Orthopedic medtech company DePuy Synthes acquired Expanding Innovations, a developer of expandable implants for spine surgery, expanding its position in the growing expandable interbody cage market. Expanding Innovations’ portfolio includes its X-PAC expandable interbody cages for transforaminal and lateral lumbar…
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Gabriele Jasper, MD, founder of the Jasper Spine Institute in Brick Township, N.J., died in a plane crash July 13 in upstate New York. He was 70, according to a July 15 Jersey Shore Online report. Dr. Jasper was piloting…
Cleveland Clinic will incorporate a neurological assessment center into its new Neurological Institute building, scheduled to open in early 2027, to collect standardized measures of patients’ neurological function during routine outpatient visits. The center will use markerless motion capture, manual…
Medical device company Biotronik Neuro has acquired a portfolio of intellectual property related to spinal cord stimulation from Soin Neuroscience. The patents include technologies in spinal cord stimulation waveform design, adaptive programming, and the application of machine learning and AI…
The House Committee on Ways and Means unanimously advanced bipartisan legislation July 15 that would modernize prior authorization requirements in Medicare Advantage, a measure backed by the American Association of Neurological Surgeons and Congress of Neurological Surgeons. The Improving Seniors’…
Provect AI, a medical imaging company, received FDA 510(k) clearance for software that converts standard C-arm X-rays into intraoperative 3D images, allowing spine and orthopedic surgeons to generate CT-like imaging without a CT scanner. The software, called 3D-Anywhere, is designed…
Sarasota (Fla.) Memorial Hospital hosted the first U.S. surgery using Signus USA’s VertaConnect spinal implant system. The procedure was performed July 3 by spinal surgeon Ngoc-Lam Nguyen, MD. The VertaConnect system is an expandable transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion implant designed…
Sioux Falls, S.D.-based Avera Health has acquired The Center for Neurosciences, Orthopaedics & Spine’s practice in Dakota Dunes, S.D., effective Jan. 1, 2027. The practice will operate as Avera CNOS. The deal followed a lengthy vetting process and reflects a…
There are 27 states, plus Washington, D.C., that operate with a full practice model for nurse practitioners, according to information from the American Association of Nurse Practitioners. Full practice is the model recommended by the National Academy of Medicine and…
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