David Chao, MD, has sued Smith & Nephew for $2.2 million after performing a failed hip surgery using the company's implant, according to a Mass Device report.
Spinal Tech
The Food and Drug Administration issued a safety communication for metal-on-metal implants.
Stryker has offered to buy Trauson Holdings in China for $764 million in cash, according to Bloomberg.
Biomet's net sales increased by 9 percent to $790.1 million in the second quarter of the 2013 fiscal year, compared with $725.1 million during the second quarter of last year.
Orthopedic surgeons R. Alexander Creighton, MD, of the University of North Carolina Memorial Hospital in Chapel Hill and Clifford Wheeless, MD, at Duke Raleigh Hospital, have performed joint reconstructions using new instrumentation and ceramic bone fillers from KARL STORZ, according…
Advertisement
Mahr Federal will be showing its MarSurf XR 1 mobile surface measuring system at the MD&M West February Conference, according to Measurement Devices.
In its preliminary unaudited fourth quarter revenue report, lumbar spine device company TranS1 saw $4.1 million in revenue, a 3 percent increase from the fourth quarter of 2011.
ArthroCAD completed Series A round of financing to secure funds for its total hip arthroplasty product development.
Hydrocision hopes to spread the word about the effectiveness of its minimally invasive treatment for herniated disc pain, according to the Boston Business Journal.
The FDA announced 510(k) clearance of two spine surgery devices from VertiFlex, the Totalis Direct Decompression System and the UniVise Spinous Process Fixation System.