Listen " Zimmer Biomet’s Joe Urban Has No Doubts About What Will Drive MedTech; Ortho Over the Next 25 Years "
Episode Synopsis
In this week’s episode of the DeviceTalks Weekly podcast, Host Tom Salemi looks ahead to DeviceTalks 2035 with Joe Urban, global president of Zimmer Biomet’s Knee Business. Urban, a military veteran and early Auris employee, shares insights on robotics, AI, and advancing ortho innovation.
(Note: This interview was recorded before ZB’s announced acquisition of Monogram Technologies.)
We open with Chris Newmarker’s Newsmakers, covering Abbott, Medtronic, Zimmer Biomet, Waters, BD, and Johnson & Johnson MedTech.
In this week’s Future of MedTech Opportunities (FOMO) segment, Kurt Cannon, VP of Endoscopy Marketing at Olympus, discusses how ambulatory surgery centers are reshaping MedTech.
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