2015

NEW YORK, June 30, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — Centinel Spine, Inc., (Centinel Spine) the pioneer of Stand-Alone, No-Profile®, Integrated Interbody fusion devices was granted the first cervical multilevel indication for a Stand-Alone interbody device by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). STALIF C and STALIF C-TI™ now can be used on-label in multilevel, cervical spine […]

Zimmer ($ZMH) is now Zimmer Biomet Holdings thanks to its now-complete $14 billion acquisition of fellow Warsaw, IN, orthopedics player Biomet. The deal creates an industry giant. Zimmer had 2014 revenues of $4.7 billion, while Biomet’s FY 2014 revenues were $3.2 billion. Read more »

WASHINGTON, June 24, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Musculoskeletal Clinical Regulatory Advisers, LLC (MCRA) announced today its role in the successful Premarket Approval (PMA) application decision by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to approve VertiFlex Inc.’s Superion® Interspinous Spacer for use in the treatment of moderate spinal stenosis. This is the eighth successful PMA in […]

WASHINGTON, June 24, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Musculoskeletal Clinical Regulatory Advisers, LLC (MCRA) announced today its role in the successful Premarket Approval (PMA) application decision by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to approve VertiFlex Inc.’s Superion® Interspinous Spacer for use in the treatment of moderate spinal stenosis. This is the eighth successful PMA in […]

WARSAW, Ind., June 24, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — Zimmer Holdings, Inc. (NYSE and SIX: ZMH) today announced that, following the receipt of U.S. Federal Trade Commission clearance, Zimmer has completed the acquisition of Biomet in a cash and equity transaction currently valued at approximately $14.0 billion. In connection with the combination, Zimmer has changed its corporate […]

WARSAW, Ind., June 24, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — Zimmer Holdings, Inc. (NYSE and SIX: ZMH) today announced that, following the receipt of U.S. Federal Trade Commission clearance, Zimmer has completed the acquisition of Biomet in a cash and equity transaction currently valued at approximately $14.0 billion. In connection with the combination, Zimmer has changed its corporate […]

AUSTIN, Texas–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Wenzel Spine, Inc., a medical device company focused on providing minimally invasive, stand-alone alternatives to traditional spinal fusion, announced today the publication of a new peer-reviewed paper providing a system overview and detailing clinical results of over 700 patients treated using the stand-alone, expandable, VariLift Interbody Fusion System. The recently released paper, published […]

Macon, GA, June 2015—Southern Spine today announced that StabiLink® MIS Interlaminar Spinal Fixation System has been selected as the Silver Winner in the Implant and Tissue Replacement category of the 18th Annual Medical Design Excellence Awards competition.  The 2015 MDEA winning products were announced at the 2015 MDEA Ceremony held Tuesday, June 9, 2015 in […]

A California lawsuit accuses two surgeons and four hospitals in Las Vegas of participating in a massive health care fraud scheme that involved implanting counterfeit spinal hardware into unsuspecting patients.Read more »

A California lawsuit accuses two surgeons and four hospitals in Las Vegas of participating in a massive health care fraud scheme that involved implanting counterfeit spinal hardware into unsuspecting patients.Read more »

Alzenau, June 18, 2015. SIGNUS (Alzenau) is expanding its product range for the cervical spine. Along with TOSCA® and TOSCA® II Standard, ASCOT is a new system that is now available for anterior stabilization in interbody fusion.Due to its integrated screw locking mechanism and its flat, semi-rigid plate design, ASCOT offers reliability and flexibility in the […]

NEW YORK, June 17, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — Centinel Spine™, Inc., (Centinel Spine) the pioneer of Stand-Alone, No-Profile®, Integrated Interbody™ fusion devices receive FDA clearance for its STALIF MIDLINE®, MIDLINE II™, MIDLINE II-Ti™ (Ti-ACTIVE™) devices for use with allogeneic bone graft in lumbar spinal fusion procedures. All Centinel Spine’s Stand-Alone, No-Profile, Integrated Interbody systems are indicated […]

CHIANG MAI, Thailand, June 18, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — The DePuy Synthes Companies of Johnson & Johnson today announced that the company has signed a five-year cooperation agreement with the AO Foundation to continue the work they began together in 1960 to deliver world-class professional education and develop new innovations that improve patient outcomes and increase […]

AKRON, Ohio, June 16, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — Intellirod Spine, the spinal implant company developing disposable and implantable wireless RFID sensor technology for monitoring spinal rod strains, secured additional equity financing from new and existing investors to reach key milestones toward the commercialization of its sensor technologies and related lumbar fusion implants. Intellirod’s CEO, Ric Navarro, […]

VANCOUVER, BC, June 16, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — via PRWEB – According to a recently published report by iData Research (http://www.idataresearch.com), the motion preservation device market is the fastest growing segment within the U.S. spinal implant market. This increase is fueled by the rapid growth of new spine devices like cervical artificial discs (CAD) and […]

VANCOUVER, BC, June 16, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — via PRWEB – According to a recently published report by iData Research (http://www.idataresearch.com), the motion preservation device market is the fastest growing segment within the U.S. spinal implant market. This increase is fueled by the rapid growth of new spine devices like cervical artificial discs (CAD) and […]

Bordeaux, Boston, June 16, 2015 – IMPLANET (Euronext: IMPL, FR0010458729, PEA-PME eligible), a medical technology company specializing in vertebral and knee-surgery implants, today announces that it has enrolled the first patient in a major multicentric clinical protocol designed to study the medical value provided by the JAZZ BandTM in the treatment of instrumented thoracic and […]

SAN DIEGO, CA–(Marketwired – June 15, 2015) – NuVasive, Inc. (NASDAQ: NUVA), a leading medical device company focused on transforming spine surgery with minimally disruptive, procedurally-integrated solutions, announced today that Vickie L. Capps has been elected to the Company’s Board of Directors. Ms. Capps will also serve on the Board’s Audit Committee and Nominating and […]

PARIS &SAN FRANCISCO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–SpineGuard (FR0011464452 – ALSGD), an innovative company that designs, develops and markets disposable medical devices intended to make spine surgery safer, has announced the completion of an additional equity round of €0.9 million.This brings the fresh equity funds raised in the second quarter to €2.8 million made up of equity rounds in […]

CHARLESTON, S.C., & MISGAV, Israel–(BUSINESS WIRE)–ApiFix® Ltd. announced today that the company’s ApiFix® system has now been used to correct scoliosis in 50 adolescents since the system was approved for marketing in Europe. ApiFix® is a commercial-stage company that has developed theCE-marked ApiFix® System — a non-fusion minimally invasive treatment alternative for Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis […]

Selling three spinal implant companies for $200 million just wasn’t enough for Randy Theken.So he started three new companies, hired 25 people and bought a 3-D printer that can make things out of titanium.Now he’s about to start building a highly automated manufacturing plant in Akron. Read more »

Selling three spinal implant companies for $200 million just wasn’t enough for Randy Theken.So he started three new companies, hired 25 people and bought a 3-D printer that can make things out of titanium.Now he’s about to start building a highly automated manufacturing plant in Akron. Read more »

PLAINSBORO, N.J., June 9, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corporation (Nasdaq:IART) today announced that the Board of Directors of Integra has approved the separation of SeaSpine Holdings Corporation (“SeaSpine”) from Integra in the form of a tax-free dividend involving the distribution of all outstanding shares of SeaSpine common stock to holders of Integra […]

IRVINE, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The German company joimax®, developer of technologies and training methods for minimally invasive endoscopic spinal surgery, today announced it will introduce the company’s new iLESSYS® Delta system to the market at the 66th Annual Meeting of the German Society of Neurosurgery (DGNC) taking place in Karlsruhe, Germany from June 7-10. iLESSYS Delta, an […]

Charlotte, NC (PRWEB) June 03, 2015–Intelligent Implant Systems, LLC is pleased to announce the issuance of US Patent No. 9,044,273, underpinning the Revolution™ Spinal System. Revolution™ is based on improving the thoraco-lumbar spinal fusion implant procedure by eliminating complicated reusable non-sterile instrument trays and replacing them with one easy-to-use disposable instrument tray.  The implants, designed […]

Medtronic PLC reported a net loss of $1 million in its first combined quarter with Covidien, largely related to $ 880 million in charges for the Covidien acquisition and a $329 million expense from the resolution of a tax dispute with the Internal Revenue Service. Read more »

NEW YORK, June 1, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — Centinel Spine, Inc. (Centinel Spine), the pioneer of spinal Stand-Alone, No-Profile®, Integrated Interbody™ devices has now implanted 20,000 STALIF C cervical Integrated Interbody devices. The STALF C device is implanted during cervical fusion procedures to treat degenerative spinal disorders. “This is an important milestone for Centinel Spine and […]