NEWS

SALT LAKE CITY, Oct. 23, 2012 — /PRNewswire/ — AMEDICA Corporation, a spinal and reconstructive medical device manufacturer, is pleased to announce that Alpesh Patel, M.D., Associate Professor in the Division of Spine Surgery at the Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine, will present a poster at the North American Spine Society (NASS) Annual […]

CENTER VALLEY, PA. — On October 24, 2012,Aesculap Implant Systems will debut the ArcadiusXP L Stand alone Interbody Device for ALIF procedures during the North American Spine Society (NASS) Annual Meeting being held in Dallas, Texas. The ArcadiusXP L is a stand alone ALIF device that features a Plasmapore®XPcoating, an osteoconductive pure Titanium porous coating […]

PARSIPPANY, N.J., Oct 19, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Precision Spine announced that it will be attending the North American Spine Society (NASS) 27th Annual Meeting in Dallas, Texas during October 24-26, 2012. This event marks the first time Precision Spine will be exhibiting at a NASS Annual Meeting, having acquired Spinal USA earlier this year.Precision […]

The TowerLOX Minimally Invasive Lumbar Surgery System was developed by Captiva Spine, in collaboration with spine surgeons and industry experts, to provide simple and intuitive function in a cannulated pedicle screw, tower and rod delivery system.The TowerLOX™ system is complemented with a proprietary rod delivery system, PivoRod™, that allows the surgeon ultimate control during percutaneous […]

INDIANAPOLIS–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Nexxt Spine, a leading manufacturer of spinal implants and surgical instrumentation, is pleased to announce that it has launched its new, improved website as of Monday, October 8, 2012. The website features all of the capabilities and much of the content of its predecessor, while incorporating a number of significant improvements to meet the […]

NEW YORK, OCT. 17, 2012 — /PRNewswire/ — Paradigm Spine LLC, a provider of innovative spinal implant technologies, announces the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) has granted a Premarket Approval (“PMA”) Order for coflex®, a minimally invasive, Motion Preserving Interlaminar Stabilization™ device for the treatment of Moderate To Severe Stenosis With Or Without Back […]

LEWISVILLE, Texas–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Orthofix International N.V., (NAS: OFIX) (the Company) announced today that it has promoted Brian McCollum to President of the Spine Global Business Unit. Mr. McCollum will continue to serve as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer through November 10, 2012.During his 11 year tenure with Orthofix, Mr. McCollum has served in various operational […]

A Pennsylvania court dismisses most of the claims against orthopedic devices maker Stryker in a patient injury lawsuit over the CerviCore artificial disc implants, but the case will move forward with allegations of negligence. Medical devices maker Stryker (NYSE:SYK) wasn’t able to dodge all of the claims in a patient injury lawsuit over its CerviCore […]

SANTA ROSA, Calif., Oct. 15, 2012 –/PRNewswire/ — Osseon Therapeutics, Inc. is gearing up for growth as European sales now account for over 40% of sales since new product introductions in Europe.Osseon’s newest product, the Osseoflex® SB, represents the first technological advance in vertebral augmentation devices in years. The Osseoflex SB steerable bone tamp, introduced […]

It’s funny how decisions you once make may come back to haunt you.That bitter medicine is what NuVasive(NASDAQ: NUVA), once an upstart in the medical world and maker of spinal products, and now a larger player, has been tasting.Last week, investors punished the stock of the San Diego company, taking away a third of its […]

Medtronic, Inc. is placing an $816 million bet on the Chinese orthopedic market by acquiring Chinese orthopedics company, China Kanghui Holdings, for cash.Omar Ishrak, Medtronic’s CEO, announced that he pulled the trigger on Medtronic’s biggest acquisition since he took charge at the company last year after the markets closed on September 27. He had been […]

WILMINGTON, N.C., Oct. 10, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — TranS1 Inc. (Nasdaq:TSON), a medical device company focused on designing, developing and marketing products to treat degenerative conditions of the spine affecting the lower lumbar region, announced today the signing of a distribution agreement with Beijing Jiade Sunshine (“Jiade”).The distribution agreement covers the sale of AxiaLIF® products […]

MEMPHIS, TENN. – October 8, 2012 – Medtronic, Inc. (NYSE: MDT) today announced it has initiated the commercial introduction in the United States of the ACD Instrument Set, a brand new set of instruments that can be used to insert the clinically proven BRYANR Cervical Disc. The BRYANR Disc was FDA approved in 2009 for […]

When a California company developed a product to be used in spinal fusion surgeries, the firm’s president said he knew it faced a new “ethical dilemma,” even noting a recent NPR news investigation questioning the high profits some firms were making from donated human tissue.Spinal Elements, a small and growing company, had long made plates, […]

SALT LAKE CITY, Oct. 4, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — Amedica Corporation, a spinal and reconstructive medical device manufacturer, announced today that its Board of Directors unanimously elected Eric K. Olson, the company’s President and Chief Executive Officer, to its Board of Directors.Mr. Olson has been instrumental in the development and expansion of sales and marketing for […]

The company said “an unusually high” number of customers turned to competitors and it also faced pressure since many surgeon customers complained of increased delays and denials from insurance payers.”(The spine surgery market) is pretty competitive and NuVasive has always relied on taking away market share away from Medtronic Inc,” Northland Securities analyst Suraj Kalia […]

Dallas, Tx (PRWEB) October 02, 2012Pinnacle Spine Group, LLC, (“Pinnacle”) a Dallas, Texas-based company that designs, develops, manufactures and markets spinal implants and instruments, announces the FDA approval and market availability of its patented InFill® System for direct lateral spinal fusion procedures in treatment of various spinal pathologies. The System consists of the InFill® Interbody […]

SALT LAKE CITY, SEPT. 27, 2012 — /PRNewswire/ — Amedica Corporation, a spinal and reconstructive medical device manufacturer, announced today it has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to legally market a second generation family of cervical and lumbar interbody fusion devices (IBF) manufactured with the company’s proprietary Silicon Nitride biomaterial. […]

Medtronic (NYSE:MDT) announced late Thursday that it is buying a Chinese orthopedics company marking the company’s first acquisition in that populous Asian nation.The Minnesota medical device maker said that it is buying China Kanghui Holdings for $816 million in cash but excluding Kangui’s cash the transaction is worth $755 million. Kangui trades on the New York […]

Alphatec Holdings Inc.’s board has approved plans to buy certain assets of Phygen LLC, a spinal implant manufacturer based in Irvine, for $15.2 million in stock and cash. Carlsbad-based Alphatec Holdings (Nasdaq: ATEC), which owns Alphatec Spine Inc., on Aug. 7 signed a letter of intent to buy the Phygen assets. “Since becoming CEO of […]

Bethlehem, Pa. (PRWEB) September 26, 2012B. Braun OEM Division will serve as a gold sponsor at this year’s AdvaMed Annual Conference, which will be held at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center, October 1-3.Products displayed in B. Braun’s booth (#329) will represent innovations from its hospital care portfolio and will highlight the company’s contract manufacturing […]

PARSIPPANY, N.J., Sep 25, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Precision Spine, Inc. announces that it received 510(k) clearance from the FDA on August 8, 2012 for the ReForm Pedicle Screw System.The ReForm Pedicle Screw System is intended to provide immobilization and stabilization of spinal segments in skeletally mature patients as an adjunct to fusion in the […]

Ada, Michigan – September 24, 2012– TransCorp Spine made its debut in Miami Beach, Forida at this year’s Annual Meeting of the Society for Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery (SMISS) showcasing its main product line, the SpinePort MIS Access System. The SpinePort system assists sugeons in performing the TransCorporeal MicroDecompression procedure in the cervical spine. “This […]

An Indianapolis medical device company has installed new machining equipment to produce three unique spinal implants made of polyetheretherketone (PEEK). It’s a major foray into plastics for implants by Nexxt Spine, which also makes titanium fastening systems.“This is our first plastic implant, but we make a lot of our instruments, such as handles and sleeves, […]

Titan Spine, a medical device surface technology company focused on the development of innovative spinal interbody fusion implants, announced today that it has been awarded patent #US 8,262,737 B2 by the United States Patent Office that protects the Company against competitive interbody devices with a roughened surface topography, anti-expulsion edges, and access to a hollow […]

LEESBURG, VA. — K2M, Inc., the largest privately held spinal device company in the world focused on developing innovative solutions for the treatment of complex spinal pathologies and minimally invasive procedures, today announced that it has received an additional clearance to treat adolescent idiopathic scoliosis. The pediatric clearance applies to the company’s MESA® Deformity (ø5.5 […]

CARLSBAD, Calif., Sept. 18, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Alphatec Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq:ATEC), the parent company of Alphatec Spine, Inc., a medical device company that designs, develops, manufactures and markets products for the surgical treatment of spine disorders, with a focus on treating conditions related to the aging spine, announced today the first clinical use of […]