Medtronic launched Defeat-HF clinical trials evaluating the feasibility of spinal cord stimulation to improve clinical signs and symptoms of heart failure, according to a company news release.
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The Gordon Jewish Community Center and Baptist Sports Medicine in Nashville, Tenn., have collaborated to create an outpatient rehabilitation clinic, according to a Tennessean report.
Orthofix reported an increase of four percent in total sales from the second quarter in 2010 over the same period in 2009, according to a company news release.
Kent Medical Devices received Food and Drug Administration clearance for a long-term implantable medical device used for detecting biopsy and soft tissue sites during and after surgical procedures, according to a Medscape Today report.
R. Michael Gross, MD, a shoulder specialist at GIKK Ortho Specialists in Omaha, Neb., describes two issues he finds most concerning.
Steven Ballinger, MD, recently joined Samaritan Mid-Valley Orthopedics in Albany, Ore. He previously held private solo practices in Arcata, Calif., and Nacogdoches, Texas, where he used his own experience as an elite athlete to inform his work on sports injuries.
The SpineAssist surgical robot is now available at the Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital in Plano and the Texas Back Institute, according to a Texas Health Resources news release.
A report published in The Spine Journal on a study experts at Baylor College of Medicine conducted finds CT scans may be able to detect upper spine injuries before they become fatal, according to a Baylor College of Medicine news…
TranS1 launched the AxiaLIF 2L+ product line which includes instrumentation and an implant system for the L4-S1 lumbar fusion, according to a company news release.
NuVasive reported a second quarter revenue increase of 35.2 percent over last year's second quarter, and a 9.6 percent increase over the first quarter of 2010 due in part to adopting XLIF technology, according to a NuVasive news report.