Plano-based Texas Back Institute researchers found Centinel Spine's ProDisc-C device is generally safe for use in spine surgery procedures, Spinal News International reports.
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NuVasive will introduce new technology for lateral single-position spine surgery.
A federal jury convicted four physicians and three others in a $40 million bribery and kickback scheme related to a physician-owned hospital in Texas; now, the Assistant U.S. Attorney Katherine Pfeifle requested the physicians be taken into custody, according to…
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The Department of Justice charged 24 individuals in connection with a massive kickback scheme that resulted in more than $1.2 billion in losses.
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Independent general surgeon William Norwood, MD, performed his 5,000th da Vinci robotic surgery April 9, the Bossier Press reports.
Sean Lennon will succeed Mike Hedges as Medtronic's CIO.
The 62 highest-paid healthcare CEOs in the U.S. — including executives from Stryker, NuVasive and Boston Scientific — made a combined $1.1 billion in 2018, according to Axios.
Additive Implants' 3D-printed, titanium alloy SureMAX Cervical Spacer was introduced to the U.S. market in March after receiving FDA clearance, MD+DI reports.
The FDA cleared Ortho Clinical Diagnostics' Vitros XT MicroSlides simultaneous testing technology, granting laboratories the ability to run two tests on one slide.