Quarterly Newsletters
| Date | Title | Highlights |
| Oct-19-2009 | Game Plan Newsletter Vol.2 No.1 | Biomet Sports Medicine has released its fifth issue of the Game Plan, Strategies to Help Surgeons Get Patients Back in the Game. This issue features the EZLoc™ Femoral Fixation Device, WasherLoc™ Tibial Fixation Device, Howell™ 65 Tibial Guide and the Bone Dowel Harvester. Stephen Howell, M.D., writes on ACL Reconstructions and four principles he believes are key to a surgeon's ACL practice. An abbreviated surgical protocol is included combing Dr. Howell's EZLoc™/WasherLoc™/Howell™ 65 Tibial Guide techniques.
Kent Feldman, D.P.M., discusses his clinical experiences using the Rattler™ Interference Screw and how it has benefited his practice. He states, "This technique (Rattler™ Screw) has been successful in correcting flexible hammertoe deformities and for stabilizing the metatarsophalangeal joints following plantar plate injuries." To go along with Dr. Feldman's article, we have included our Small Bone and Joint product line. One of our featured products is the ZipTight™ Fixation System for Ankle Syndesmosis. This is a knotless suture fixation system utilizing our ZipLoop™ Technology. Additional features of this product can be found on the back page of the newsletter. Please take a few minutes to check out what is happening at Biomet Sports Medicine. |
| Jun-9-2009 | Game Plan Newsletter Vol.1 No.4 | The fourth issue of the newsletter Game Plan, Strategies to Help Surgeons Get Patients Back in the Game, features the ALLthread™ Knotless Suture Anchor and ToggleLoc™ Device with ZipLoop™ Technology for a Distal Biceps Reattachment. Frank Bonnarens, M.D., writes on the advantages of adding the second row in the ALLthread™ Knotless Technique and speaks on how it has helped him in his practice. Mark J. Albritton, M.D., includes a few comments regarding the use of the ToggleLoc™ Device with ZipLoop™ Technology for a distal biceps tendon reattachment. In one of his quotes, Dr. Albritton states, “The benefit of this technique is it limits the disruption or dissection between the radius and ulna and decreases the chances of synostosis.” Both of the abbreviated surgical protocols are included.
Shoulder Product Manager Bill O’Brien, writes on “Arthroscopy Solutions in the Shoulder” regarding Rotator Cuff Repair and Labral Repair. Biomet Sports Medicine has also re–introduced products for the O.R. You can read about all of these and more in this issue of the Game Plan. |
| Feb-13-2009 | Game Plan Newsletter Vol.1 No.3 | Biomet Sports Medicine is excited to release the third issue of the Game Plan, Strategies to Help Surgeons Get Patients Back in the Game. This is a special Academy issue, which features new and innovative products, such as the MicroMax™ FLEX Suture Anchor, ComposiTCP™ Interference Screw and a variety of indications incorporating ZipLoop™ Technology. We are also thrilled to introduce www.ziploop.net a new resource for ZipLoop™ Technology, which will include product information, surgical protocols, surgical videos and animations. This web site will be launched at the 2009 AAOS meeting! The newsletter also includes two surgical protocols written by three renowned surgeons. Jefferey Michaelson, M.D. writes about the ACL reconstruction via the medial portal, highlighting the ToggleLoc™ Fixation Device and ComposiTCP™ Interference Screw. E. Lyle Cain, M.D. and Jeffrey Dugas, M.D. discuss the importance of anatomical anchor placement during labral repairs with the MicroMax™ FLEX Suture Anchor. Illustrated images are included to demonstrate the abbreviated surgical protocols. Jeffery R. Binder, President and CEO of Biomet, Inc., discuss the introduction of our new corporate initiative, "One Surgeon. One Patientsm," which is being launched at Academy as well. Take a few moments to check out these innovative products and procedures from Biomet Sports Medicine when reading the Academy issue of the "Game Plan." |
| Nov-19-2008 | Game Plan Newsletter Vol.1 No.2 | The second issue of Game Plan, Strategies to Help Surgeons Get Patients Back in the Game, features articles and testimonials from some of the most renowned surgeons in the Sports Medicine field. The beginning of the issue focuses on the OsseoFit™ Porous Tissue Matrix™, in which Richard C. Lehman, M.D., discusses some clinical applications from his practice, and Gino Bradica, Ph.D., discusses both the design rationale and the construct of this unique product. Dr. Lehman’s illustrated surgical protocol on the OsseoFit™ Porous Tissue Matrix™ is also included. Additionally, John C. Pritchard, M.D., provides a case study in which a 17-year-old male, diagnosed with an osteochondral lesion to the femoral condyle, and was fitted with the OsseoFit™ Porous Tissue Matrix™.
This issue of Game Plan also includes, an article by David W. Bacastow, M.D., which highlights how the Clavicle Joystick™ simplifies the resection of the distal clavicle. Finally, Gregory C. Fanelli, M.D., focuses on the reconstruction of the posterior cruciate ligament by highlighting the Fanelli™ PCL/ACL Guide and provides an illustrated surgical protocol. Please take a few minutes and check out these innovative products from Biomet Sports Medicine. |
| Aug-21-2008 | Game Plan Newsletter Vol.1 No.1 | Biomet Sports Medicine is excited to release the premier issue of Game Plan, Strategies to Help Surgeons Get Patients Back in the Game. The feature article is the opening of the Orthopaedic Skills Academy (OSA) and the exciting educational opportunities the facility holds. Bill Kolter, Corporate VP of Biomet, Inc., comments about the Government mindset on Physician Reimbursement, and the advocacy efforts of One Patient™, a Biomet Initiative.
The MaxFire™ Meniscal Repair Device is featured in an illustrated step-by-step surgical protocol as utilized by Dr. Keith Lawhorn. This all-inside, all-suture meniscal repair system utilizes the ZipLoop™ Techology, which allows Biomet Sports Medicine to produce innovative products that can vary in length and compression/tension addressing the individual needs of each patient. Please take a few minutes and check out what is happening at Biomet Sports Medicine. |