Spinal Tech

Here's how Medtronic, Stryker and Johnson & Johnson's shares have fluctuated over the last five days.

Aspen Surgical has acquired Protek Medical Products, a device company developing guidance tools for instruments used in imaging procedures, among other products.

Executives from Stryker, Smith+Nephew and Medtronic spoke about mergers and acquisitions and strategy at a virtual panel for this year's Musculoskeletal New Ventures Conference in October, according to a Dec. 4 report by the Memphis Business Journal. 

  SeaSpine announced the limited commercial launch of its Meridian anterior lumbar interbody fusion system with Reef A interbody with NanoMetalene surface technology, according to a Dec. 7 press release.

After a brief lull in the orthopedic device merger and acquisition market due to the COVID-19 pandemic, activity has picked back up toward the end of the year.

Medical device company Boston Scientific is set to launch its WaveWriter Alpha spinal cord stimulator system in the U.S. in the first half of 2021, according to Zacks Equity Research.

Ensemble Orthopedics received FDA clearance for an implant to treat early-stage osteoarthritis of the carpometacarpal joint, according to a Dec. 4 press release.

Medical device company Johnson & Johnson named Nadja West, MD, to its board of directors, according to a Dec. 3 announcement.

SpineJack, an implantable fracture reduction system, has qualified for CMS' transitional pass-through payment as part of the 2021 Medicare Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System.

Orthopedics special purpose acquisition company Viveon Health Acquisition on Dec. 4 filed with the SEC to raise up to $170 million in an initial public offering, according to Renaissance Capital.