Spinal Tech

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.

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.

Warsaw, Ind.-based Zimmer Holdings, a major force in medical orthopedic devices, is attracting renewed investor attention, according to a Daily Finance report.

Here are ten device companies that recently launched orthopedic products or received FDA approval for the products.

Here are 26 statistics about average implant cost for the top orthopedic procedure — arthroscopy, knee, surgical; with meniscectomy, medial OR lateral, including any meniscal shaving — by state, according to weekly data from Genascis. Data was unavailable for states…

Dublin, Calif.-based Carl Zeiss Meditec will present its OPMI VARIO 700 surgical microscope to an international public for the first time at EuroSpine 2010 in Vienna, Austria, according to a news release.