Cornell Maps Clinically Meaningful Ortho Device Attributes
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
An FDA-funded project lead by Cornell researchers will focus on applying information from the International Consortium of Orthopedic Registries “to create a worldwide attribute and characteristic database” for orthopedic devices.
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