Spinal Tech

Fort Lauderdale, Fla.-based MAKO Surgical added two members to its board of directors, Scott Flora and Jonathan Lord, MD.

Warsaw, Ind.-based Biomet launched its ePAK Single-Use Delivery System for internal fracture fixation.

Boulder (Colo.) Neurosurgical & Spine Associates and the Justin Parker Neurological Institute have joined approximately 28 other sites in the U.S. to participate in the ACADIA facet replacement system investigational clinical trial.

Smith & Nephew will acquire certain assets of Plato Group, the distributor of Smith & Nephew's orthopedic reconstruction, trauma and sports medicine products in Turkey.

The U.S. minimally invasive spine device market is expected to reach $3 billion by 2019, according to a recent research from Reportlinker.com.

Raleigh, N.C.-based Baxano Surgical reached a $6 million settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice to settle its federal investigation related to an October 2011 subpoena.

Here are 10 recent news updates for spine and orthopedic device companies.

SpineGuard received COFEPRIS approval, which is Mexican regulatory clearance, to sell its Cannulated PediGuard device in the country.

Turkey-based Osimplant has launched the ARIA posterior lumbar interbody fusion cage insertion device.

Mazor Robotics received its first follow-up order for the Renaissance robotic spine system from a U.S. hospital corporation, an East Memphis-based full service hospital.