Spinal Tech

The New Jersey Health Foundation received a $2 million endowment in honor of the late orthopedist Fred Behrens, MD.

K7 has received FDA 510(k) clearance for its K7C Cervical Spacer spinal implant for use as an intervertebral body fusion device.

DeRoyal and Remotec are using additive manufacturing to create custom orthopedic implants through 3-D printing at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee, according to Knoxville Biz.

Community Regional Medical Center in Fresno, Calif., will be the first to use the NavioPFS system for knee replacements, developed by Blue Belt Technologies in Pittsburgh, according to a report by The Business Journal.

Marquette, Mich.-based Pioneer Surgical Technology will open a new facility in Konstanz, Germany and has created Pioneer Surgical Technology Deutzchland to bolster its growing presence in the German Market, according to Second Wave.

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…