Life Spine, a Hoffman Estates, Ill.-based medical device company, is holding a training course on its Centric minimally invasive spine technology to instruct surgeons on its products and clinical indications, according to a company news release.
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MedShape Solutions, an Atlanta-based orthopedic device company, now provides larger sizes of its ExoShape CL, a two-part PEEK Altera interference fixation device for soft tissue graft fixation during anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction, according to a company news release.
Orthopedic surgeons at the University of Aberdeen in Scotland and a specialist in joint and cartilage at the Royal Orthopedic Hospital in Birmingham developed the GraftBolt to improve the rate of surgeries for knee injury, according to Top News Report.
A former football player for the University of Utah has filed a lawsuit against Stryker after one of the company's implantable pain pumps caused severe cartilage loss, according to a Desert News report.
The Food and Drug Administration issued 15 spine-related 510(k) clearances in May, according to an FDA report.
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Smith & Nephew has singed a distribution agreement with French biotechnology company Graftys, according to a company news release.
Orthofix has appointed current COO Robert S. Vaters as its new president and CEO effective August 1, according to a company news release.
Altor Fund III, a private equity fund, has acquired Orchid Orthopedic Solutions from Churchill Equity, according to an Altor news release.
Cayenne Medical, a Scottsdale, Ariz.-based sports medicine device company, has entered into a co-marketing partnership with Parametrics Medical, a provider of high quality bone and tissue allografts, according to a Cayenne Medical news release.
The Food and Drug Administration issued 35 orthopedic- and spine-related 510(k) clearances in May, according to an FDA report.