Spinal Tech

SpineSmith has obtained a U.S. patent covering its VisuALIF, a lumbar interbody device featuring an open-face design.  

Orthopeutics will soon be awarded its seventh U.S. patent covering NEXT, an injectable treatment to repair spinal discs and other soft tissue disorders.

Smith & Nephew has launched its TRIGEN Low-Profile Screw.

Mazor Robotics has finalized the financing agreement that it entered into in August, securing the first tranche of $7.5 million from a group of institutional and accredited investors led by Oracle Investment Management.

Implantate AG, a global medical device company focused on trauma products and biomaterials for the orthopedic market, has extended the existing contracts of their three executive board members for another three years until the end of the financial year 2015.

Integra LifeSciences has received FDA approval for expanded indication for use of the Integra Vu aPOD Prime Intervertebral Body Fusion Device in anterior lumbar interbody fusion procedures.

Medtronic has introduced the ACD Instrument Set, a set of instruments that can be used to insert the BRYAN Cervical Disc.

A new company — SkelRegen — has formed to create musculoskeletal solutions in orthopedics, according to a Herald report.

Globus Medical has received FDA premarket approval for the SECURE-C Cervical Artificial Disc.

The Food and Drug Administration granted 37 orthopedic- and spine-related device clearances in September.