the surgical technology reflects it – VR, robotics, navigation. Yet “workhorse” devices, upon which outcomes often depend, have had little recent R&D investment. This hasn’t gone unnoticed. A prominent spine surgeon told me, “There are a shed-load of interbody cages with no evidence that any one product or approach is superior to another. In our health system, we will move to a ‘generic’ platform because we can’t justify increased expense for ‘proprietary” devices. In 2-3 years, devices will be off the market unless they clearly demonstrate a value proposition.” In the last 5 years, better battery chemistry and low power sensors have allowed Canary to significantly shrink our CHIRP implant. We can now create a “cartridge” suitable for insertion into interbody cages in a manner similar to cementless knee, hip and shoulder products under development with Zimmer Biomet. ALL of these devices have received FDA breakthrough designation. Heel strike during walking sends a shockwave through the skeleton. Accelerometers, gyroscopes and step counters implanted in the disc space can measure and quantify activity (step count, cadence, walking speed, stride length, distance); at high fidelity (3200 observations/second) they can detect subvisual spinal segment movement (range of motion, gait, vibration). The object is to confirm lack of spinal segment movement (fusion), as opposed to increased movement (ROM) for Persona IQ knee patients. Algorithms can be developed to quantify and stratify (5th to 95th percentile) normal/abnormal patient activity and interbody kinematic metrics obtained daily during recovery; sort and filter algorithms can identify “outliers” and alert care teams to individuals needing enhanced, personalized care. Individualized physiotherapy, exercise programs, and therapy guided by objective data can help patients recover better and faster – at home remotely. Machine learning applied to the generated data set can search for potential complications (subsidence, infection, painful gait, DVT, etc). Rich, objective, post-operative data can be combined with rich, interoperative data to inform everything from patient selection and surgical technique to implant design. (Apologies if you have heard this before) Spine surgeons are anxious to have objective data: 87% would use this technology if it was available; only 6% were “somewhat” negative; the best acceptance rates I have seen for a novel device concept. Canary plans to make this technology widely available, either by making a “generic” interbody cage to deliver CHIRP-lc, or by working with existing manufacturers to modify their devices to accept a “smart” cartridge. If any company is willing to go first and invest, let me know - you can get a couple of years’ head start!

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STOP WASTING MONEY ON UNNECESSARY SOFTWARE LICENSE FEES! Do you know how many CAD design stations you operate in your lab? Are you aware of the total cost of your annual software license renewals? In most C&B dental labs, a significant portion of the design work is dedicated to single-unit crowns. Yet, it seems that nearly all dental lab design software comes with hefty annual renewal fees. What if there's a way to optimize your software mix and potentially save you thousands of dollars on annual software license fees? Introducing CrownAI™ from Glidewell Dental Laboratories, available through Gro3X™. This innovative tool is specifically designed to streamline the creation of dental crowns tailored to individual patient anatomies. Not only does it deliver designs quickly and efficiently, but it also enhances the consistency and quality of your designers' output significantly. Another key advantage of CrownAI™ is also its flexibility: you can install it on as many design stations as you need in your lab without any additional charges. Discover how CrownAI™ can help you cut costs and boost your lab’s efficiency. Date: Friday, June 28th. Time: 12PM (EST) / 9AM (PST) REGISTER NOW! https://bit.ly/SAVEandGROW SAVE & GROW with Gro3X!

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Meticulous planning, precise execution, and effective results! It's always rewarding to see successful post-op outcomes after the challenges of pre-op preparations. #SurgicalPrecision #OrthopedicSurgery #THRSuccess

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🌟 "Think like an end user" - Get insights from J. Chris McAuliffe from Theragen on how personal experience shapes product design and customer focus in the medical device industry. Listen to this engaging conversation on the Mastering Medical Device podcast! #medicaldevices #spinalfusion #medicaldevicesales #electrostimulation

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🚨 VOOM PRESS RELEASE ---- Thank you Podiatry Today (and the editorial board) for featuring Voom Medical Devices, Inc disruptive game-changing Single-Screw™ No-Fusion Bunion Solution™ amongst your annual Top 10 Innovations. 🙏 Very grateful for this publication as it gave me a platform to shift/advance our profession to (at that time, the latest and greatest) Lapidus-Fusion bunionectomy. The first article was 21 years ago, followed by a series (listed below) that helped put Lapidus on the surgical map. > 2003: How to Handle Lapidus Complications. > 2004: Early Weightbearing of the Lapidus: Is it Possible? > 2005: Current Concepts in Medial Column Hypermobility. > 2011: Why The Lapidus Bunionectomy Is the Best Procedure for Severe Bunions. > 2012: Emerging Concepts With Post-Lapidus Bunionectomy Weightbearing. > 2016: Addressing Common Complications Of The Lapidus Bunionectomy. > 2017: A. Point-Counterpoint: Is First Ray Hypermobility A Myth Or Reality With Hallux Valgus? Now, the shift has been to MIBS, and again in 2019 (5 years ago), Podiatry Today also gave me platform to pioneer this fusion-free solution, with the following articles: >2019: Current Concepts In Minimally Invasive Bunion Surgery. >2020: How to Handle Complications With Minimally Invasive Bunion Surgery. Kudos to Podiatry Today for the commitment to advancing the profession through the written word, even when new concepts are seemingly unpopular. IMO, MIBS is the new gold-standard for bunion surgery and with advancements such as this issue features, Lapidus-fusion surgery will be near forgotten. Appreciate the quotes Dr. Lawrence DiDomenico and Dr. Bob Baravarian #voom #MIBSleaders #MIBSinnovation #Podiatrytoday Link: https://lnkd.in/eRdF5skr

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