Links tagged “Spine”

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  SpineFrontier execs charged with bribery and money laundering
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  SeaSpine acquires 7D Surgical for $110M
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  Spinal Elements acquires the Luna assets from Benvenue Medical
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  After a pause, ATEC acquires EOS Imaging for $177M cash.
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  Newsflash for the spine world: PEEK & Titanium – you’re not alone!
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  Spineology wins clearance for OptiMesh expandable IB fusion system
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  Likely the most important new technology to know about before NASS this year
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  Wenzel Spine acquires Statera for spine diagnostics and analytics
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  Startup to watch – Carevature Medical
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  SpineArt acquires Meditech Spine
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  OrthoPediatrics acquires ApiFix for the Non-Fusion Scoliosis Technology for $35M stock + $2M cash + earnouts in the future
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  RTI becomes a pure spine company after selling OEM business off (60% of total business) to PE for $490M (2.5 X Sales)
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  6 Questions with Nissan Elimelech, founder of Augmedics, who is leading the way in AR surgery.
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  Really? Brainlab’s new intraoperative imaging robot
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  Who might end up owning most of the spine outcomes data in the US next decade? The American Spine Registry.
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  Vertebral Body Tethering to become a mainstream Scoliosis Treatment
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  New spine robotics startup surfaces with a serious leadership team and funding
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  Finally, Annular Closure is being used in the US, again
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  First awake spine fusion surgery performed by surgeon in Vail
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  The robots are coming to medtech: Where’s the value?
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  Boston Scientific enters spine with the Vertiflex acquisition for $465M
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  FDA recall of Brainlab software used in spinal navigation
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  Intellirod Spine Receives First-Ever Spine FDA De Novo Approval
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  MIS spine surgery provider abruptly shuts its doors
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  Will Smith & Nephew acquire NuVasive for more than $3B?
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  Vertebroplasty isn’t any better than a placebo
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  A cold reminder, not to play financial games with your Orthopedic company
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  SpineSource acquires patents for expandable titanium cage
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  Surgeon wins $112,452,269 in royalties spat with Medtronic Spine
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  A Spine Robot Turned This Entrepreneur Into A Billionaire. But How Well Does His Robot Work? 
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  RTI Surgical acquires Paradigm Spine for $300M (7.5 X sales)
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  A look into the Robot Wars at NASS
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  Globus acquires Surgimap, a surgical planning software startup
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  The 1st “augmented-reality” spine surgeries are carried out by Israeli startup Augmedics
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  Stryker acquires K2M for $1.4 billion (5.2 X sales)
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  Just a small spine acquisition, Fuse acquires Maxim in an all stock transaction
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  Magnetic Kyphoplasty may be able to access hard-to-reach spine cancers
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  Spine company sells and fulfills through Amazon
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  A brand new SI Joint Fusion System is cleared by the FDA
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  CoreLink acquires Expanding Orthopedics
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  In the future, all spine braces will be smart
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  Is This the Uber of Spine Surgery?
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  Orthofix acquires Spinal Kinetics M6 disc for $105M (7 X sales)
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  Alphatec Spine acquires neuromonitoring platform for $27M in cash and stock
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  NuVasive sues ATEC for employee poaching and patent infringement
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  Centinel Spine pulls in $132M in funding
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  FDA says “no” to Barricaid for partial annulus replacement in patients with herniated discs
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  Spine surgeon sues DePuy Synthes for underpaid royalties
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  Stryker acquires VEXIM for $216M (7 X sales)
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  VGI Medical debuts unique Lateral Interbody Fusion system

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  The augmented reality surgical pioneer, Augmedics, raises $36M
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  NuVasive acquires Simplify Medical for $150M cash upfront and future milestones for regulatory approvals
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  Curiteva raises $20.5M from private investors
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  How motion capture is revolutionising spinal care
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  Gutsy move by Spinal Elements. Is this the best time to go public?
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  A look back at the kyphoplasty story, a true “game-changer” in orthopedics
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  Carlsmed raises $2.5M to bring machine learning into complex spine surgery
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  Be the first to learn about the new “game changer” material in spine
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  Medtronic acquires Medicrea for its spinal surgery technology for $140M
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  Intellirod Spine announces the sale of its assets
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  This is a slam dunk. Virtual home PT will slowly replace in-person PT in the clinic.
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  Whoops! Mazor robots can unexpectedly detach from OR table
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  Augmedics launches x-ray vision for US spine surgeons
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  Pssss… There is a “game-changer” biomaterial happening in spine.
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  Intellirod Spine launches wearable sensor to solve the compliance issue
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  The short history of Titan Spine from 2006 to 2018
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  3 spine surgeons share their early robotic surgery experiences
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  Celling Spine acquires Link Spine’s assets
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  A quick analysis of Mako versus Rosa
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  Medtronic acquires Titan Spine
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  Q&A: Medtronic Mazor robot-assisted spine surgery
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  The inside story of Tiger Woods lumbar fusion and recovery
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  The ROSA Robot system is cleared in the US for spine
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  Spine device to prevent spinal disc herniation wins PMA after setback
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  AMB SURGICAL – Getting Smart about Pediatric Orthopedics
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  Is Cervical Disc Arthroplasty still “experimental” ?
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  Bio-Printers are churning out biologics for spine repair
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  Surgeons perform a trans-umbilical (belly button) implantation of lumbar artificial disc
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  Zimmer recalls Biomet spine stimulators because of poor validations
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  ChoiceSpine is acquired by a Private Equity group
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  10 best new Spine Technologies in 2018
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  Medtronic acquires Mazor Robotics for $1.6B (13.5 X sales last year)
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  DePuy-Synthes acquires EIT for 3D-printed titanium implants in spinal
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  CTL Medical acquires Amedica’s spine business and becomes CTL Amedica
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  Medicare may end payments for spine procedures in ASCs
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  Can an Elastic Plate result in a better Fusion?
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  Zimmer Biomet joins the Robotics gold rush
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  “Power T Handle” is used in the first spine surgeries
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  Orthofix pivots into spine + extremities
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  First in World! Spinal cages are now created by algorithms
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  STUDY: The MOBI-C has less pain and less adjacent level issues at 7 years
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  The last “motion preserving” disc available for acquisition
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  Coflex is superior to decompression alone at 2 years
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  Globus Medical lunges into the Trauma market with 11 new products
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  How many spine surgeries qualifies a surgeon as “experienced”?
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  RTI Surgical acquires Zyga for its Sacroiliac Joint Fusion System for $35M (8.8 X sales)
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  Is lumbar total disc replacement becoming standard of care for patients with DDD?
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  The Mazor Robotics system is 5X better than fluoroscopic-guided and freehand procedures
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  A New Direction in Lateral Interbody Fusions
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  Xtant Medical to shut down Dayton, Ohio facility

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