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#59 - Can One Surgeon Design a Better Hip Replacement? H. Kurtis Biggs, DO
Can an orthopedic surgeon design a better hip replacement implant than the major medical device companies?
Dr. Kurtis Biggs decided to find out.
In Episode 59, Dr. Matthew Sloan interviews Dr. Biggs, a fellowship-trained joint replacement surgeon from Naples, Florida, who developed his own femoral stem, taking it from a hand-drawn sketch at his kitchen counter to FDA clearance and implantation in patients.
They discuss why he believed traditional hip implants could be improved, how he designed the Xerxes femoral stem to better accommodate natural hip anatomy, and the challenges of developing…
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