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Medicrea gets FDA clearance for its PASS LP ultra low profile polyaxial spine system

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Archus Orthopedics is shutting down its operations

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NuVasive’s CFO resigns

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MAKO Surgical raises $54M after selling 8 million shares of common stock

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Orthofix lures Stryker exec away from Kalamazoo

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Active Implants receives a CE Class III Certificate for its TriboFit Hip System

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IWalk lands $20M to develop robotic prosthetic ankle

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Surgeons: Stem Cell Operation Could End Hip Replacements

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Senators demand that GPOs provide transparency to how vendor contracts are chosen

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HSS Researchers identify protein involved in osteoporosis and arthritis —> interferon regulator factor-8 (IRF-8)

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Medtronic CEO defends payments to physician consultants and stresses the value of medical devices and of surgeon alliances that can improve them

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MedIdea LLC filed a suit against Zimmer alleging infringement of 7 patents related to hip and shoulder replacements

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Study Finds Steady Drop in Hip Fracture Rates, but Reasons Are Unclear

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Osteoporosis illustration – This man is sporty, just 46 and looks healthy. Yet his bones could snap at any minute

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Interview with ConforMIS founder and CEO on custom-made implants, where he got the idea and how he raised $50M

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Sanford Clinic Neurosurgeon receives FDA clearance as a Lumbar Intervertebral Body Fusion Device – Asfora Bullet Cage

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Cardea Technology & Optasia Medical to collaborate to optimize their Vertebral Fracture Assessment Tools

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Dr. David Polly resigns from AAOS Board – Medtronic consulting issues have become an unnecessary distraction

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Private Placement in Orthopedics is Alive and Well

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US Spine launches Preference 2 Complex Spine System for scoliosis, kyphosis, trauma and tumors

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STAR ankle replacement function better than fusion – 24 month data

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Sea Worm provides model for new Surgical Adhesive

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Del Palma Orthopedic nets $1.5M in Series A funding from Knowledge Ventures, Percutaneous Monorail Technology for hand, wrist and elbow procedures

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Extremity Medical gets FDA clearance for its Hallu-X intramedullary implant for big toe fusions

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Italian Scientists turn wood into new artificial bone

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Medical device makers holding steady in battle against the recession – the Indiana perspective

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Dr. David Kraft, a Stanford pediatric oncologist, invents a better way to harvest bone marrow

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Synthes and Kensey Nash team up on Extracellular Matrix technology – Kensey to manufacture, Synthes to market

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Anika soars on FDA filing expectations, rival’s stumble

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49 Spine Companies Submit Products for First Spine Technology Awards

http://ow.ly/kN20 Advanced Biologics LLC Alpha Med-Surge, Inc. Alpha Orthopaedics Inc Alphatech Spine, Inc Amedica Corporation Applied Spine ArthroCare Spine Aspen

Spinal Elements offers an interactive case study that highlights their products – take the test and see how you do

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Medtronic Units Appeal Globus Patent Judgment

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FDA panel wants more data before approving Smith & Nephew’s DUROLANE Single Injection, Stabilized Hyaluronic Acid, for knee arthritis

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FDA Panel recommends clearance for DePuy’s Pinnacle CoMplete ceramic-on-metal hip device – an industry first!

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Italian surgeons present early clinical data from SpineAlign Medical’s vertebroplasty system

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Dr. Timothy Kuklo resigns from Washington University after accused by U.S. Army officials of falsifying data in a clinical study

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Banktupt IST Spine is now sued for fraud and breach over a patent license with Mass. spine surgeons

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AAOS pushes back on Obama’s statements regarding the value of surgery and blurring the realities of physician reimbursements

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Applied Spine Technologies reaches 2 year clinical data with its Stabilimax Dynamic Spine Stabilization System

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Ortho people on the move… Kevin Unger is the new president of Orthofix Spine

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Artificial Cartilage Plugs that use the body’s repair system to grow new cartilage

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Turmoil at FDA! Device Chief Out, Drug Chief Investigated

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BioSyntech announces CEO as they work on strategic initiatives with PricewaterhouseCoopers, stock price reaches $0.12

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Japanese researchers grow a mouse tooth from stem cells – any future Ortho applications here?

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MAKO Surgical announces common stock offering – anticipating proceeds in the $50M range

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US Spine (Boca Raton, FL) sales grow, 5,300 procedures in US in total, 1,600 Facet Bolts implanted – no revenue numbers given

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