Spinal Tech

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.

Lanx, a Broomfield, Colo.-based spine device company, has formed the Surgeon Advisory Board, which will be chaired by Andrew Cappuccino, MD, of Buffalo Spine Surgery in Lockport, N.Y., according to a Lanx news release.

Spineology, a St. Paul, Minn.-based spine device company, has received FDA clearance for its Rampart line of interbody fusion implants, according to a Spineology news release.

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Medicrea International, a spine device company, reported a net revenue growth of more than 3 million Euros for the first half of 2011 over the same period in 2010, according to a Medicrea news release.

ISTO Technologies, a St. Louis-based orthobiologics company, has received the CE mark for its InQu product line, according to a company news release.