Orthopedics and the stock market

[rom3o]

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Out of curiosity, what company do most ortho surgeons use for their prosthetic knees/hips, etc. With the market tanking I'm interested in looking into some of these companies to invest. Any advice?

 

[bananamed]

Inside information is illegal.

That is a lot of I's.

 

[rom3o]

Inside information is illegal.

That is a lot of I's.

How is that insider information, I'm basically asking who is the #1 manufacturer of these types of devices.

 

[-Goose-]

http://www.stryker.com/en-us/index.htm

 

[DrTexas]

Inside information is illegal.

That is a lot of I's.

Alliteration!

I'm kinda new to the whole medical field, but is it not consider public information what brand of prosthetics y'all use?

 

[ddmo]

Some of the more common orthopaedic device companies are:

Stryker
Depuy (Johson and Johnson)
Synthes
Smith and Nephew

 

[SOUNDMAN]

Biomet

 

[dropout]

zimmer (ticker ZMH) has the largest share of hip and knees replacements. depuy (from johnson and johnson) is 2nd, followed by stryker in 3rd.

the remaining 25% is fought over by biomet, smith & nephew, wright medical, exactech, etc.