Bill Moreau, DC, filed a whistleblower lawsuit Feb. 7 against the U.S. Olympic Committee, claiming that the organization violated federal law by waiting five days to report the sexual assault of a teenage athlete in 2018, USA Today reports.
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SeaSpine partnered with 7D Surgical Feb. 7 to distribute the company's Machine-Vision Image Guided Surgery system for spine and cranial surgery.
Onkos Surgical on Feb. 6 launched GenVie Magnesium Bone Scaffold, a magnesium-based bone void filler for orthopedic conditions.
Sanuwave Health on Feb. 7 appointed Tom Price, MD, to its board of directors.
Bonnie Mason, MD, founder and former executive director of nonprofit company Nth Dimensions, was recently appointed senior advisor to the company's board of directors.
San Ramon (Calif.) Regional Medical Center is the first hospital in the Bay Area to purchase an ExcelsiusGPS system for spine surgery, the Danville SanRamon reports.
Nadia Fakira, MA, RN, is director of spine services at AdventHealth Neuroscience Institute at AdventHealth Orlando (Fla.), which performs more than 1,500 spine surgeries per year.
The FDA provided Life Spine 510(k) clearance Feb. 6 for its Steerable Plateau Ti system.
This year marks the 20th anniversary of the first artificial disc replacement in the U.S.
Youngstown, Ohio-based The Orthopaedic Surgery Center installed Stryker's Mako system to assist surgeons during joint replacement procedures.