Spinal Tech

Wright Medical Group has signed a distribution agreement with AlloSource for FUSIONFLEX Bone Matrix, a bone repair scaffold primarily used during foot and ankle fusions, according to a Wright Medical Group news release.

After a four-year patent infringement suit, Stryker has entered into a licensing agreement with TriMed, a Valencia, Calif.-based company that develops and manufactures orthopedic fixation devices, according to a TriMed news release.

Globus Medical, an Audubon, Pa.-based spinal implants manufacturer, has acquired Facet Solutions, a Hopkinton, Mass.-based developer of total facet arthroplasty devices, according to a Globus Medical news release.

Smith & Nephew shares jumped Monday after the news was released that the company had rejected an acquisition by Johnson & Johnson, according to a WallStreet.com report.

Symmetry Medical, a Warsaw, Ind.-based orthopedic and medical device manufacturer, named Thomas J. Sullivan as president and CEO of the company, according to a company news release.

Stryker reported net sales of 1.995 billion for the fourth quarter of 2010, an 8.8 percent increase over the net sales of the fourth quarter of 2009, according to a company news release.

The Food and Drug Administration issued 15 spine-related 510(k) clearances in December, according to an FDA report.

Sonoma Orthopedics has received a U.S. patent for its core technology based on minimally invasive bone fixation devices, according to a North Bay Business Journal report.

Ascension Orthopedics, an Austin, Texas-based manufacturer of orthopedic implants, has received a European patent for the PyroCarbon humeral head design developed as a component of the TITAN modular shoulder system, according to a company news release.

The Food and Drug Administration issued 49 orthopedic- and spine-related 510(k) clearances in December, according to an FDA report.