Since the beginning of 2023, 16 new devices created by medical device company Medtronic have secured 510(k) clearance from the FDA, including several spinal and orthopedic devices.
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West Palm Beach, Fla.-based Good Samaritan Medical Center has been named a Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association Blue Distinction Center for hip and knee replacements, according to a Nov. 21 report from the Palm Beach Post.
Medical device company Alafair Biosciences has surpassed 12,000 implantations of its flagship product VersaWrap, the only class II medical device intended for use on tendon, ligament, skeletal muscle and peripheral nerve, including on nerve root in spine procedures.
Richard Allen, MD, PhD, was appointed as the first of the Behrooz A. Akbarnia, MD and Nasrin A. Owsia, MD Endowed Chair in Spinal Surgery at the University of California San Diego.
Medtronic on Nov. 21 posted its financial results for the second quarter of the fiscal year 2024.
The Food and Drug Administration granted 42 orthopedic-related 510(k) clearances in October.
Two Texas-based pain physicians have been charged in a $12 million fraud scheme and accused of unlawfully distributing controlled substances, accoring to a statement from the U.S. Attorney's Office of the Northern District of Texas.
The last few years have been tough on spine device companies.
Orthopedic spine surgery is dominated by white males, and that won't change any time soon, according to a study published in the journal Spine.
It's easier for surgeons experienced with minimally invasive transforaminal lumbar interbody fusions to incorporate robotic technology into their practice than it is for early career attendings, according to a study published in the journal Spine.