Zimmer Holdings received FDA 510(k) clearance for the Patient Specific Instruments Shoulder system, which works with its Trabecular Metal Reverse Shoulder system for reverse shoulder arthroplasty procedures.
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Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian in Newport Beach, Calif., now offers an alternative procedure to cervical spinal fusion using the SECURE-C Cervical Artificial Disc from Globus Medical, according to a Healthcare Global report.
Disc replacement surgeries may be more effective in the short term than spinal fusion for treating degenerative disc disease, according to a recent study in the ANZ Journal of Surgery.
Engineers at the Missouri University of Science and Technology in Rolla have designed a bioactive glass implant that can grow new bone, according to a St. Louis Post-Dispatch report.
Kenneth Renkens, MD, a spine surgeon at Indiana Spine Group, was recently a principal investigator for the FINISH-3 Phase III clinical trial of Fibrocaps, a dry powder topical formulation of fibrinogen and thrombin to aid homeostasis during surgery.
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PEEK-OPTIMA polymers are developed by Invibio Biomateral Solutions and have been used in implantable devices for more than a decade.
Nashville, Tenn.-based InVivoLink has raised $1.85 million from a private equity offering, according to a Nashville Business Journal report.
Medtronic reported a 10 percent increase in net earnings for the first quarter of 2014, which ended July 26.
Redwood City, Calif.-based CoAlign Innovations received FDA market clearance for the AccuLIF XL lateral expandable interbody fusion device line.
Smith & Nephew and San Diego-based KFx Medical have entered into a license agreement for KFx's knotless double row rotator cuff repair device.