Spinal Tech

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.

Plainsboro, N.J.-based Integra LifeSciences has introduced a new line of extended length and detachable Ruggles kerrison rongeurs, according to a news release.

Netherlands-based DSM Biomedical and Berkeley, Calif.-based DSM PTG announced an extension to its partnership with Spinelab, based in Zug, Switzerland, according to a news release.

Aesculap Implant Systems received FDA regulatory approval for its S4 Cervical Occipital Plating System, according to an Aesculap news release.