Medtronic, Zimmer Biomet, Wright Medical & more: 17 key notes

Here are 17 key notes on orthopedic and spine device companies over the past week.

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Medtronic is ready to invest an additional $20 million in Mazor Robotics, an announcement that broke just ahead of Mazor announcing its newest technology: Mazor X.

 

Zimmer Biomet completed its offer to buy all LDR outstanding shares.

 

Toronto Western Hospital’s Research Ethics Board approved enrolling patients in the InVivo Therapeutics’ INSPIRE study.

 

Medtronic held the largest share in the global spinal trauma devices market in 2014, followed by DePuy Synthes and Stryker.

 

Medtronic and DePuy Synthes dominate the global spinal implants and devices market.

 

Corin Orthopaedics offered to purchase Wright Medical’s large joint business for around $33 million.

 

Spine published the results of K2M Group’s MESA Rail Deformity Spinal System study, which found patients with K2M’s beam rod experienced better curve correction compared to patients with the circular rod.

 

For the second quarter of 2016, Implanet’s revenue was up 23 percent and spine sales grew 68 percent.

 

InVivo Therapeutics’ INSPIRE study surgeons recently implanted the ninth patient and 10th patient with the Neuro-Spinal Scaffold.

 

Titan Spine closed a financing round with Southlake (Texas) Equity Group.

 

Stryker Vice President Katherine Ann Owen sold 10,686 shares of the company’s stock in a recent transaction.

 

Amedica closed its most recent underwritten public offering of $12.7 million.

 

Precision Spine named Christopher A. DeNicola its new COO.

 

ulrich medical USA released the neon3 Posterior Cervical System.

 

Spine Wave introduced its True Position Pivoting Space System for commercial use in the United States.

 

ConforMIS announced interim results from an ongoing, multi-center, prospective study of its iTotal CR device that found on average 92 percent of patients with iTotal CR were satisfied at the one-year postoperative follow-up.

 

Inspired Spine held its first education conference on minimally invasive spine solutions.

 

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