Minneapolis-based Medtronic announced it will cut approximately 500 jobs at its Minnesota facilities and 2,000 jobs worldwide, according to a TwinCities.com report.
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Blue Belt Technologies has developed an implant partnership with DJO Surgical to use Blue Belt's NavioPFS orthopedic planning system with DJO's EPIK Unicompartmental Knee System, according to News-Medical.
Mequon, Wis.-based Titan Spine named two spine surgeons — Kade Huntsman, MD, and Axel Reinhardt, MD — to its Key Opinion Leader Advisory Team.
Bedford, Mass.-based ConforMIS appointed Matthew Scott as its senior vice president of operations.
Globus Medical filed suit against Johnson & Johnson this week for patent infringement, according to a Mass Device report.
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Stryker recently completed a $764 million acquisition of Chinese-based orthopedic developer Trauson Holdings Company Limited and has its sights set on more acquisitions in the near future, according to Michigan Live.
GE Healthcare has unveiled a new software program for producing a readable MRI scan in patients with metal implants, according to a Dotmed Daily News report.
Wilmington, Mass.-based Accellent suffered a net loss of $62.1 million in the first quarter of 2013, compared to $7 million in 2012, due largely to a $51 million pre-tax goodwill impairment charge from changing the composition of segments and reporting…