Spinal Tech

Center Valley, Pa.-based Aesculap Implant Systems has introduced its CeSpace Interbody System for anterior cervical discectomy and fusion procedures.

SpineGuard received a patent for its "smart screw" concept where the PediGuard sensor is implanted on the tip of a pedicle screw.

A Delaware jury handed down a $16 million favorable judgment to Johnson & Johnson's DePuy-Synthes in its patent infringement suit against Globus Medical, according to a Mass Device report.

Moshe Shoham, PhD, received the Thomas A. Edison Patent Award from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers for inventing the Mazor Robotics' Renaissance spine system.

Medtronic's ReDuX Plier instrument for osteotomies received a CE Mark and has been launched in Europe.

Brian Cohen, MD, of Adena Health System in Chillicothe, Ohio, was the first U.S. surgeon to use the Arthrex Reverse Universe shoulder implant device, which was approved by the FDA on May 31.

At the 11th Annual Spine, Orthopedic & Pain-Management Driven ASC Conference on June 14, Frank Phillips, MD, of Rush University Medical Center and Northwest Orthopedics, both in Chicago, and Nameer R. Haider, MD, of Spinal & Skeletal Pain Medicine in Utica,…

At the 11th Annual Spine, Orthopedic & Pain Management-Driven ASC Conference on June 13, James Lynch, MD, board-certified and fellowship-trained spinal neurosurgeon with Spine Nevada in Reno, discussed the quantum shift needed in orthopedic and spinal implant strategy.

At the 11th Annual Spine, Orthopedic & Pain Management-Driven ASC Conference June 13, Timothy Merchant, vice president of sales for MEDISISS at Medline Industries, explained the savings possible from medical device reprocessing.

Aurora Spine has appointed Richard Moss as its vice president of international business development.