Spinal Tech

The FDA cleared 15 spine related devices in January.

The past quarter has been varied for orthopedic and spine companies, with some reporting spine sales down slightly while others had significant growth.

Here are four spine and orthopedic device company acquisitions announced or completed in the past month.

Aurora Spine closed the final tranche of its non-brokered private placement offering raising approximately $644,891 (858,000 Canadian dollars).

SeaSpine partnered with 7D Surgical Feb. 7 to distribute the company's Machine-Vision Image Guided Surgery system for spine and cranial surgery.

Sanuwave Health on Feb. 7 appointed Tom Price, MD, to its board of directors.

The FDA provided Life Spine 510(k) clearance Feb. 6 for its Steerable Plateau Ti system.

In2Bones on Feb. 6 received FDA approval for its Quantum total ankle system.

Precision OS Technology is using virtual reality to train orthopedic surgeons and educate medical device representatives about complex surgical procedures.

Mexico's federal health agency is suing Zimmer Biomet to recover more than $2.6 million the company allegedly made through a bribery scheme, according to Medtech Insight.