The Orthopedics Industry Vertebroplasty isn’t any better than a placebo
Injections of bone cement into fractured vertebrae fail to relieve pain any more than a placebo does, researchers found. Spinal […]
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Is Cervical Disc Arthroplasty still “experimental” ?
CERVICAL DISC ARTHROPLASTY NOT “EXPERIMENTAL.” WELL, YEAH. (Orthopedics This Week) Why is the most studied spinal implant in history considered to be “experimental”?
A cold reminder, not to play financial games with your Orthopedic company
Ex-ArthroCare CEO Baker loses appeal of 20-year sentence (Mass Device) A federal appeals court this week upheld the 20-year sentence imposed on
Bio-Printers are churning out biologics for spine repair
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SpineSource acquires patents for expandable titanium cage
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Surgeons perform a trans-umbilical (belly button) implantation of lumbar artificial disc
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Surgeon wins $112,452,269 in royalties spat with Medtronic Spine
SPINE SURGEON WINS $112 MILLION IN ROYALTY BATTLE WITH MEDTRONIC (Orthopedics This Week) An Indiana spine surgeon and inventor has
Zimmer recalls Biomet spine stimulators because of poor validations
Zimmer Biomet recalls spine fusion, bone growth stimulators (MedTechDive) Dive Brief: Zimmer Biomet is recalling 1,360 of its implantable spine fusion
A Spine Robot Turned This Entrepreneur Into A Billionaire. But How Well Does His Robot Work?
A Spine-Surgery Robot Turned This Entrepreneur Into A Billionaire. But How Well Does His Robot Work? (Forbes) When David C. Paul traveled
ChoiceSpine is acquired by a Private Equity group
Remember – ChoiceSpine acquires Exaxtech’s spine assets Altus Capital Partners, Inc. Acquires ChoiceSpine, LP (press release) Altus Capital Partners, Inc. (“Altus”),
RTI Surgical acquires Paradigm Spine for $300M (7.5 X sales)
RTI Surgical® to Acquire Paradigm Spine (press release) RTI Surgical, Inc. (Nasdaq:RTIX), a global surgical implant company, and Paradigm Spine, LLC,
10 best new Spine Technologies in 2018
TEN BEST NEW SPINE TECHNOLOGIES FOR 2018 (Orthopedics This Week) Augmedics Winning Technology: xvision™ Inventors and Engineers: Nissan Elimelech, Stuart Wolf,
A look into the Robot Wars at NASS
NASS 2018: Robotic platforms take center stage (MassDevice) Medtech companies in the spinal market are rushing to join the robotic revolution,
Medtronic acquires Mazor Robotics for $1.6B (13.5 X sales last year)
Read press release Medtronic strikes $1.6B takeover of Mazor Robotics (MedTechDive) Dive Brief: Medtronic is set to pay $1.64 billion to
Globus acquires Surgimap, a surgical planning software startup
Read Tiger’s wake-up call about Software Globus Medical (GMED) Acquires Surgimap (press release) Globus Medical, Inc. (NYSE: GMED), a leading musculoskeletal
DePuy-Synthes acquires EIT for 3D-printed titanium implants in spinal
Johnson & Johnson Medical GmbH Acquires Emerging Implant Technologies GmbH to Enhance Global Offering of Interbody Spine Implants (press release) NORDERSTEDT, Germany, Sept.
The 1st “augmented-reality” spine surgeries are carried out by Israeli startup Augmedics
AUGMEDICS BEGINS SPINE NAVIGATION SYSTEM HUMAN TRIAL (Orthopedic This Week) Yokneam, Israel-based Augmedics has begun a first-in-human clinical trial of its
CTL Medical acquires Amedica’s spine business and becomes CTL Amedica
AMEDICA ANNOUNCES AGREEMENT TO SELL SPINE BUSINESS TO CTL MEDICAL (press release) SALT LAKE CITY, Sept. 06, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) —
Stryker acquires K2M for $1.4 billion (5.2 X sales)
Read… All Orthopedic M&As Read also… Will Stryker move K2M from Virginia to New Jersey? Medical device maker Stryker to buy K2M
Medicare may end payments for spine procedures in ASCs
MEDICARE REEVALUATING SPINE SURGERIES AT ASCS (Orthopedics This Week) Is this the beginning of the end of payments from Medicare for
Just a small spine acquisition, Fuse acquires Maxim in an all stock transaction
Fuse + Maxim = an all-stock transaction (MD&T) Fuse Medical website Maxim Surgical website Fuse Medical’s (OTC: FZMD) recent purchase of Maxim
Can an Elastic Plate result in a better Fusion?
CAN AN ELASTICALLY DEFORMABLE PLATE DELIVER BETTER FUSION? (Orthopedics This Week) The load-sharing that occurs in the interbody space during
Magnetic Kyphoplasty may be able to access hard-to-reach spine cancers
Surgical Cement Heals Spinal Fractures with Magnetic, Targeted Drug Delivery (ODTMag) Patients with spinal fractures caused by tumors or osteoporosis
Zimmer Biomet joins the Robotics gold rush
ZIMMER BIOMET JOINS MARCH OF ROBOTICS (Orthopedics This Week) Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. is joining Stryker Corporation, Smith & Nephew plc
Spine company sells and fulfills through Amazon
Website – Mahe Medical USA NEW EMERGENCY PEDICLE SCREW REMOVAL SYSTEM LAUNCHED (Orthopedics This Week) Mahe Medical USA has just launched
“Power T Handle” is used in the first spine surgeries
website – http://powerthandle.com/ POWER WITHOUT COMPROMISES YES works as manual “T” handle YES works as low speed, high torque power driver YES preserves “feel”
A brand new SI Joint Fusion System is cleared by the FDA
Press Release from Tenon Medical Website -Tenon Medical NEW SI JOINT FUSION SYSTEM CLEARED (Orthopedics This Week) There’s another sacroiliac joint
Orthofix pivots into spine + extremities
Orthofix pivots to spine, extremities (MassDevice) Orthofix (NSDQ:OFIX) said yesterday that it’s planning a pivot to the spine and extremities market beginning
CoreLink acquires Expanding Orthopedics
CoreLink Announces the Acquisition of Medical Device Company Expanding Orthopedics, Inc. (press release) CoreLink, LLC, a fast growing, vertically integrated designer
First in World! Spinal cages are now created by algorithms
Medicrea Gains First and Only FDA Nod for Patient-Specific Spinal Cages (press release) The algorithmic generation of patient-specific cages within the
In the future, all spine braces will be smart
ROBOTIC EXOSKELETON TO REVOLUTIONIZE BRACING (Orthopedics This Week) Columbia Engineers have crafted the first device that measures 3D stiffness of the
STUDY: The MOBI-C has less pain and less adjacent level issues at 7 years
MOBI-C: LOWER PAIN, LESS ADJACENT LEVEL DEGENERATION (Orthopedics This Week) Warsaw, Indiana-based Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. has announced that a new
Is This the Uber of Spine Surgery?
Is This the Uber of Spine Surgery? (MD+DI Online) Xenco Medical recently debuted a smartphone app to speed delivery of the
The last “motion preserving” disc available for acquisition
AxioMed Stands Alone After Orthofix Acquires Spinal Kinetics M6 (by Jake Lubinski on LinkedIn) It’s exciting to see another acquisition in
Orthofix acquires Spinal Kinetics M6 disc for $105M (7 X sales)
Orthofix Announces Agreement to Acquire Spinal Kinetics (press release) Transaction to expand Orthofix’s Spine Fixation portfolio with innovative artificial disc designed
Coflex is superior to decompression alone at 2 years
DECOMPRESSION WITH COFLEX EXTENDS DURABILITY, SUSTAINABILITY (Orthopedics This Week) New York-based Paradigm Spine, LLC has announced publication of the ESCADA two-year
Alphatec Spine acquires neuromonitoring platform for $27M in cash and stock
website SafeOp Alphatec raises $50m, acquires SafeOp Surgical (MassDevice) Alphatec (NSDQ:ATEC) had a busy day yesterday. The spinal implant maker revealed that
Globus Medical lunges into the Trauma market with 11 new products
Globus Medical, Inc. (NYSE:GMED), a leading musculoskeletal solutions company, is pleased to announce its entry into the orthopedic trauma market. Globus Medical has
NuVasive sues ATEC for employee poaching and patent infringement
NuVasive files alleged poaching, infringement suits against Alphatec (MassDevice) NuVasive Inc. (NSDQ:NUVA) has filed a suit against Alphatec (NSDQ:ATEC) claiming the company hired on
How many spine surgeries qualifies a surgeon as “experienced”?
HOW MANY SPINE SURGERIES QUALIFY A SURGEON AS “EXPERIENCED”? (Orthopedics This Week) A group of Boston researchers set out to
Centinel Spine pulls in $132M in funding
Centinel Spine reports $132m funding round (MassDevice) Fresh from its acquisition of Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) subsidiary DePuy Synthes’ Prodisc assets, Centinel Spine last week reported raising
RTI Surgical acquires Zyga for its Sacroiliac Joint Fusion System for $35M (8.8 X sales)
RTI Surgical Acquires Zyga Technology Inc. (press release) Acquisition Expands Spine Franchise Portfolio and Accelerates Growth Potential; Zyga Technology Provides Innovative SImmetry® Sacroiliac
FDA says “no” to Barricaid for partial annulus replacement in patients with herniated discs
INTRINSIC LOSES FDA VOTE FOR ANNULAR CLOSURE DEVICE (Orthopedics This Week) Even before the committee voted, it was not looking good
Is lumbar total disc replacement becoming standard of care for patients with DDD?
POWERFUL TOTAL DISC REPLACEMENT DATA PRESENTED AT NASS (Orthopedics This Week) Three new, five-year follow-up studies are giving powerful weight to
Spine surgeon sues DePuy Synthes for underpaid royalties
Surgeon sues J&J’s DePuy in royalties dispute (MassDevice) A surgeon who helped Johnson & Johnson subsidiary DePuy Synthes Spine develop instruments and implants for spine
The Mazor Robotics system is 5X better than fluoroscopic-guided and freehand procedures
First Prospective Study of Robotic-Guided Spine Surgery Reveals Five-Fold Reduction in Surgical Complications with Mazor Core™ Technology (OrthoFeed) At the North
Stryker acquires VEXIM for $216M (7 X sales)
See all Orthopedic M&As (by date) Stryker to acquire French spinal implant maker Vexim for $216m (MassDevice) Stryker (NYSE:SYK) yesterday acquired a
A New Direction in Lateral Interbody Fusions
The lateral approach to the lumbar spine was pioneered in the late 1990s and popularized in the early 2000s. The
VGI Medical debuts unique Lateral Interbody Fusion system
VGI Medical Enters Lateral Spine Market With 1st Of Its Kind Technology (press release) VGI Medical, LLC, a privately held medical
Xtant Medical to shut down Dayton, Ohio facility
Read the 2015 acquisition backstory – Bacterin acquires X-Spine for $86M (2 X sales) and renames it Xtant Medical Xtant