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Catalyst OrthoScience Joins Redefine Surgery as Founding Partner in Shoulder

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Catalyst OrthoScience Joins Redefine Surgery as Founding Partner in Shoulder
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Catalyst OrthoScience Joins Redefine Surgery as Founding Partner in Shoulder

2026-09-23 22:27 Last Updated At:22:40

NAPLES, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sep 23, 2026--

Catalyst OrthoScience, Inc. ("Catalyst"), a private medical technology company elevating shoulder arthroplasty through surgeon-focused innovation, today announced it has become the founding partner for shoulder with Redefine Surgery.

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Building on Catalyst’s leadership in efficient, outcomes-focused shoulder replacement, the partnership expands Catalyst’s role in shaping how shoulder replacement is measured, optimized and continuously improved, unlocking new levels of clinical, operational and economic performance for providers. Together, the companies plan to establish new benchmarks, targeting up to four times more efficiency in procedure time and ten times less technology cost.

The partnership reflects a conviction that the next major advancement in shoulder replacement will not come from a single device or technology, but from the ability to connect data, decisions and outcomes at scale. By bringing those elements together, Catalyst and Redefine aim to unlock capabilities that materially advance shoulder replacement, extending well beyond the capabilities of robotics or surgical navigation alone. The vision is to transform shoulder surgery, helping surgeons make more informed decisions, healthcare systems deliver greater value, and patients achieve better overall care.

"At Catalyst, we've never viewed ourselves as simply an implant company," said Carl O'Connell, president and chief executive officer of Catalyst OrthoScience. "This partnership reflects our commitment to advancing shoulder arthroplasty across the full episode of care. We believe the greatest opportunity for innovation lies in helping surgeons make more informed decisions by connecting information, workflows and clinical insights in ways that were previously not possible. While surgeons are central to that transformation, the impact extends across healthcare, helping hospitals, ASCs, care teams, payers and ultimately patients.”

The companies will develop an integrated ecosystem spanning preoperative planning, intraoperative guidance, workflow optimization, data capture, procedural analysis and future assistive applications. The goal is not simply to introduce another technology platform, but to establish a foundation that continuously learns from real-world experience and helps inform better decisions over time.

"The future of surgery will belong to organizations that can effectively capture, understand and apply clinical knowledge," said Peter Verrillo, chief executive officer of Redefine Surgery. "Together with Catalyst, we're working to create a surgical intelligence ecosystem that helps transform information into insight and insight into action across the full episode of care."

The partnership represents the next step in Catalyst's strategy to advance shoulder replacement through innovation, intelligence and actionable insights.

About Catalyst OrthoScience Inc.

Catalyst OrthoScience is a private medical technology company dedicated exclusively to shoulder replacement. Headquartered in Naples, Fla., and founded by orthopedic surgeon Dr. Steven Goldberg, Catalyst develops shoulder arthroplasty systems and related technologies designed to improve procedural efficiency, consistency, and outcomes for surgeons, patients, hospitals, and ambulatory surgery centers. Through a commitment to surgeon-focused innovation, Catalyst continues to shape the future of shoulder surgery. Learn more at www.catalystortho.com and connect with us on LinkedIn and Instagram.

About Redefine Surgery

Redefine Surgery is building Physical AI for surgery. Launching first in orthopedic surgery, the Redefine Platform combines computer vision, artificial intelligence and robotics to deliver a more accessible alternative to conventional robotic surgery. Unlike today’s large, expensive and procedure-specific systems, our platform is designed to be portable, efficient, open and adaptable across anatomies, instruments and surgical workflows. The Redefine Vision System gives machines the ability to see and understand surgery. It enables precise navigation today while creating the intelligence layer for smarter instruments, robotic systems and real-time surgical guidance tomorrow. Every procedure captured by the platform contributes to a continuously improving model of surgical expertise. By the end of this decade, we will build an AI that learns from the world’s best surgeons and transfers their mastery to every operating room.

Catalyst and Redefine Surgery announce a partnership that aims to create a surgical intelligence ecosystem that transforms how shoulder replacement is delivered, measured and continuously improved across the full episode of care.

Catalyst and Redefine Surgery announce a partnership that aims to create a surgical intelligence ecosystem that transforms how shoulder replacement is delivered, measured and continuously improved across the full episode of care.

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia hammered Kyiv with drones in daylight attacks on Wednesday as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy prepared for meetings with world leaders at the U.N. General Assembly.

Two people were killed and 41 wounded in Ukraine’s capital as the attack stretched into Wednesday afternoon. Palls of black smoke floated above the city following the latest in what have been daily Russian attacks that torment Ukrainian civilians. The drones set off fires and damaged buildings in Kyiv and elsewhere in Ukraine overnight, authorities said.

Zelenskyy was in New York for the annual U.N. gathering as part of his diplomatic effort to shore up and recruit further international support for his country’s grueling 4½-year fight against Russia’s invasion. He was due to address the General Assembly later Wednesday and was also to meet with European leaders and NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte.

Zelenskyy met on Tuesday with U.S. President Donald Trump, who has shown impatience with the lack of progress in talks aimed at ending the war and the escalating aerial attacks by both sides this year.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Wednesday that there are “no concrete plans” for a high-level meeting between U.S. and Russian officials that might help break the deadlock in negotiations. He insisted that Moscow is “open to peace talks.”

Russian President Vladimir Putin, who has been accused by NATO officials and European governments of sabotage, espionage and other threats, is not scheduled to attend the U.N. gathering this year.

The Polish military said a Russian military helicopter briefly violated Poland’s airspace Wednesday on the country’s border with Russia’s Kaliningrad exclave. It said that “the nature of the incident suggests that Russia is once again testing the readiness of our air defense.”

Ukraine has hit back at Russia by damaging oil refineries that are a vital pillar of the country's economy.

Zelenskyy said at the start of his U.S. visit that he had proposals for a possible de-escalation in the war. Urgent issues for Kyiv are halting devastating Russian strikes on Ukraine’s power grid and ensuring Ukrainian grain can be shipped to world markets through the Black Sea despite the war.

Ukraine also needs more U.S.-made Patriot air defense systems as a shield against Russian ballistic missiles, but Patriots are in short supply after the war in Iran began.

In Zaporizhzhia, in southeastern Ukraine, two men aged 37 and 39 were wounded by a strike that started a large fire at a shopping mall. Emergency services said the fire spread across about 6,000 square meters (1.5 acres) before coming under control.

The Russian Defense Ministry said that its forces struck Ukraine’s military-industrial and energy sector facilities, logistics centers and sea vessels in overnight attacks.

The ministry said its air defenses intercepted more than 500 Ukrainian drones over multiple Russian regions, as well as illegally annexed Crimea and waters of the Sea of Azov and the Black Sea.

Follow the AP’s coverage of the war in Ukraine at https://apnews.com/hub/russia-ukraine

Firefighters extinguish a fire at a burning building following a Russian drone strike in Kyiv, Ukraine, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Danylo Antoniuk)

Firefighters extinguish a fire at a burning building following a Russian drone strike in Kyiv, Ukraine, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Danylo Antoniuk)

The body of a victim lies on the ground following a Russian drone strike in Kyiv, Ukraine, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Danylo Antoniuk)

The body of a victim lies on the ground following a Russian drone strike in Kyiv, Ukraine, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Danylo Antoniuk)

The body of a victim lies on the ground following a Russian drone strike in Kyiv, Ukraine, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Danylo Antoniuk)

The body of a victim lies on the ground following a Russian drone strike in Kyiv, Ukraine, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Danylo Antoniuk)

President Donald Trump and Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy shake hands while meeting during the United Nations General Assembly, Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2026, at the UN headquarters. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

President Donald Trump and Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy shake hands while meeting during the United Nations General Assembly, Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2026, at the UN headquarters. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

President Donald Trump meets with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy during the United Nations General Assembly, Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2026, at the UN headquarters. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

President Donald Trump meets with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy during the United Nations General Assembly, Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2026, at the UN headquarters. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

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