Medtronic to Pay DePuy Spine $179M to Satisfy a Judgment in a Patent Infringement Suit Over Pedicle Screws
http://ow.ly/ge6M
A Complete List of Spine Startups (Or at Least an Attempt)
http://tigerbuford.wordpress.com/complete-list-of-spine-startups/
Zimmer Orthopaedic Surgical Products Has Laid Off 20 Manufacturing Employees at Its Ohio Plant
http://ow.ly/fXTY
New "the Ream and Run" Surgical Technique, a Shoulder Hemiarthroplasty With Nonprosthetic Glenoid Arthroplasty
http://ow.ly/fXWV
Smith & Nephew CEO Sees Lasting Pressure on Orthopedics Market, but States That Total Joint Procedures Are Being Postponed Not Cancelled All Together
http://ow.ly/fXXN
Asset Sale of Innovative Spinal Technologies (IST) Moving Fast – Bankruptcy Trustee Expects to Submit Sale Offers to Court by July 10
http://ow.ly/fSyG
Fire Sale at IST (Innovative Spinal Technologies)… Want to Buy Some Spinal Intellectual Property?
http://ow.ly/fNcG
From an Investor'S Perspective….Stryker Stock Looks Pretty Good Right Now
http://ow.ly/eUKD
Symmetry, a Major Orthopedic Supplier, Invests $5M for New Precision Equipment in Warsaw, IN
http://ow.ly/fD8B
House Proposes Artificial Joint Registry for the US
http://ow.ly/fD7z
ConforMIS Receives CE Mark for the First and Only Personalized Bicompartmental Knee Resurfacing System
http://ow.ly/fD4z
Dr. Todd Swanson'S Study Shows That the Stryker Trident Acetabular Cup Is the squeakiest… Stryker Voluntarily Recalled Trident in Jan 2008 After Receiving FDA Warning Letters
http://ow.ly/fcOM
Funded Startups in 2009
http://tigerbuford.wordpress.com/ortho-startups-funded-in-2009/
Alphatec Spine Offers First Treatment of Vertebral Compression Fractures – OsseoFix Spinal Fracture Reduction System
http://ow.ly/f6zE
Innovative Spinal Technologies (IST) Asset Sale Will Include FDA Cleared Products and Over 100 Patents
http://ow.ly/f6wz
From an Investors Perspective, Stryker Looks Ready for Rebound
http://ow.ly/eUKD
Synthes Accused of Illegally Running a Spine Study With Norian Bone Cement on Patients With Vertebral Compression Fractures; 3 Died
The Charge… http://ow.ly/eGnQ Synthes Statement… http://ow.ly/eGnm
Ortho Startup Losers in 2009…. So Far
http://tigerbuford.wordpress.com/ortho-startup-losers-in-2009/
DJO Chattanooga, Orthopedic Clinical Rehabilitation Equipment Maker, Is Moved From Tennessee to Mexico
http://ow.ly/eiXJ
Zimmer Cuts More Than 100 in Warsaw in After 1st Quarter Sales Drop 7%
http://ow.ly/dW5o
Anulex Technologies (Minnetonka, MN) Raises $10.2 M in Series D Financing for Their Disc Anulus Repair Technology
http://ow.ly/dQs4
SpineMatrix Revolutionizes the Diagnosis of Low Back Pain With Lumbar Matrix Scan
http://ow.ly/dUbv
Impliant Gets Two New US Patents and Successfully Defends Eu Patent Opposition Challenge From Archus Orthopedics
http://ow.ly/dcdC
Scient'X Spine Secures $12.5M of Needed Capital Infusion in June 2009
http://ow.ly/dDaj
Medtronic'S Awkward Efforts to Shake Loose From Senator Chuck Grassley'S Investigative Grip Just don'T Seem to End
http://ow.ly/dDja
A Glimpse Into the Future of Medicine – OrthoMEMS Expands Patent License for Wireless Biomedical Sensors Beyond Spine and Orthopedics
http://ow.ly/dcJj
A Familiar Story for Hip Replacement Doctor – Dr. Larry Dorr Feels Obligated to Raise Concerns About Zimmer'S Durom Cup
http://ow.ly/d1X6
Early Detection of Arthritis – a New X-Ray Technique Could Spot Trouble Coming
http://ow.ly/bcEp
Major Orthopedic Manufacturer, Symmetry Medical Adds High Precision Design, Development and Manufacturing Capability
http://ow.ly/bc6Z
Ortho People on the Move – Custom Spine (Parsippany, NJ) Welcomes Randal Clarke as VP of Sales
http://ow.ly/bcb2
Doubts Raised Over New Type of Hip Surgery – New Resurfacing Hips Are Not Better Than Standard Total Hips (WSJ Online)
http://ow.ly/bc3A
New Details About the Situation at IST (Innovative Spinal Technologies Inc.) From Their Bankruptcy Filing
http://www.masshightech.com/stories/2009/06/01/daily6-Innovative-Spinal-files-for-bankruptcy-protection.html
New Details on the Situtation at Pegasus Biologics From the Asset Seller – Gerbsman Partners
http://ow.ly/fHl7
New Less-Invasive Spine Surgery ‘a Quantum Leap’ With Infrared 3D Computer Imaging and X-Ray “stealth” Guidance
http://ow.ly/avBK
