Orthofix’s TrueLok Elevate was launched commercially, the company said June 17. TrueLok Elevate is the first commercially available device in the U.S. with a patented design for transverse bone transport, according to a news release. It is used for limb…
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Arthur Jenkins, III, MD, opened his own spine practice in 2018 after working for more than a decade at New York City-based Mount Sinai. Dr. Jenkins, of New York City-based Jenkins NeuroSpine has been recognized for his work in complex…
Indiana’s state budget committee has allocated $30 million for an initiative to retain the status of Warsaw, Ind., as “the orthopedic capital of the world,” according to a June 14 report from NBC affiliate WNDU. Warsaw is currently home to…
Norwalk (Conn.) Hospital, an affiliate of Elite Brain & Spine of Connecticut in Danbury, has named Joshua Marcus, MD, as chief of neurosurgery. Dr. Marcus is a board-certified neurosurgeon specializing in minimally invasive brain and spine surgery and neurointerventional radiology,…
Fargo, N.D.-based Sanford Orthopedic Hospital and its boutique hotel will be open to patients in January 2026, according to a June 16 report from Sioux Falls Business. The nine-story orthopedic hospital will total 161,000 square feet, and will be attached…
The InSpan interspinous fixation device was found to be a stronger and more reliable alternative to traditional interspinous designs for spinal fixation, according to a study. Kingsley Chin, MD, led the study published in the Journal of Spine Surgery, according…
Spine robots have enormous potential to improve their integrations, but companies should explore more ways to make them accessible to wider groups, Grant Booher, MD, said. Dr. Booher, of Longhorn Brain & Spine in Fort Worth, Texas, spoke with Becker’s…
Medical technology company Ossio has launched new suture anchors for lateral ankle instability repair. Ossio, which focuses on orthopedic surgery with bio-integrative, metal-free implants, has added the OssioFiber 2.5 mm suture anchors to its soft-tissue fixation portfolio, according to a…
Basil Besh, MD, an orthopedic surgeon at Form Hand, Wrist and Elbow Institute in Fremont, Calif., and the founder of Precision SurgiCenter, specializes in treating hand, wrist and elbow conditions, and is one of the few surgeons in the region…
Aurora Spine’s DEXA-C technology has been used in more than 1,500 cervical spine surgeries, according to a June 16 news release. DEXA technology is designed to match a patient’s bone density across the entire BMD continuum. Aurora Spine also plans…