Spinal Tech

HealthpointCapital acquired a controlling ownership stake in CrossRoads Extremity Systems.

San Diego-based surgical implant manufacturer, Xenco Medical, has launched the first interactive vending machine created for spine surgery implants and instruments, reports venturebeat.com.

Knoxville, Tenn.-based spinal-device manufacturer, ChoiceSpine, has been granted FDA clearance to market two new devices, to be used together or separately in cervical spinal fusions.

Muskegon (Mich.) Surgery Center is the state's first ASC to use Medtronic's Mazor X Stealth Edition robotic guidance platform for spine surgery.

Global medical technology company Smith & Nephew launched its Werewolf Flow 90 Wand with Flow-IQ Technology on May 13.

Naples, Fla.-based medical device company Catalyst OrthoScience has raised $12.7 million in an oversubscribed financing round led by Cincinnati-based growth equity firm River Cities Capital Funds.

A new treatment that allows surgeons to treat spina bifida prior to birth using scopes has been approved by the FDA, reports The Post Bulletin.

Spinal implant manufacturer Innovasis enrolled 150 patients in its HA PEEK Data Registry.

Bedford, Mass.-based biotechnology company Anika Therapeutics will feature its orthobiologics and regenerative medicine lineup at the 12th Biennial International Society of Arthroscopy, Knee Surgery and Orthopaedic Sports Medicine Congress in Mexico.

Joimax, a German developer of systems for endoscopic minimally invasive spinal surgery, is presenting its Integrated Navigation Tracking & Control System, Intacs, at the Global Spine Congress in Toronto, Canada.