DJO will acquire Switzerland-based medical technology company Mathys AG Bettlach, which focuses on joint replacements, synthetic bone grafts and sports medicine.
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Two prominent spine surgeon-inventors recently filed lawsuits against spinal implant manufacturers, alleging that the medtech companies sell products that infringe upon their patents:
Several big-money deals closed in the orthopedic device market in the first quarter and second quarters. Here are nine acquisitions since January that include Stryker, NuVasive, SeaSpine and more:
Zimmer Biomet named two executive leaders, the company said June 7.
Spine device company Alphatec on June 7 welcomed the EOS Imaging team to its Carlsbad, Calif., facility.
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New Bedford, Mass.-based Southcoast Health reached a milestone since adopting the 7D surgical system for spine surgery in 2019.
A spine surgeon-inventor filed patent infringement cases against devicemakers Alphatec and SeaSpine in the U.S. District Court in Delaware on June 2, Bloomberg Law reports.
Medtronic's patient-specific UNiD Rods have been cleared for use with the devicemaker's CD Horizon, Solera, Voyager and Infinity OCT spinal systems, which comprise rod, hooks, screws and interbody fusion devices.
A court in Paris ruled in favor of Safe Orthopaedics in an infringement case against Neo Medical, according to a May 31 news release.
Andrew Fabiano, MD, completed the first surgery with Icotec’s carbon fiber thoracolumbar vertebral body replacement cage in New York, according to a June 2 email to Becker's Spine Review.