Spinal Tech

Mazor Robotics received approval to market the Renaissance robotic spine system in Taiwan.

Samsung Electronics America in Ridgefield Park, N.J., a subsidiary of Samsung Electronics, announced its acquisition of NeuroLogica, a Danvers, Mass.-based computed tomography company.

Medical device company Medtronic has introduced in Europe a line of spinal cord stimulators for chronic back and leg pain that are compatible with magnetic resonance imaging, according to American News Report.

Fourth-quarter profit at device manufacturer Zimmer Holdings dropped 2.4 percent in its 2012 fiscal year, from $156.6 million last year to $152.8 million this year.

The Food and Drug Administration has announced its proposal to create a unique device identification (UDI) system for medical devices, which will impact both suppliers and providers. The rule itself has its genesis in a report from 1999 stating that…

The countrywide first payment of the new 2.3 percent medical device tax totaled $97 million, according to Star Tribune.

The Millennium Research Group estimated the global spinal nonfusion market will reach more than $1 billion by 2017.

Salt Lake City-based spine device developer Amedica has expanded its executive management team to include a senior vice president of market development, vice president of marketing, senior vice president of sales and chief legal and compliance officer.

Mazor Robotics has received clearance to market the Renaissance spine system in Canada.

Conventus Orthopaedics has received FDA 510(k) clearance for its Conventus DRS Implant to treat distal radius fractures.