Spotlight on ConforMIS, an emerging growth Joint Replacement company -

Spotlight on ConforMIS, an emerging growth Joint Replacement company

Room to Grow: Emerging Growth Orthopedic Companies (ODTMag) This is the fifth year, as part of our Top Company Report […]

Atlanta medical device company lands $11M to launch smart materials orthopedics technology

Atlanta medical device company lands $11M to launch smart materials orthopedics technology (MedCityNews) MedShape, Inc., an Atlanta, Ga.-based medical device company, announced it

Shoulder repair startup MinInvasive raises several million dollars

Shoulder repair co MinInvasive raises several million dollars (Globes) MinInvasive is developing a minimally invasive device for rotator cuff repair in

Israeli start-up, Bonus BioGroup, to grow autologous bone from fat cells

Israeli medical start-up prepares to build a better bone (Times of Israel) Make no bones about it: A one-of-a-kind factory is

Amedica, the spine startup with Silicon Nitride, borrows $21.5M

GE Capital Closes $21.5 Million Senior Secured Credit Facility for Amedica Corporation (press release) GE Capital, Healthcare Financial Services announced today

Bioventus, an orthopedic products startup, leases $5M Office, creates 44 Jobs

Bioventus Leases $5M Office, Creates 44 Jobs (Area Development) Bioventus, an orthopedic products producer, will invest $5 million to lease 40,000-square-foot

Florida startup treating spinal fractures in a novel manner seeks $2M

Florida startup treating spinal fractures in a novel manner seeks $2 million (MedCityNews) A Florida startup that aims to treat vertebral

Israeli Cartilage Repair startup raises $10M to continue to study Agili-C

$10 Million Raised for Cartilage Repair (Orthopedics This Week) An Israeli medical device company, CartiHeal Ltd, which was spun off from

Sports medicine startup, Biomimedica, raises $14M for synthetic cartilage to repair joints

Biomimedica® Announces the Closing of its Oversubscribed Series B Financing (press release) Biomimedica®, Incorporated (www.biomimedica.com), a medical device start-up company

NLT SPINE comes to Europe with its innovative eSpin discectomy device

NLT SPINE Receives CE Mark for its eSpin™ Device and Performs First Clinical Cases in Europe NLT SPINE, a developer

Cleveland Clinic spins off Orthopedics preoperative planning software company, called Custom Orthopaedic Solutions

Cleveland Clinic spins off orthopedics preoperative planning software company (MedCityNews) Cleveland Clinic Innovations has spun off a new startup: a company

DGIMed Ortho, a trauma startup, raises $3.3M by issuing debt

Orthopedics device startup raises $3.3 million by issuing debt (MedCityNews) The Minnetonka, Minnesota company was founded in 2008 to commercialize the

Memphis Bioworks initiates an Accelerated Concept-to-510(k) incubator program for Startups

Memphis’ ZeroTo510 to Aid Med, Biotech Startups (Daily News Memphis) Memphis Bioworks Foundation and Innova have launched ZeroTo510, an accelerator

Audio Interview: Spine Startup – Soteira CEO Larry Jasinski

Click to play MassDevice Podcast: Soteira CEO Larry Jasinski (MassDevice) Soteira CEO Larry Jasinski talks to MassDevice about overcoming the odds with spinal

Israeli Company wins 510(k) clearance for TLIF Fusion Device

Award Winning Israeli Spine Company Gets 510(k) Clearance (Bilione Young @ OTW) NLT SPINE, an Israeli developer of minimally invasive spine

Unique Israeli Company CartiHeal Gets CE for Cartilage Defect Repair

Unique Israeli Company CartiHeal Gets CE Mark (Biloine Young @ OTW) An Israeli company has received CE Mark certification

Vincent Gardès is the new CEO at Vexim, French Spine Startup

Vincent Gardès New CEO at Vexim (Biloine Young @ OTW) Vincent Gardès, a veteran of Stryker Corporation and Medtronic,

Profile on Flex Biomedical Inc. from Start-Up Magazine

Flex Biomedical Inc. (article preview from Start-Up ) Intra-articular injections of hyaluronic acid, which mimics the lubricating properties of natural

IlluminOss Medical, an Intramedullary Fixation Trauma Startup, finds $4M financing

IlluminOss Medical finds $4M financing (Mass High Tech) IlluminOss Medical Inc., a medical device firm in East Providence,

Flexuspine, startup with disc replacement, gets $2.1M in funding

Flexuspine website Spine disc replacement firm Flexuspine adds $2.1M to series B round (MedCityNews) Flexuspine, which is developing a

Pivot Medical, a hip arthroscopy startup, raises $32M in financing

Pivot Medical Raises $32 Million in Series C Financing (press release) Emerging Leader in Hip Arthroscopy Rolls

TranS1 wins another major insurance coverage based on new clinical results

TranS1 Inc. gets business boost (StarNews Online) TranS1 Inc. has received a boost to its business. A major health insurer in

Expanding Orthopedics initiates study to measure Pedicle Screw performance in Germany

Pedicle Screw Study Launched (written by Biloine Young @ OTW) Expanding Orthopedics Inc. (EOI), based in Israel, has launched

Israeli back pain device company lands $3.5M investment, plans Akron move

Nervomatrix website Israeli back pain device company lands $3.5M investment, plans Akron move (MedCity News) Israeli pain-relief neurostimulation device

Q&A with Dr. Lon S. Weiner, Co-Founder of Nextremity Solutions, Foot & Ankle surgery startup

Nextremity Solutions website Lon S. Weiner, M.D., Co-Founder and Director of Nextremity Solutions, LLC (OrthoPreneur) Nextremity Solutions was started in

Vexim to market the SpineJack for spinal column fractures in India

SpineJack Heads to India (written by Biloine Young @ OTW) Vexim, the med-tech company out of Toulouse, France, will soon

Spinal USA to add 25 new jobs in Jackson, Miss.

Spinal USA Expands, Creates U.S. Jobs (press release) Spinal USA website JACKSON, Miss.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Spinal USA, LLC is lowering the

SpineGuard pulls in $6.2M in funding to launch PediGuard for improved pedicle screw placement

SpineGuard Nabs $6.2M SpineGuard has added $6.2 million in funding to expand its platform for enhanced spinal screw placement, which

TranS1 to raise $20M through a new public offering

TranS1 Inc. Announces Pricing of Public Offering of Common Stock (press release) WILMINGTON, N.C., Sept. 21, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE)

Spine startup focusing on disc herniations, Intrinsic Therapeutics, names Cary Hagan as CEO

Intrinsic Therapeutics website Intrinsic Therapeutics, Inc. Names Cary P. Hagan as President & CEO (press release) WOBURN, Mass., Sept.

N.C. nanotech firm branches into medical devices via 2 startups

N.C. nanotech firm branches into medical devices via 2 startups (MedCityNews) Nanotechnology-engineered thin film coatings used in industrial applications are

Orthopedic balloon startup raises $2.6M to treat shoulder

Orthopedic balloon co Ortho Space raise $2.6m (Globes) Ortho Space Ltd. has raised $2.6 million at a company value

Integra LifeSciences Acquires SeaSpine for $89M

Integra LifeSciences Acquires SeaSpine (press release) Price is 1.8 X 2010 sales of $50M Integra Spine Doubles Its Distribution Network

2 Autologous Cartilage Regeneration companies merge – Biotech Firms Histogenics and ProChon

Biotech Firms Histogenics and ProChon Merge (OTW) Histogenics Acquires ProChon Biotech in an All-Stock Transaction (HealthPointCapital) Histogenic acquired ProChon Biotech in

Benvenue Medical closes $35M Series C funding for clinical trial of their new VCF system

Benvenue Medical Closes $35.5 Million Series C Financing (press release) Benvenue Medical, Inc., a developer of minimally invasive solutions for

TranS1 update – some good news and some bad news

Trans1’s Clearance, Paper Approvals and Guidance (OTW) Good news and bad news for for TranS1: + New 510(k) clearance for

Rachiotek acquires the assets of the bankrupt Applied Spine Technologies

Rachiotek LLC Acquires Assets of Applied Spine Technologies, Inc. (OrthoSpineNews) Startup Losers in 2010/2009 … Your friends are reading

Graftys secures funding to develop resorbable biologic materials for orthopedic applications

Graftys Completes Third Round of Financing for 4 Million Euros ($5,3 Million), and Adds a New Financial Partner (press release)

CEO transition at TranS1

TranS1 Announces CEO Transition (press release) Ken Reali moves to CEO after joining as COO one year ago. … Your

Boston startup naps $18M to develop implant coatings

Semprus Scores $18M More to Help Improve Medical Devices (Xconomy) MIT Spinout Semprus BioSciences Looks for Strong Bonds with Medical-Device

Sonoma Orthopedic Products, an MIS fracture repair company, raises $1.5M

Sonoma Orthopedic Products raises $1.5M (PressDemocrat.com) Santa Rosa medical technology startup Sonoma Orthopedic Products has raised $1.5 million in a

UK spine company, Ranier, gains CE Mark for Cadisc-L lumbar disc replacement

Ranier Lumbar Disc Receives CE Mark (OTW) Ranier Technology raises $8M to commercialize the Cadisc-L in Europe (News Sept 12,

Chinese government approves pricing & reimbursement for NeoStem’s arthroscopic orthopedic autologous adult stem cell based treatment

Local Chinese Government Authorities Approve Pricing and Reimbursement for NeoStem’s Licensed Adult Stem Cell Treatments for Orthopedic Applications in China