Researchers are urging the healthcare industry to stop rewashing, resterilizing and touching pedicle screws after new research showed high levels of contamination remained, both after sterilization and intraoperative handing, Medscape reports.
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Becker's Spine Review reported the following orthopedic and spine device company executive moves so far in 2019:
A state court unanimously ruled in favor of Johnson & Johnson and DePuy Synthes in a product liability suit over the company's Synthes Matrix Screw Rod System, the Connecticut Law Tribune reports.
Camber Spine grew its sales 22 percent in the first quarter of 2019, according to recently released unaudited sales figures.
Holland (Mich.) Hospital's recently added trifecta of medical devices will increase the hospital's minimally invasive spine surgery capabilities, local news affiliate WHTC reports.
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Global medical technology company Masimo found its device Masimo SpHb effectively determines when to coordinate invasive hemoglobin measurement to detect potential anemia in patients undergoing spine or cytoreductive surgery.
Medacta plans to move its U.S. headquarters from Chicago to Tennessee, according to a Fox 17 Nashville report.
Medtronic and Johnson & Johnson are two of the most powerful public companies in healthcare, according to Forbes.
Ossio celebrated the launch and first commercial use of its OSSIOfiber Bone Pin portfolio.
Capital Ortho surgery center in Flowood, Miss., became the first independent surgical facility in the state to successfully complete a partial knee replacement with Smith & Nephew's Navio robotic technology, reports WJTV.