DePuy Synthes Spine received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. FDA to market its SYNAPSE Occipital-Cervical-Thoracic System with posterior cervical screws.
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X-Bolt Orthopaedics, an Ireland-based medical device company, received a U.S. patent for its alignment jig device used in its hip nailing system, according to a Business and Leadership report.
Neurosurgeon SEO, a new website meant to increase neurosurgeons' visibility, recently launched.
Tom Joseph, MD, a Dunwoody, Ga.-based orthopedic surgeon, recently opened a new type of practice, one that pledges a simpler way for patients to pay, by offering one fixed price to everyone.
The Kerlan-Jobe Orthopedic Clinic's Neal ElAttrache, MD, and Steve Lombardo, MD, performed rotator cuff surgery on NBA all-star Kobe Bryant on Wednesday morning, the LA Times reports.
Anubhav P. Jagadish, MD, will begin to practice at Barrington Orthopedic Specialists' Schaumburg, Ill., location in February.
In 2013, Saint Luke's Health System in Kansas City, Mo., launched a novel cost-reduction initiative, which reduced its medical supply costs by more than $6 million, and orthopedic surgeons were instrumental to the success of the initiative.
David W. Lowry, MD, MBA, is a neurological surgeon at the Brain + Spine Center in Holland, Mich., and is the physician co-founder of TransCorp Spine, a medical device company. He is a member of the North American Spine Society,…
Seven spine surgeons discuss the changes that they hope are forthcoming for the spine industry in 2015.
Robert LaPrade, MD, serves as the chief medical officer and co-director of the Sports Medicine Fellowship Program at the Steadman Philippon Research Institute in Vail, Colo.