1. Stryker announced it will acquire MAKO Surgical, creator of the RIO Robotic Arm Interactive Orthopedic System, for approximately $1.65 billion at $30 per share.
2. Spinal Elements will have raised nearly $250,000 for children’s charities in the first year of Hero Allograft sales. The company is also celebrating its one-year anniversary of launching the Hero Allograft at the North American Spine Society’s convention in New Orleans on Oct. 10, and has donated nearly $250,000 for children’s charities in the first year of allograft sales.
3. Raleigh, N.C.-based Baxano Surgical received distribution deals in Colombia, in Mexico and Turkey.
4. The first spine surgery featuring the San Diego-based NuVasive Precept posterior fixation system took place recently in Japan.
5. Chesterfield, Mo.-based ulrich medical USA moved its headquarters to a larger facility in the city to accommodate space for surgeon training, product labs and commercial meetings.
6. Carlsbad, Calif.-based Alphatec Spine will show off its product portfolio, including devices for minimally invasive spine, deformity, interbody, cervical and biologics, at the EuroSpine 2013 meeting Oct. 2 to 4 in Liverpool, U.K.
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