The Center of Innovation for Biomaterials in Orthopaedic Research, a partnership of Via Christi Health and Wichita State University, named Richard Sullivan as CEO, according to a Wichita Examiner report.
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Duluth, Ga.-based Hatch Medical, a medical device incubator and technology brokerage firm, has announced a recent agreement with German physician Majid Shano MB, B.CH, (equivalent to an MD in the U.S.), to broker his patented, super-elastic orthopedic stapling technology, according…
Amedica Corp., based in Salt Lake City, has announced it has acquired US Spine, based in Boca Raton, Fla., according to an Amedica news release.
Minnetonka, Minn.-based Dgimed Orthopedics is looking to raise $2 million from the sale of equity and warrants of a nail and drill system, according to a Med City News report.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Washington issued a mixed ruling in a Medtronic appeal of a case in which Synthes was awarded $7.4 million over a patent for spinal discs, according to a Bloomberg report.
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DePuy Orthopaedics has voluntarily recalled the ASR XL Acetabular System and DePuy ASR Hip Resurfacing System used in hip replacement surgery due to the number of patients who required a revision surgery, according to a DePuy news release.
Federal agencies' proposal to speed up reimbursement for new FDA-approved medical devices and other products is now open for public comment, but critics say it does not go far enough, according to a report by Mass Device.
Medtronic has announced that it has received the European CE Mark of regulatory approval to use its deep brain stimulation therapy to control seizures in some epilepsy patients.
Salt Lake City, Utah-based Amedica Corporation has received patents for its total disc replacement technology that features silicon nitride in the construction of the complete implant, according to a news release.
San Jose, Calif-based SI-BONE announced that it is initiating training for its iFuse Implant System and is presenting the iFuse at Eurospine in Vienna, Austria this week, according to a news release.