Carlsbad, Calif.-based Aurora Spine received a U.S. patent titled, "Polyaxial interspinous fusion implant and bone growth stimulation system."
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Shelton, Conn.-based Spine Wave appointed Brian May its new executive vice president of research and development.
Caesarea, Israel-based Mazor Robotics earned FDA approval for its Mazor X Align software.
Surgeons treated the first patient in the investigational device exemption clinical trial testing Sunnyvale, Calif.-based Simplify Medical's Simplify cervical artificial spinal disc.
Minneapolis-based Inspired Spine reported surgeons have performed more than 500 Oblique Lateral Lumbar Interbody Fusions.
Scott Blumenthal, MD, of Plano-based Texas Back Institute, performed the nation's first herniated disc repair surgery with the AnchorKnot Tissue Approximation Kit by Burlington Mass.-based Anchor Orthopaedics.
The global sports medicine devices market is likely to continue expanding through 2022, a Market Research Store report found, according to WhaTech.
Richard Sweet, MD, is an orthopedic surgeon at Louisville (Ky.) Orthopedic Clinic.
Julio Petilon, MD, is a spine surgeon at Spine Center Atlanta.
Avi Kumar, MD, an orthopedic surgeon with Bradenton, Fla.-based Coastal Orthopedics Sports Medicine & Pain Management, obtained a U.S. patent for an anatomic humeral fracture plate.