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Spinal Tech

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 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…

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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.

Alachua, Fla.-based RTI Biologics will pay a $3 million license fee for rights to use Athersys' Multipotent Adult Progenitor Cell technologies for the development of biologic implants for orthopedic applications, according to a Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology News report.

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