The Food and Drug Administration issued 15 spine-related 510(k) clearances in December, according to an FDA report.
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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.
Neel Anand, MD, director of orthopedic spine surgery at The Spine Centers at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, recently performed lower back surgery using SI-BONE's new iFuse implant system, according to a news release.
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Orthofix's sports medicine division recently signed a contract with Novation to be the exclusive manufacturer of cold therapy products for NOVAPLUS technology, according to an Orthofix news release.
Biomet reported net sales for the second quarter of the 2011 fiscal year at $698.3 million, compared to the net sales of the second quarter of 2010 of $695.6 million, according to a company news release.
Ken Reali has been appointed CEO of TranS1, a Wilmington, N.C.-based orthopedic device company, according to a company news release.
MiMedx Group, a Marietta, Ga.-based manufacturer of biomaterial-based products, has completed the acquisition of Surgical Biologics, a development company focused on tissue-processing techniques for creating implants, according to a company news release.
Marc Viscogliosi co-founded Viscogliosi Brothers in 1999 along with his brothers Anthony and John, who share the same last name. Today, VB, a merchant banking firm, has a portfolio of eight medical device companies, the majority of them in the…