The Food and Drug Administration has imposed regulations on using stem cell therapies for orthopedic applications despite studies that suggest these therapies are beneficial, according to a news release from the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons.
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A positive patient experience drives patient compliance and use of medical devices and pharmaceuticals, according to research conducted by Cambridge Consultants.
Spine Surgical Innovation (SSI), global marketer and distributor of the Holmed Swivel Port System and full line of spine instruments, offers an online video which gives an overview of the Swivel Port System and provides a demonstration of the product.
Orthovita shareholders are suing to prevent the company's proposed $316 million merger with Stryker, according to court documents.
DJO Global recently named Michael P. Mogul as the company's new chief executive officer, succeeding Les Cross, according to a company news release.
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Stryker purchased an MMP Portfolio license from TPL Group and Patriot Scientific, co-owner of the Moore Microprocessor Patent Portfolio, according to a Patriot Scientific news release.
Joshua Jacobs, MD, a hip and knee replacement and reconstruction specialist at Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush in Chicago, recently spoke with NPR Radio about metal-on-metal hip replacement implants, according to a practice news release.
Integra LifeSciences bought SeaSpine, a spinal fusion device company, for $89 million in cash. The combination of SeaSpine's portfolio with Integra LifeSciences' existing spine business will make its spine and orthobiologics portfolio the largest component of the company.
DiFUSION Technologies, based in Austin, Texas, signed a multiyear lease with Texas Life-sciences Collaboration Center in downtown Austin, according to a Community Impact news report.
Interventional Spine, an Irvine, Calif.-based spine device company, announced the first use of its PerX360, a percutaneous transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion system, according to a company news release.