MEDTRONIC SPINE TAKES MARKET SHARE (Orthopedics This Week)
Medtronic, Inc.’s fourth quarter spine revenue of $811 million was flat, but the company gained market share for the first time since the fourth quarter of 2007. That math doesn’t say much good about the overall spine market.
Outperforming the Market
Source: Medtronic, Inc.
If you exclude sales of balloon kyphoplasty, the company’s core spine business grew in the low single-digits on a constant currency basis globally and in the U.S. The company believes it outperformed the U.S. market and market share was gained ...