Symmetry Medical, a Warsaw, Ind.-based medical device company, has acquired the surgical implants business of Codman & Shurtleff, a Johnson & Johnson company, according to a Symmetry news release.
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Small Bone Innovations has secured a $43 million credit facility to help further accelerate sales of its flagship STAR total ankle replacement technology, according to a company news release.
The use of biophosphonates among patients undergoing total hip or knee arthroplasty can improve implant survival over time, according to a report published in the British Medical Journal.
Exactech, a Gainesville, Fla.-based orthopedic device company, recently announced the full market launch of its Gibralt spinal system, according to an Exactech news release.
Here are 13 orthopedic and spine device company facility and personnel cuts and expansions in 2011.
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X-spine has received FDA clearance for its AXLE-PEEK Interspinous Fusion System for the treatment of degenerative disc disease, according to a company news release.
DePuy Spine has launched the EXPEDIUM Neuromuscular System to address spinal and pelvic deformity in patients with neuromuscular scoliosis, according to a DePuy news release.
Several medical and orthopedic device company stocks recovered after suffering significant losses at the end of last week, perhaps due to a Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services announcement that it would conduct checks before authorizing select treatment in the…
A new report from Millennium Research Group suggests that orthopedic surgeons are content with orthopedic device companies and their products, while other specialists, such as cardiologists, express more discontent, according to a MRG news release.
Several spine surgeons recently gave presentations about sacroiliac joint pain at the EuroSpine and North American Spine Society annual meetings, according to an SI-BONE news release.