Spinal Tech

Stryker launched a Mobile Training Center in China, designed to bring hands-on training, product demonstrations and after-sales services to healthcare professionals throughout the country, according to a Stryker news release.

VG Innovations, a St. Petersburg, Fla.-based spine device company, recently launched the VerteLoc v2.0, according to a VG Innovations news release.

Ellipse Technologies, an Irvine, Calif.-based medical device company, received FDA 510(k) clearance for the PRECICE Limb Lengthening device, according to an Ellipse Technologies news release.

The Stryker ShapeMatch Cutting Guides for use with the Triathlon Total Knee System was released in the United States about three months ago and has been used around the world for many years to provide surgeons with a preoperative planning…

More than 5,000 people have reported issues with metal-on-metal hip implants to the Food and Drug Administration since January, according to a report in the New York Times.

Crosstrees Medical, a Boulder, Colo.-based spine device company, has received a U.S. patent for its spinal disc therapy device, according to a Crosstrees news release.

Medtronic reported $4 billion in revenue for the first quarter of the 2012 fiscal year, which is a 7 percent increase over the same period last year, according to a Medtronic news release.

Zimmer Holdings has plans to close its Statesville, N.C., plant, which will mean cutting 124 jobs, according to a Charlotte Business Journal report.

The United States small bone and joint orthopedic device market was valued at more than $1 billion in 2010, which represents a 12.6 percent increase over 2009, according to an iData report.

Medical device company Kalypto Medical has asked the Food and Drug Administration not to grant Smith & Nephew clearance for the PICO single-use negative pressure wound therapy device, according to a Medical Device and Diagnostic Industry report.