Links tagged “Spine”
- SI-BONE goes 3D with their new iFuse implant
- AMB Surgical raises seed capital for the Flyte Automated Growing Rod
- “Strapping” fixation without screws is cleared in Europe
- Amendia acquires Spinal Elements
- Finally, a disc implant that is viewable on MRI!
- Orthopedic surgical sophistication through single-use disposable instrumentation
- POD Spine Surgeon Sabit Gets 20 Years in Prison
- ChoiceSpine acquires Exactech’s spine assets
- Axiomed is Raising Interest from Silicon Valley
- Cerapedics wins the best new technology award at NASS
- Swiss startup offers non-metallic carbon/PEEK composite implants for trauma and spine
- Amedica reduces workforce by 38%
- Intellirod Spine raises funds to win regulatory approvals for wireless measurement of spine rods
- First-Ever FDA clearance for cement-augmented pedicle screws
- Merit Medical acquires DFine for $98M (3 X sales)
- Mazor Robotics wins a $42M partnership and equity deal with Medtronic
- Five MIS Spine news stories from the 2016 Spine Summit
- Verticore offers a crowfunded solution for low back pain without surgery
- Implanet’s Jazz Lock is now cleared in the US and EU
- Four emerging trends that are changing the spine surgery market
- New Technology – Spine Imaging through vibrations
- 50% of spine surgeons have performed a “wrong site” surgery
- 12 US Hospitals paid the government $28M for abusing kyphoplasty stays
- 6 Questions with Ric Navarro, a serial technology innovator in the spine space
- Amendia acquires Custom Spine
- Patients play better golf after spinal fusion
- Amendia acquires spine patents from SpineSelect
- Medtronic CEO: We’re looking at early-stage acquisitions
- FDA approves for the activL artificial disc for one-level lumbar use
- First cervical disc implanted with polycrystalline diamond material
- Thousands of patients have received counterfeit spine implants nationwide
- NuVasive names CEO replacement
- German company implants first 3D-printed titanium fusion implant
- The Top 100 Papers in Lumbar Spine Surgery Reflect Trends in Low Back Pain Treatment
- French startup debuts single-use disposable spine products in the US
- Swiss invents “electronic-Dura” to interface with the nervous system for Parkinson’s disease
- Study: Excessive mobile technology use is damaging the cervical spine
- Study: Artificial cervical disc replacement is no better than cervical fusion
- Integra LifeSciences spins-off its Spine and Biologics businesses
- First patient is treated with the Luna 360 Interbody Fusion device from Benvenue
- Dirty Dancing actress gets her life back after receiving cervical disc technology from LDR Spine
- Cerapedics uses silk from a moth to create new spine bone graft
- Case report: Use of the Mazor Robotic System in adult scoliosis surgery
- Study questions the results of minimally invasive discectomies
- Feds are going after spine surgeons in S Dakota for unnecessary surgeries
- Confusion in the Ranks: Variability in Spine Training Amongst Orthopedic and Neurosurgery Residents
- Implanet announces 6 new distribution agreements at NASS
- First patient receives Zyga’s Facet Restoration device
- ECA Medical launched the World’s 1st pre-sterile, single-procedure Spinal Fusion Kit
- Medtronic can’t shake shareholders lawsuit over Infuse
- Startup to watch: Mazor Robotics is going through a bazaar episode
- More layoffs coming at Medtronic Spine in Memphis
- Spine surgeon wins patent suit against Medtronic for “reckless copying” of designs
- FDA clears NuVasive’s CoRoent Interbody System for 4 levels!
- 1st U.S. Cases of Pedicle ‘Smart Screws’ completed
- Wenzel Spine acquires OsteoMed’s spine assets
- Exactech sells off spine business and restructures
- DePuy Synthes acquires the assets of Interventional Spine
- Paper: a review of corrosion in spine implants
- MEDICREA launches a “Lifetime Warranty” for Patient-Specific UNiD rods
- Alphatec Spine reduces workforce by 20%
- Study: SI-BONE is a clear winner at 2 years out
- Globus acquires Alphatec Spine’s international business for $80M
- Titan Spine gets an influx of capital to grow its interbody fusion business faster
- Zimmer’s LDR deal could force others to grow a “dealmaking” spine
- Is transparency the future of research? SI-BONE to share clinical trial data with the world
- Stryker debuts a new 3D-printed Posterior Lumbar Cage
- Stryker acquires SafeWire for MIS needles in spine surgery
- SpineSource launches an expandable lumbar interbody cage in the US
- LDR Spine: Mobi-C cervical total disc replacement beats fusion at 5 years
- Q&A with Jeff Schell, CEO of TranS1 – Fusing Innovation to the Spinal Sector
- SpineGuard performs the 1st Dynamic Surgical Guidance for pedicle screws
- Stryker improves spine navigation by eliminating the extra incisions
- The FDA clears a new 3D-printed spinal implant
- Bacterin acquires X-Spine for $86M (2 X sales) and renames it Xtant Medical
- 3 new CT studies uncover prevalence of SI Joint Degeneration
- SeaSpine is reborn as a new public company with plenty of cash
- Surgeon explains why David Wright is sidelined with spinal stenosis
- New public spine company formed from the former SeaSpine and Theken acquisitions
- Neurosurgeon pleads guilty to $11M fraud for unneeded surgeries
- Vertiflex wins FDA PMA clearance for Superion Interspinous Spacer
- Genesys Spine’s BINARY Cervical Plate wins a design award
- New spine startup emerges in Chicago – Valorem Surgical
- Chinese Surgeons print 3D spine to plan with difficult cervical case
- Ortho Kinematics raises $9.6M to commercialize its spine diagnostic tool
- St. Jude Medical to acquire Spinal Modulation for $215M
- Titan Spine claims that PEEK produces an inflammatory environment favouring cell death
- Study: Benvenue’s Kiva system outperforms Balloon Kyphoplasty
- Globus Medical acquires local manufacturer for $53M
- Fast-growing Precision Spine is now preparing for acquisitions
- Surgeons launch company with a new training tool for spinal injections
- The Baxano technology was acquired by Amendia at an asset auction
- Founder discusses how Titan Spine will gain procedures in the spine fusion market
- Spinal Simplicity creates the 1st lateral-approach interspinous process fusion device
- How Spinal Surgery History Was Made Through a Tiny Tube
- Medacta completes first 3D printed guide surgeries in US
- The Top 11 Spine Technologies in 2014
- The FDA clears the 1st patient-specific spinal rod
- Integra LifeSciences to spin off spine unit
- Baxano Surgical to Explore Strategic Alternatives for Its MIS Spine Business
