IMED Surgical filed a federal lawsuit against Dror Paley, MD, the founder and director of Paley Orthopedic and Spine Institute, and others, alleging Dr. Paley illegally stole IMED's technology to help develop the Orthex External Fixation System.
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Dublin, Ireland-based medical device company Medtronic will no longer build a corporate campus in Louisville, Colo., and is looking to neighboring city Lafayette, Colo., as a new option, according to an Oct. 6 report from The Denver Post.
Medtronic on Oct. 7 launched Adaptix Interbody System, a 3D-printed titanium cage equipped with nanoLock surface technology.
Omar Ishrak, PhD, plans to retire as Medtronic's executive chairman and chairman of the board, the company announced Oct. 6.
Here's how Medtronic, Stryker and Johnson & Johnson's shares have fluctuated over the last five days.
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The U.S. Patent Office issued Aurora Spine a patent for its DEXA Technology platform, which is used to create bone density-matching implants, the company announced Oct. 5.
Spine device manufacturer Tyber Medical is investigating the use of its titanium interbody fusion devices in cervical and lumbar spine surgery in a new study.
Spine device company Alphatec has reported that physicians have completed more than 500 prone transpsoas surgeries in the U.S., and the company aims to launch the procedure early in the fourth quarter, according to an Oct. 6 news release.
The Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine demonstrated the effectiveness of prone, single-position lateral interbody fusion in a study with NuVasive's MaXcess retractor, according to an Oct. 5 news release.
Stryker's Mesa pedicle screw system has surpassed one million implantations worldwide, according to an Oct. 5 news release.