Happe Spine, a company developing spine and orthopedic implants, closed $3.35 million in series A capital.
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Auburn (N.Y.) Community Hospital has named Michael Wilson, MD, as its chief medical officer, FingerLakes1.com reported Nov. 6.
Retired Lake Worth Beach, Fla., surgeon Merrill Reuter, MD, is being sued for allegedly billing at least 34 patients for spinal fusions he never performed, according to a Nov. 8 The Palm Beach Post report.
The first clinical cases with Spinal Elements' Lucent 3D-printed lumbar interbody system were completed at Hawaii Pacific Health in Honolulu and Youngstown Orthopedics Associates in Canfield, Ohio.
Conformis named James Paiva as its vice president of U.S. marketing, the company said Nov. 8.
Medtronic plans to achieve net zero carbon emissions by fiscal year 2045, the company announced Nov. 8.
A robotics company and the developer of a minimally invasive surgical drill are two of the latest acquisitions in the orthopedic medtech industry:
Neurosurgeons have thrown their support behind a bipartisan letter from 152 members of the U.S. House of Representatives that calls on the Biden administration to update the interim final rule by including a key section from the No Surprises Act.
Bedford, Mass.-based OnPoint Surgical received an award for an augmented reality spine surgery patent that was granted in June, the company said Nov. 8.
For years, spine surgeons encountered multiple challenges using static interbody cages in procedures. The desire to minimize these challenges led to the development of expandable interbody cages.