Layoffs
- Medtronic is laying off 44 employees from its Carlsbad, Calif., facility.
Legal battles
- Three former Orthofix executives who were fired in 2023 filed arbitration claims alleging wrongful termination.
- RSB Spine is suing Salt Lake City-based devicemaker Innovasis over a patent for the InterPlate device.
Robots and devices
- Stryker’s Mako Spine is on pace to launch in the fourth quarter, and the shoulder application is expected by the end of the year.
- DePuy Synthes is launching its TriALTIS pedicle screw system.
- Medtronic earned FDA approval for its Inceptiv closed-loop spinal cord stimulator.
- OrthoPediatrics earned the FDA’s breakthrough designation for the eLLi growing rod system for scoliosis.
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