SpineOvations on Feb 24. finished enrollment for its DiscSeal clinical study in patients suffering from lumbar pain.
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Andrew Hecht, MD, is chief of spine surgery at New York City-based Mount Sinai Hospital and Mount Sinai Health System and professor of orthopedic and neurosurgery at the Mount Sinai Medical Center and Icahn School of Medicine.
William Choi, MD, will pay the federal government $2.35 million to settle claims that he violated the Anti-Kickback Statute and False Claims Act, 4 CBS Denver reports.
Roger Härtl, MD, has devoted much of his career to finding the best, least invasive treatment for back and neck pain. That mission has led him to research and innovate in the field of spinal biologics.
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Johnson & Johnson affiliate Ethicon kept most of its robotic surgical tool patent after Intuitive Surgical attempted to get it thrown out, Mass Device reports.
Wilson Asfora, MD, was terminated by Sanford Health in August after he allegedly violated anti-kickback laws by using medical devices from two companies he owned, reports the Argus Leader.
CMS' bundled payment program for joint replacements hasn't limited sicker patients' access to hip and knee replacements, according to a Feb. 19 study in The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery.
Integra LifeSciences posted $395.1 million in reported revenue for the fourth quarter, an increase of 3.1 percent year-over-year.
Konica Minolta Healthcare Americas partnered with RegenLab USA Feb. 19 to distribute its regenerative medicine portfolio for the orthopedic market in the U.S. and Canada.