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Peter DeLuca, MD, an orthopedic surgeon at the Rothman Institute in Philadelphia, recently performed surgery on Philadelphia Eagles safety Nate Allen's ruptured right patellar tendon, according to a Philadelphia Inquirer news report.
The NFL Charities have granted more than $1.6 million to support sports-related medical research to 16 institutions' funds for research and development aimed at spinal cord and concussion injury prevention and treatment, according to various sources.
Minimally invasive surgery for decompression using a flexible microblade shaver system is an effective way to perform facet preserving decompression for patients with lumbar spinal stenosis, according to an article published in Spine.
Borhan Al-Atassi, MD, a neurosurgeon, has joined the staff of Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield, Mass., according to a report from The Berkshires.
Audax Medical, a Littleton, Mass.-based orthobiologics company, has been awarded a research and development grant through the Qualifying Therapeutic Discovery Project program to develop Arxis, a regenerative bone and cartilage material, according to a company news release.
Stryker has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Zimmer Holdings, claiming the company's Pulsavac Plus wound debridement system infringes three U.S. patents, according to a Bloomberg Business news report.