If you’ve ever hit my voicemail, you know the last thing I say to everyone who hangs out long enough to leave a message is “keep smiling!”It’s a practice I…
Category: Events
Here are past and future events Empirical participates in.

Challenge Seeks Ideas to Help Orthopedic Patients Awaiting Elective Surgeries
The “For Such A Time As This—OrthoChallenge” is seeking the ten top ideas to present to the FDA to fast-track the innovations to patients. Due to COVID-19, thousands of orthopedic…

Particle Particulars: Why this Analysis Is Foundational for Successful Devices
In the mid-2000s, medical device experts were hopeful they’d found one solution to longer-lasting implants. New generations of metal-on-metal hips made of cobalt chromium showed lower wear rates and less…