Integra LifeSciences bought SeaSpine, a spinal fusion device company, for $89 million in cash. The combination of SeaSpine's portfolio with Integra LifeSciences' existing spine business will make its spine and orthobiologics portfolio the largest component of the company.
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DiFUSION Technologies, based in Austin, Texas, signed a multiyear lease with Texas Life-sciences Collaboration Center in downtown Austin, according to a Community Impact news report.
Interventional Spine, an Irvine, Calif.-based spine device company, announced the first use of its PerX360, a percutaneous transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion system, according to a company news release.