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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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:01):
Today I had the pleasure of interviewing Matthew
Henshaw, the CEO and founder ofTika, whom I met through Craig
Rosenblum, president of Hymedand 3DHill's New York Community
Manager.
Frankly, I felt a bit FOMOafter reading Matthew's blog on
the AOS conference and I reachedout to him to see what are
buzzing in the orthopedic world.

(00:22):
Enjoy, hi, matthew, hey Jenny,how are you today to see what
are buzzing in the orthopedicworld.

Speaker 2 (00:28):
Enjoy, hi, matthew.
Hey, jenny, how are?

Speaker 1 (00:29):
you today.
It's great.
Well for me, this morning, foryou is probably the end of the
day.
To wrap up Exactly, I was justlistening to this book, the Art
of War.
It says the mood of thesoldiers actually vary
throughout the day.
In the morning, which where Iam right now, I'm, you know,

(00:49):
rise and shine, ready to go, butin the evenings, the soldiers
mood it could be in manydifferent places.
You have to assess as a general.
So where is your mood at themoment?

Speaker 2 (00:59):
honestly, I'm, I'm, pretty good.
To be honest, we've, I've, I'vehad a good day and since AAOS
and Canaccord, I've beenfollowing up with a lot of
people, so there's a lot ofpositivity at the moment in
terms of the mood of my businessand the mood of my immediate
surroundings.

Speaker 1 (01:16):
So it's all very good at this point in time I like to
always give a little bit ofbackground about our speakers.
Obviously, I have your file,but I like to just show the
audience who our people, whowe're interviewing, are, why

(01:38):
don't you tell us a little bitabout who you are and your
business and what you're lookingfor?

Speaker 2 (01:42):
Yeah, so effectively, I have a couple of different
ventures, so to speak.
Uh, my, my primary business isin recruitment, so I started off
in in medtech recruitmentaround 15 years ago.
Yeah, I've had my own businessfor 12 years and, and
effectively, uh, we started off,at least initially, helping us
companies move to europe, andthat was when CE Mark was quite

(02:05):
easy to achieve and companieswould come across to Europe, get
their CE Mark to commercializeover in Europe.
We'd help build their salesteams and their commercial
business over here.
And then, once they were readyto go to the US, a lot of
companies organically took uswith them.