Spinal Tech

Medtronic announced it would eliminate 1,000 jobs, with 250 of those jobs from the Twin Cities, according to a Pioneer Press report.

OrthoView and Novarad have entered into a strategic distribution agreement, with OrthoView becoming the newest provider of orthopedic digital planning solutions available from Novarad.

Medtronic's spine revenue dropped 6 percent during the fourth quarter of the 2012 fiscal year to $818 million due to poor United States sales.

Misonix entered into a distribution agreement with Lithuania-based Apex Medicus to distribute its SonaStar Ultrasonic Aspirator and BoneScalpel Ultrasonic Bone Cutter.

Benvenue Medical, a Santa Clara, Calif.-based spine device company has named Thomas M. Prescott and Thomas C. Wilder to its board of directors.

SurgiTech and Amendia, a spinal implants and surgical instrumentation company, has entered into a license agreement for the patented SurgiFile Spinal Decompression System.

The U.S. Department of Justice announced it would end its four year investigation related to off-label use of Medtronic's Infuse for spinal fusions.

Reporterlink has released market research on the global orthopedic instrumentation industry including estimates and forecasts for 2009 to 2017.

AxioMed Spine Corp. has announced it has received the CE mark approval for its Freedom cervical disc, according to a news release.

Here are financial report updates from 20 orthopedic and orthopedic-driven device companies for the first quarter of 2012 or the recently reported third quarter of the 2012 fiscal year. If you have comments or questions on this list, please contact…