Spinal Tech

Blue Belt Technologies received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for its STRIDE Unicondylar Knee implant.

Wilmington, N.C.-based TranS1, which recently acquired medical device manufacturer Baxano, has moved its headquarters to Raleigh and now operates under the name Baxano Surgical, according to a Star News Online report.

San Juan, Calif.-based SI-BONE released the safety data for the first 5,319 patients treated with the company's iFuse Implant System for degenerative sacroiliitis and sacroiliac joint disruption.

Here are six recent partnerships and acquisitions between medical device companies.

Raleigh, N.C.-based TranS1 completed its acquisition of Baxano, a medical device company that manufacturers the iO-Flex system for spinal decompression surgery.

Alachua, Fla.-based RTI Biologics donated 35 bone allograft implants to the Pennsylvania-based charity, CURE International.

Here are 14 recent news updates for spine and orthopedic device companies.

In 2012, orthopedic product sales exceeded $43 billion, an increase of $1.2 billion from 2011, according to ORTHOWORLD's orthopedic industry annual report.  

The FDA has accepted BioMarin Pharmaceutical's biologics license application for Vimizim, an enzyme therapy that could be used to treat Mucopolysaccharidosis Type IVA or Morquio A Syndrome, according to Pipeline Review.

San Diego-based NuVasive launched its Maximum Access Surgery Posterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion procedure.