Author: Alan Condon

SPR Therapeutics announced the commercial placement of its 1,000th Sprint Peripheral Nerve Stimulation system for pain was completed Dec. 4.

Birmingham, Ala.-based Encompass Health is seeking approvals for a $52.2 million rehabilitation hospital in Libertyville, Ill., reports the Daily Herald.

New York City-based Hospital for Special Surgery and the New York Giants recently extended their sports medicine partnership with a new 10-year deal, according to the New York Giants' website.

The FDA cleared EmCyte's Progenikine Concentrating System for adipose lipoplasty for procedures in several specialties including neurosurgery and orthopedics.

The North American Medical Society for Sports Medicine and its Collaborative Research Network recently awarded a $300,000 research grant to three physicians investigating a new treatment for osteoarthritis.

Four spine and neurosurgeons outline initiatives they will be implementing to enhance their practice next year.

Vertos Medical completed the enrollment of its nationwide study of its Mild procedure for lumbar spinal stenosis on Dec. 3.

Los Angeles-based Cedars-Sinai recently received a $1 million donation from the Ray Charles Foundation to develop a new neurosurgery scholarship program.

A neurosurgeon resident at Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Fla., is developing a 3D printing program to help train spine and neurosurgeons, reports 3D Print.com.

The first procedures with Smith+Nephew's Journey II Unicompartmental Knee System were reported Dec. 3.