Spinal Tech

Biologic Therapies, a new medical device company, has begun operations in Florida specializing in the design and manufacturing of components for the biologics sector of the medical device industry, according to a news release by the company.

Zimmer Spine has signed an exclusive distribution agreement with minimally invasive spine device company Benvenue Medical to distribute the company's Kiva VCF Treatment System, according to a joint news release.

While Stryker net sales increased 14.9 percent to $2 billion during the third quarter of 2011, net earnings decreased by 3 percent, according to a Stryker news release.

Exton, Pa.-based Kensey Nash reported revenue and net sales growth in the double digits during the first quarter of 2012 over the first quarter of 2011, according to a Kensey Nash news release.

K2M has globally launched its Ravine Lateral Access System and Aleutian Lateral Interbody System, according to a K2M news release.

K2M, a Leesburg, Va.-based spine device company, has named three new members of its international leadership team, according to a K2M news report.

German-based spine device company joimax recently presented several new innovations at EuroSpine, according to a joimax news release.

This past week, surgeons at Putnam Hospital Center in Carmel, N.Y., performed the first hip surgical procedure using the HipSextant Navigation System, designed to assist surgeons in placing the artificial implant's cup, according to a HipSextant news release.

Spine device company InVivo Therapeutics has named Edward Wirth, MD, PhD, as the company's new chief science officer, according to an InVivo news release.

The Food and Drug Administration granted 11 spine-related device 510(k) clearances in September, according to an FDA report.