Here are 20 key notes on orthopedic and spine device companies over the past week.
Intralink-Spine completed Phase I of the long-term large-animal in vivo testing of Rejuve treatment for low back pain.
Globus Medical launched the RISE-L lateral lumbar interbody fusion device.
Medical device companies based in Minnesota, including Medtronic, paid millions to physicians last year, according to a Star Tribune report.
Aesculap Implant Systems introduced the Modulift Vertebral Body Replacement device.
Medicrea raised a capital increase of 3.5 million euros via a private placement.
SpineGuard received regulatory clearance to market PediGuard products in China.
The Food and Drug Administration granted Centinel Spine the cervical multilevel indication for the STALIF C and STALIF C-Ti integrated interbody device.
MX Orthopedics received FDA clearance for its patent-pending dynaMX Compression Staple featuring malleable nitinol technology.
DJO Global's subsidiary DJO Surgical has closed its announced acquisition of assets from Zimmer Biomet.
Spine Wave launched its new Leva Interbody Device.
ConforMIS, a knee replacement firm, recently scheduled its $135 million initial public offering, which is a large downsize from its original IPO plans, according to the Boston Business Journal.
DePuy Synthes opened a new $60 million expanded manufacturing facility in Ringaskiddy, Ireland.
3D Systems was named to MIT Technology Review's 50 Smartest Companies 2015 list.
K2M's CFO Gregory S. Cole sold several shares of company stock last week, according to an Insider Trading Report.
Stephen Wang, MD, director on the Monash University's International Tangible Interaction Design Lab, created the first 'virtual spine,' according to PHG Foundation.
Henry County Medical Center in Paris, Tenn., is implementing MAKOplasty procedures, according to a report by The Paris Post-Intelligencer.
Ronda Stryker, director of Stryker, sold $1.7 million in stock on Friday, June 26, according to WKRB.
Flowonix Medical and Atlanta-based Alliance Spine and Pain Centers announced the first implantation of its Prometra II intrathecal infusion pump in Georgia.
Former OtisMed CEO Charli Chi will go to prison for his roll in marketing and distributing knee replacement tools that weren't cleared by the FDA, according to News Works.
Russell Global, Russell 3000, Russell 2000 and Russell Microcap Indexes added InVivo Therapeutics.
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