Lenoss Medical’s OsteoPearl biologic allograft for spine earned two new U.S. patents and one European patent, according to a Sept. 4 news release shared with Becker’s. In the past three years, OsteoPearl earned six patents, and now the biologic has…
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VB Spine, the company formed from Stryker’s sold-off U.S. spine business, became an industry sponsor for the AAOS’ American Spine Registry, according to a Sept. 5 news release. The ASR is a collaboration between the American Association of Neurological Surgeons…
Galion, Ohio-based Avita Health System has broken ground on a medical clinic to consolidate existing services, according to a Sept. 4 report from Crawford County Now. The 15,000-square-foot facility will be located in Bucyrus, Ohio, and will combine its existing…
Cape Girardeau, Mo.-based Mercy has added multiple orthopedic and spine practices in Farmington, Mo. Midwest Orthopedic Group and Midwest Pain and Spine Center have joined the health system, according to a Sept. 2 news release from Mercy. Renamed to Mercy…
The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons is continuing to improve its registry program, integrating Epic’s cloud-based Community Registries. The platform will make it easier for health systems to participate in the American Joint Replacement Registry in 2026, which provides more…
Warsaw, Ind.-based OrthoPediatrics Corp. has entered into a distribution partnership with Canada-based MY01 to expand access to its continuous perfusion sensing technology platform for diagnosing limb perfusion injuries in children, according to a Sept. 5 system news release. The technology…
The Christus Orthopedics and Sports Medicine Institute in Beaumont, Texas, has launched a Saturday clinic to give student-athletes quicker access to care during football season, according to a Sept. 4 12NewsNow report. The clinic, open 8-11 a.m. through November, focuses…
Here are three updates in spine patent cases since April. 1. NuVasive infringed five patents from a spine surgeon, a jury determined. The jury ruled that screw assemblies from the Reline, Armada and VuePoint lines infringe combinations of five patents…
UNC Health Pardee’s Pardee NeuroSpine Associates opened a new location in Asheville, N.C. The Asheville location opened Sept. 3, and neurosurgeons Matthew Brown, MD, and Kelsey Walsh, MD, work there, according to a Sept. 4 news release shared with Becker’s.…
Fresno, Calif.-based Sierra Pacific Orthopedics added spine surgeon Devan Higginbotham, MD. Dr. Higginbotham’s expertise includes cervical disc replacement, spinal fusions, disc herniation treatment and revision surgery, according to a Sept. 4 news release shared with Becker’s. He earned his medical…