Zimmer Biomet reported relatively flat overall net sales at $1.9 billion for the second quarter. Knee and hip sales were up slightly while spine and craniomaxillofacial sales dropped 6.2 percent.
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Life Spine reported 27 percent revenue growth for the first half of 2019, one day after the Manhattan U.S. Attorney filed a civil healthcare fraud lawsuit against two of the company's executives.
The FDA provided 510(k) clearance for the Cygnus anterior cervical plate system from MiRus, reports News Medical.
Geocann appointed Anthony Petraglia, MD, to its medical and scientific advisory board.
Surgeons have implanted over 20,000 of SeaSpine's NanoMetalene interbody devices.
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Medacta opened its new U.S. headquarters in Franklin, Tenn.
Zimmer Biomet reported a net sales decrease of 0.9 percent to $1.99 billion during the second quarter.
Stryker reported an increase in overall sales, driven by a 3.7 percent jump in orthopedics sales during the second quarter.
Surgeons have implanted more than 1,000 of Centinel Spine's FLX 3D-Printed Porous-Titanium Interbody Devices.
Life Spine received additional FDA 510(k) clearance for its Prolift expandable spacer system in eight millimeter to 10 millimeter widths.