Mazor Robotics, K2M, Wright Medical Group & more — 17 key notes

Here are 17 key notes on spine and orthopedic device companies.

Aurora Spine entered into a national contract with MedAssets.

 
Bacterin released two new products for use in spinal procedures — 3Demin Boats and 3Demin Strips.

Bacterin has also been awarded a grant for $192,484 from the Montana Board of Research and Commercialization Technology to help fund the development and commercialization of a novel regenerative medicine technology.

Metalmark Capital, a private equity firm, has completed a majority investment in Collagen Matrix.

CoorsTek Medical, a part of the Coors business portfolio, launched as a company earlier this month.

Dallen Medical received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for its Tensyn Band, intended for acromioclavicular joint and coracoacromial ligament repair in shoulder separation.

Ethicon launched the ECHELON FLEX GST SYSTEM, a new powered stapler-and-reload system.

Integra LifeSciences completed its acquisition of MicroFrance and Xomed manual ear, nose and throat and laparoscopy instrumentation lines from Medtronic.

 
German physicians Drs. Sascha Gick and Steffen Heck of St. Vinzenz-Hospital Köln, an academic teaching hospital affiliated to the University of Cologne in Germany, have been awarded the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Unfallchirurgie Prize for Innovation 2014 for their use of IlluminOss' Photodynamic Bone Stabilization System.

K2M reported a significant increase in revenue for the third quarter of 2014 — total revenue grew 19.7 percent to reach $47.6 million in the third quarter.

 
Mazor Robotics announced third quarter financial reports — revenue reached $6.1 million, a jump from the $3.1 million reported over the same period of time last year.

Orthopaedic Implant Company released anatomic lower extremity and straight plates at The Orthopaedic Trauma Association's annual meeting earlier this month.

 
Oxford Performance Materials and New Haven, Conn.-based Yale University have entered into a joint research program to develop 3D printed biomedical technologies and applications.

 
Symmetry Medical reported their financial results for the third quarter — Revenue was tallied at $95.9 million, relatively flat over the $95.7 million reported for the same period last year.

Teleflex has received a $2.1 million research grant from the United States Army's Telemedicine and Advanced Technology Research Center.

Wright Medical Group and Tornier are joining forces to wield power in the extremities and biologics markets.

Zyga Technology received CE Mark approval of the Glyder Facet Restoration Device.

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