Spinal technology company VB Spine has received two 510(k) clearances from the FDA to expand the indications for its Vitoss Bone Graft Substitute and interbody cage portfolio. The new clearances allow the Vitoss substitute to be used in the intervertebral…
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Alphatec Spine, a spinal device company, is the sole remaining defendant in a product liability lawsuit alleging one of its pedicle screws fractured during a November 2023 spinal fusion at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, leaving broken hardware inside…
Medtech companies SpineGuard and Omnia Medical have received a notice of allowance for a patent application covering guidance technology for sacroiliac joint fusion. The patent describes the application of SpineGuard’s Dynamic Surgical Guidance tissue-differentiating feedback technology to the positioning of…
Monterey, Calif.-based Elevation Spine, a spinal medtech company, has received 510(k) clearance from the FDA for Saber-C AVIA, a complete anterior cervical fixation system. Saber-C AVIA is designed as a zero-profile anterior cervical discectomy and fusion construct and includes a…
SurGenTec received FDA 510(k) clearance for its ION-L navigation instruments for use with the company’s ION-L lumbar facet fixation system. The instruments are designed to work with Medtronic’s StealthStation navigation platform during posterior lumbar facet fusion procedures. The navigation instruments…
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The CORE Institute in Phoenix has earned Boston Scientific’s Intracept Center of Excellence designation after interventional spine and pain management specialist Eric Feldman, MD, surpassed 100 completed Intracept procedures, according to a July 22 news release shared with Becker’s. The…
Biotronik Neuro debuted Embrace One Proactive Intelligence, an AI capability that identifies spinal cord stimulation patients who may benefit from additional support using data collected through its Prospera system. In a prospective pilot study presented at the American Society of…
Patients across the U.S. have filed lawsuits in federal court against Abbott Laboratories, Boston Scientific, Medtronic and Nevro alleging spinal cord stimulator devices caused injuries including electric shocks, worsening pain, neurological injury and repeated corrective surgeries. The lawsuits, filed in…
Surgical workflow and operations software company eXeX appointed Max Reinhardt president of healthcare. Mr. Reinhardt will lead commercial execution for the company’s surgery intelligence platform, Canopus, as eXeX expands deployments across hospital systems in the U.S., the U.K. and other…
The Synergy Disc, a cervical disc replacement device from Synergy Spine Solutions, has been used in 100 cervical disc replacement procedures in the U.S. following FDA approval earlier this year. The milestone came within 100 days of the first commercial…