The FDA issued a final rule cementing posterior cervical screw systems as a class 2 device and will maintain the premarket notification requirement.
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InVivo Therapeutics reported raising net proceeds of $16.5 million in 2018 and implemented significant cost savings measures last year.
ChoiceSpine released the Hawkeye TI, designed to improve cervical corpectomy cases.
In January, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed a previous judgment ruling in favor of a spine surgeon that sued Medtronic for patent infringement; now, Medtronic would like the federal appeals court to conduct a full…
Orthopedic surgeon O. Tom Johns, MD, died March 31 of a pulmonary issue, according to the Daily News Journal, part of the USA Today network. He was 72.
Three orthopedic groups in Memphis, Tenn., joined forces to form OrthoSouth, according to the Daily Memphian.
The number of opioids transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion patients take before and during a hospital stay may be a predictor of long-term opioid abuse, Spinal News International reports.
Dallas-based spine surgeon Michael Rimlawi, DO, took the stand as a defendant in the Department of Justice's investigation into an alleged bribe and kickback scheme involving Dallas-based Forest Park Medical Center, the Dallas News reports.
Glen Rudolph, MD, joined Orthopaedic Associates of Duluth (Minn.), P.A., the International Falls Journal reports.
Boardman-based Ohio Sports & Spine Institute opened a new location in Howland Township, The Vindicator reports.