Spinal Tech

Smith & Nephew has acquired LifeModeler, a provider of biomechanical human body simulation tools and services.

Biomet reported a 5 percent net sales increase during the third quarter of the 2012 fiscal year, to $709 million worldwide. The company also reported a net sales loss of $16.5 million, which is about $5 million more than the…

Life Spine, a Hoffman Estates, Ill.-based spine device company, has reported a 37.9 percent growth in sales during the first quarter of 2012.

Biotechnology company Arteriocyte has received approval from the Food and Drug Administration to initiate a Phase I clinical trial with its Magellan MAR01 technology for treating compartment syndrome in extremity trauma patients.

The Food and Drug Administration granted 38 orthopedic- and spine-related medical device clearances in March.

CarboFix Orthopedics, an orthopedic trauma implants company, has decided to base its United States headquarters in Champaign, Ill., according to a report from The News-Gazette.

Emerge Medical CEO John Marotta, who previously served as a sales representative for Synthes, recently filed a counterclaim against Synthes alleging antitrust violations, according to a Mass Device report.

Wright Medical Group announced its full commercial launch of the CLAW II Polyaxial Compression System featuring the ORTHOLOC 3DSi Polyaxial Locking Screw Technology.

Amedica announced it will begin distributing its Dynamic Bone, an expandable allograft bone provided by Dynamic Surgical Solutions and BioDfence.

Stryker's Orthopedics Group President Kevin Lobo has received the Pioneer in Technology Development award from the Society for Brain Mapping & Therapeutics on behalf of the company.