Spinal Tech

San Diego-based DJO Global had its first TaperFill Total Hip Replacement implanted during a minimally invasive surgery.

A new report analyzing spinal surgery devices has found several types of advancing technology will increase over the next five years, joining spinal fusion devices as key market players, according to a Research and Markets analysis.

Sunrise, Fla.-based OrthoSensor added two industry veterans to its executive team.

San Diego-based DJO Global released its second quarter results and posted a net loss of $20.6 million, 3.6 percent more than the nearly $20 million loss reported during the same period last year.

The Wall Street Journal reported today about federal and state investigations into an extensive network of physician-owned distributors. See Surgeons Eyed Over Deals with Medical Device Makers, WSJ July 26, 2013.

Carlsbad, Calif.-based Aurora Spine received European CE Mark for its ZIP MIS Interspinous Fusion System.

SpineGuard, based in Paris and San Francisco, reported its revenue up 27 percent in the first half of the year over the same period last year.

Gainesville, Fla.-based Exactech posted a 9.2 percent increase in gross profit in the second quarter over the same period last year.

Australia's Department of Health and Aging's Therapeutic Goods Administration issued a hazard alert for Stryker Australia's Oasys Midline Occipital Plate, a device used for spine fusion stabilization.

IMRIS's VISIUS iCT ceiling-mounted intraoperative computed tomography device received FDA 510(k) clearance.