Spinal Tech

Zimmer Biomet Holdings appointed Suketu Upadhyay to replace retiring CFO Daniel Florin.

The Department of Veteran Affairs made the Kleiner Device Labs KG 1 lumbar spinal bone graft device available to VA and military surgeons through Government Marketing and Procurement, a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned contract management firm.

Here are six key notes on spine and orthopedic device companies:

Former Johnson & Johnson executive Max Reinhardt joined Pacira as president.

Life Spine received FDA 510(k) clearance for its new Prolift Lateral Expandable Spacer System.

Emerging devicemaker New View Surgical, which develops technology for minimally invasive surgery, raised $2.5 million to further develop its VisionPort System.

Smith & Nephew share price is up 18 percent in 2019 so far, according to Financial Times, coinciding with Namal Nawana taking over as CEO. 

The FDA cleared 35 orthopedic devices in May.

The U.S. Patents Office granted Medicrea several patents for its UNID Adaptive Spine Intelligence proprietary technology platform.

Here are nine spine devices launched in 2019.