The FDA's Breakthrough Devices Program is designed to accelerate the development, assessment and review of medical devices that provide effective treatment or diagnosis of life-threatening or irreversibly debilitating diseases or conditions.
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OsteoCentric Technologies acquired the Integrity Sacroiliac Fusion System.
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Aurora Spine reached a sales milestone in the third quarter, according to financial results posted Nov. 16.
Smith+Nephew will launch a digital surgery and robotics innovation center in Munich, Germany.
The American Medical Association accepted a new CPT add-on code for the second level of lumbar total disc replacement procedures.
Colfax, DJO's parent company, named its upcoming spinoff orthopedic brand, CEO Matt Trerotola said in a Nov. 4 third quarter earnings call.
Spineart USA's Baguera C cervical disc prosthesis has marked its 100th surgery in combined single-level and two-level U.S. investigational device exemption clinical trials.