PARSIPPANY, N.J.–(Business Wire)–Precision Spine, Inc. recently announced it has entered into a development agreement with Stephen D. Cook, Ph.D. of the Fellowship of Orthopaedic Researchers in Metairie, Louisiana to design a disc replacement device for the cervical spine. The team will focus on a motion preserving design with a goal to better replicate natural spinal […]
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First Surgery Worldwide Performed with Expanding Orthopedics’ FLXfit™ 3D Expandable Interbody Cage
OR AKIVA, Israel, September 2, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — Expanding Orthopedics Inc. (EOI), a privately held medical device company focused on developing and commercializing innovative expandable devices for spine surgeries, is thrilled to announce that the first surgery ever, using its FLXfit™, the world’s first 3D expandable interbody cage, has been performed by Prof. Le Huec in […]
First Surgery Worldwide Performed with Expanding Orthopedics’ FLXfit™ 3D Expandable Interbody Cage
OR AKIVA, Israel, September 2, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — Expanding Orthopedics Inc. (EOI), a privately held medical device company focused on developing and commercializing innovative expandable devices for spine surgeries, is thrilled to announce that the first surgery ever, using its FLXfit™, the world’s first 3D expandable interbody cage, has been performed by Prof. Le Huec in […]
Ranier’s unique material Anatom-C Fusion cage receives CE mark
2nd September 2014, Ranier has been granted a CE mark for its new fusion cage, Anatom-C, which is made from a unique polymeric material. Using Ranier’s proprietary materials technology developed initially for making artificial, replacement spinal discs, the stiffness of the Anatom-C material has been specifically selected to match the stiffness of cancellous bone. By contrast, standard […]
Integra LifeSciences Announces Changes Within Its Orthopedics and Tissue Technologies Business
PLAINSBORO, N.J., Sept. 2, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corporation (Nasdaq:IART) today announced that it has made changes to the leadership of its Orthopedics and Tissue Technologies business. The new organization enables Integra to use itsresources more efficiently in order to better invest in new products and other growth initiatives. The division is […]
Market for spinal implants, VCF and MIS spinal devices to see continued expansion in the Asia-Pacific region through 2020
Sunday 31 August 2014, (iData Research Inc.By Dr. Kamran Zamanian, Jeff Wong and Ceren Altincekic, Market Research Analyst)–The market for spinal implants, VCF and MIS spinal devices in the Asia-Pacific region is going through a two-tiered growth pattern based on the penetration… levels in different countries. Developing and rapidly growing countries such as China are […]
Market for spinal implants, VCF and MIS spinal devices to see continued expansion in the Asia-Pacific region through 2020
Sunday 31 August 2014, (iData Research Inc.By Dr. Kamran Zamanian, Jeff Wong and Ceren Altincekic, Market Research Analyst)–The market for spinal implants, VCF and MIS spinal devices in the Asia-Pacific region is going through a two-tiered growth pattern based on the penetration… levels in different countries. Developing and rapidly growing countries such as China are […]
Fairview CEO: Medtronic is right about what hospitals want
Aug 29, 2014, (Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal)–Medtronic Inc. is betting its acquisition of Covidien will get executives a seat at the table with health system CEOs eager to shorten their medical-device vendor lists. Count Fairview Health Services…Read more »
Integra Lifesciences Expresses Interest to Divest Spine Business
Last week, Glenn Coleman the CFO of Integra Lifesciences, expressed to analysts that the company is interested in exploring strategic alternatives for its Spine business.Integra’s management team believes that Integra’s Spine unit would need a significant investment in order to compete in … Read more »
12 Hospitals in the UK Are Using Stratasys 3D Printers for the Creation of Surgical Models Prior to Surgery
When a patient walks into a hospital on the day of a scheduled surgery, there is usually a tremendous amount of nervousness that follows. While, surgeons have been specially trained, and the majority of them have probably taken part in numerous similar operations in the past, there is still a cause for … Read more […]
12 Hospitals in the UK Are Using Stratasys 3D Printers for the Creation of Surgical Models Prior to Surgery
When a patient walks into a hospital on the day of a scheduled surgery, there is usually a tremendous amount of nervousness that follows. While, surgeons have been specially trained, and the majority of them have probably taken part in numerous similar operations in the past, there is still a cause for … Read more […]
5 Things Medtronic, Inc.’s Management Wants You to Know
Medtronic recently reported first-quarter earnings , topping analyst expectations as non-GAAP earnings rose 6% and revenue climbed 5%.But the quarterly report only tells half the story. Let’s look at the five most interesting things that CEO Omar Ishrak discussed during the medical-device maker’s earnings conference call.The spine business will hopefully strengthen… Read more »
Med-tech industry is booming in China
August 25, 2014 (Star Tribune)-Now med-tech firms are seeing double-digit growth as they partner with Chinese manufacturers,purgase Chinese companies, and race to educate and woo Chinese doctors and patients eager to tap the latest technology. Read more »
Med-tech industry is booming in China
August 25, 2014 (Star Tribune)-Now med-tech firms are seeing double-digit growth as they partner with Chinese manufacturers,purgase Chinese companies, and race to educate and woo Chinese doctors and patients eager to tap the latest technology. Read more »
Peking University Implants First 3D Printed Vertebra
Doctors at Peking University have successfully implanted the first 3D printed vertebrae in a young patient.The patient, a 12 year old boy, had a malignant tumour in his spinal cord. After hours of specialized spinal cord surgery, doctors replaced a section of cancerous vertebra in his neck with the 3D printed piece. Read more »
Peking University Implants First 3D Printed Vertebra
Doctors at Peking University have successfully implanted the first 3D printed vertebrae in a young patient.The patient, a 12 year old boy, had a malignant tumour in his spinal cord. After hours of specialized spinal cord surgery, doctors replaced a section of cancerous vertebra in his neck with the 3D printed piece. Read more »
Tissue Regeneration Systems to Collaborate with J&J, DePuy Synthes
Earlier this summer, Johnson & Johnson Innovation and DePuy Synthes Products announced a new collaboration with Plymouth, MI-based Tissue Regeneration Systems (TRS) to help developRead more »
Med World Live- A new innovative way to train sales reps and physicians using video.
CHARLOTTE, N.C., Aug. 12, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — Med World Live, Inc. is excited to announce six new agreements with The American Academy of Pediatrics, Benvenue Medical, Mazor Robotics, Orthofix, SMISS and Stryker Neuro Spine ENT. Medtronic Spine & Biologics has been a valued customer of ours since 2011.The Med World Live portal technology offers a […]
Aesculap Implant Systems Launches S4 Element(R) MIS System, First Endoscope Guided Pedicle Screw System for Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery
CENTER VALLEY, PA–(Marketwired – August 19, 2014) – Aesculap Implant Systems announced today the availability of the new S4 Element® MIS System, the only posterior lumbar pedicle screw fixation system to utilize endoscope technology to gain direct visualization, providing the advantages of minimally invasive surgery (MIS) with enhanced view of surgical site. To further differentiate […]
Medtronic profit dips 9% on one-time costs
The medical device maker saw sales gains across nearly all its product lines and executives said they would press forward with Covidien deal.Costs are already mounting for Medtronic Inc.’s proposed $43 billion acquisition of Irish healthcare supplier Covidien, which dented its latest profit even as Read more »
Frost & Sullivan Recognizes Baxano Surgical as a Leader in MIS Spine Innovation
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Aug. 18, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — Based on its recent analysis of the minimally invasive spinal surgical solutions market, Frost & Sullivan recognizes Baxano Surgical, Inc. with the 2014 North American Frost & Sullivan Award for Product Line Strategy Leadership. Baxano Surgical’s superior products facilitate minimally invasive surgery (MIS), offering both patients and […]
Three people died in illegal human experiments carried out by John Podesta backer’s firm
John Podesta, one of President Obama’s closest White House advisers, counts among his key financial supporters Hansjorg Wyss, a reclusive Swiss billionaire whose company conducted illegal human experiments that resulted in the deaths of three elderly patients.Justice Department attorneys negotiated a $23.8 million plea deal in 2011 with Synthes Inc., and Norian Corporation, its wholly […]
Three people died in illegal human experiments carried out by John Podesta backer’s firm
John Podesta, one of President Obama’s closest White House advisers, counts among his key financial supporters Hansjorg Wyss, a reclusive Swiss billionaire whose company conducted illegal human experiments that resulted in the deaths of three elderly patients.Justice Department attorneys negotiated a $23.8 million plea deal in 2011 with Synthes Inc., and Norian Corporation, its wholly […]
Devicemaker sales reps being replaced in the OR
“To cut the price of orthopedic implants and curb the influence of manufacturers, some hospitals are training their own employees to provide technical assistance to operating room staff, displacing company sales representatives who have offered this service to surgeons for decades” says the article that today appears in the modernhealthcare.com. It is true that the […]
Devicemaker sales reps being replaced in the OR
“To cut the price of orthopedic implants and curb the influence of manufacturers, some hospitals are training their own employees to provide technical assistance to operating room staff, displacing company sales representatives who have offered this service to surgeons for decades” says the article that today appears in the modernhealthcare.com. It is true that the […]
Medtronic founder Bakken praises Covidien purchase
WASHINGTON – Medtronic Inc. founder Earl Bakken has reached out to employees of the company to promote its purchase of Covidien, a deal that has stirred controversy over the tax benefits it would bring.The Fridley-based device maker on Thursday sent a message signed by Bakken that praises the $43 billion deal, which would move Medtronic’s […]
Advanced Biologics publishes additional OsteoAMP® data in Journal of Spine
CARLSBAD, Calif., Aug. 13, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — Advanced Biologics announced today the acceptance for publication of a new OsteoAMP study to be published in the Journal of Spine. In the study titled, Clinical Validation of Allogeneic Morphogenetic Protein: Donor Intervariability, Terminal Irradiation and Age of Product is not Clinically Relevant, an analysis was completed looking […]