Spinal Tech

RSB Spine, a Cleveland-based medical device company focused on developing spinal fusion products for degenerative disc disease, announced a 97 percent sales increase in 2010 versus 2009, according to a company news release.

The global orthopedic instrumentation market is expected to exceed $47 billion by 2015, according to a report by Global Industry Analysts.

Leslie H. Cross, president and CEO of DJO, recently announced his plans to retire, according to a company news release.

The U.S. orthopedic extremity market is projected to generate $4.6 billion by 2015, growing at a compound annual growth rate in excess of 10 percent, according to analysis by Millennium Research Group.

Interventional Spine, an Irvine, Calif.-based spine device company, has appointed Stephen T. Colaiezzi to the position of senior vice president, strategic marketing, according to a company news release.

Smith & Nephew has officially denied having discussions on the sale of the company, according to a report from The New York Times.

Cecil Risher, Jr., the former office manager of an orthopedic supply company in Brunswick, Ga., has pleaded guilty to his role in a fraud scheme that bilked more than $500,000 from Medicare, according to a Florida Times-Union report.

Wright Medical Group has received approval from the FDA to conduct an Investigational Device Exemption clinical study to investigate the use of INBONE total ankle replacement, according to a company news release.

Note: A previous version of this article erroneously refered to the NexGen LPS-Flex as a ACL repair system. We apologize for the error.Zimmer Holdings launched the Zimmer NexGen LPS-Flex mobile bearing knee with Prolong highly crosslinked polyethylene in the United…

TransCorp Spine, a Michigan-based spine device company, has signed a supply agreement with curasan, a Kleinostheim, Germany-based company, according to a curasan news release.