Episode #79 | The Orthopedic Pulse: AAOS 2025 With Matthew Henshaw

 Jenny and Matthew discussed the latest trends and innovations in the orthopedic and medical device industry, including regenerative medicine approaches for joint and spine conditions, new technologies like 3D printing and wireless endoscopes, and workflow management solutions to improve hospital efficiency after Matthew's recent blog about his AAOS 2025 experiences. They highlighted exciting startups like Genix, Osteal Therapeutics, and Ospitek that are disrupting traditional treatment paradigms. Matthew also shared his insights on the changing landscape of industry conferences and the potential impact of politics and regulation on medical innovation. Overall, the conversation covered a wide range of cutting-edge developments that could significantly improve patient outcomes and transform the future of orthopedics.

Introductions and background

Jenny and Matthew introduce themselves and provide background on their respective roles and businesses. 

Trends at recent industry conferences

Matthew shares his observations from attending recent industry conferences like the Canaccord Genuity and AAOS events. He notes trends around decreasing surgeon attendance at the larger conferences, and increased interest in regenerative medicine and solutions for prosthetic joint infections (PJI).

Regenerative medicine innovations

Matthew highlights two promising regenerative medicine companies - DiscGenics, Osteal Therapeutics, which has an implantable pain relief solution. He discusses the potential for these innovations to disrupt traditional spine surgery

Advancements in surgical tools and workflow

Matthew discusses new technologies like wireless endoscopes from companies like Lazurite and single-use endoscopes from Pristine Surgical that are improving surgical visualization and sterility. He also highlights Ospitek, a company using real-time patient tracking to optimize hospital workflow and efficiency.

Potential impact of political changes

Matthew shares his perspective on how the new Trump administration may impact medical device companies.

Recap and future outlook

Jenny and Matthew conclude by discussing the dynamic and evolving nature of the medtech industry, and the importance of remaining optimistic about the potential for innovation to improve patient outcomes, despite political and economic uncertainties.

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Introduction to Matthew Henshaw

Speaker 1 0:01

Today I had the pleasure of interviewing Matthew Henshaw , the CEO and founder of Tika , whom I met through Craig Rosenblum , president of Hymed and 3DHill's New York Community Manager . Frankly , I felt a bit FOMO after reading Matthew's blog on the AOS conference and I reached out to him to see what are buzzing in the orthopedic

Morning Moods vs Evening Spirits

Speaker 1 0:22

world . Enjoy , hi , matthew , hey Jenny , how are you today to see what are buzzing in the orthopedic world .

Speaker 2 0:28

Enjoy , hi , matthew . Hey , jenny , how are ?

Speaker 1 0:29

you today . It's great . Well for me , this morning , for you is probably the end of the day . To wrap up Exactly , I was just listening to this book , the Art of War . It says the mood of the soldiers actually vary throughout the day . In the morning , which where I am right now , I'm , you know , rise and shine , ready to go , but in the evenings , the soldiers mood it could be in many different places . You have to assess as a general . So where is your mood at the moment ?

Post-Conference Positivity

Speaker 2 0:59

honestly , I'm , I'm , pretty good . To be honest , we've , I've , I've had a good day and since AAOS and Canaccord , I've been following up with a lot of people , so there's a lot of positivity at the moment in terms of the mood of my business and the mood of my immediate surroundings .

Speaker 1 1:16

So it's all very good at this point in time I like to always give a little bit of background about our speakers

Matthew's Business Background

Speaker 1 1:24

. Obviously , I have your file , but I like to just show the audience who our people , who we're interviewing , are , why don't you tell us a little bit about who you are and your business and what you're looking for ?

Speaker 2 1:42

Yeah , so effectively , I have a couple of different ventures , so to speak . Uh , my , my primary business is in recruitment , so I started off in in medtech recruitment around 15 years ago . Yeah , I've had my own business for 12 years and , and effectively , uh , we started off , at least initially , helping us companies move to europe , and that was when CE Mark was quite easy to achieve and companies would come across to Europe , get their CE Mark to commercialize over in

US Companies Expanding to Europe

Speaker 2 2:12

Europe . We'd help build their sales teams and their commercial business over here .

Speaker 2 2:17

And then , once they were ready to go to the US , a lot of companies organically took us with them .