Spinal Tech

The Joint Commission announced it has changed the surgical site infection surveillance requirement for surgical procedures with an implant to align with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's revised requirement.

Collegeville, Pa.-based Synergy Biomedical received FDA clearance for its BioSphere Putty for bone grafts.

Aliso Viejo, Calif.-based Vertos Medical has closed a $23 million round of Series E financing to fund the U.S. commercial expansion and European launch of its mild procedure for lumbar spinal stenosis.

Sunrise, Fla.-based OrthoSensor received FDA 510(k) clearance for its VERASENSE knee system, an instrument system for implant position during total knee replacements.

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.