Spinal Tech

San Diego-based NuVasive has opened a Tokyo office, bringing the company's spine device offerings to the world's second largest spine market.

Spine Frontier, based in Beverly, Mass., has launched a less invasive pedicle screw system, its PedFUSE Remind Pedicle Screw System. The system is designed for midline lumbar surgery.

Leesburg, Va.-based K2M is expanding its U.S. biologics offerings with its VESUVIUS Osteobiologic Systems product line launch.

Israel-based NLT Spine was selected as a top 100 award winner on Red Herring's European list.

The OrthoTec Conference and Exhibition in Warsaw, Ind., this June will feature two training sessions for orthopedic device manufacturers to learn better processes for risk management and materials selection.

Benvenue Medical's Kiva vertebral compression fracture treatment system and Blazer vertebral augmentation system were named by Techniques in Regional Anesthesia and Pain Management as innovative minimally invasive treatments for VCFs.

Beverly, Mass.-based SpineFrontier has launched its PedFuse REmind Pedicle Screw System for midline lumbar surgery.

Ross Sherban, MD, performed the first minimally invasive percutaneous pedicle screw surgery with a Texas Diamondback system from Eminent Spine.

Atlanta-based MedShape received FDA 510(k) clearance for its Eclipse Soft Tissue Anchor, a shape memory fixation device to attach tendon, ligament and soft tissue to bone.

Marietta, Ga.-based Amendia plans to nearly double its spine device manufacturing operations, according to City Biz List Atlanta.