Spinal Tech

A judge's $23 million ruling against Medtronic will stand after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit rejected the company's appeal request April 29, LSIPR reports.

Aurora Spine had a strong 2018, increasing its yearly revenues 45 percent from 2017.

Conmed posted first quarter 2019 sales of $218.4 million, an 8.1 percent year-over-year increase.

Artoss, a German company founded in 2005 to commercialize NanoBone technology in North American markets, announced that the FDA has cleared NanoBone SBX Putty for standalone use in posterolateral spinal fusion.

Zimmer Biomet reported net sales at $1.97 billion for the first quarter of 2019, a 0.7 percent increase.

Vail-Summit Orthopaedics and Neurosurgery is partnering with Zimmer Biomet on technology that surgeons hope will reduce chronic pain after knee-replacement surgery, Summit Daily reports.

Spinal neurosurgeon Todd Lanman, MD, will begin implanting Orthofix's FDA-approved M6-C disc replacement device in patients with cervical disc degeneration.

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Fitch Solutions released a a report titled "Small-Scale Bolt-On Deals To Be Core Focus of Medical Device 2019 M&A," detailing medical device mergers and acquisitions, examining the key trends in the field and what to expect in the future.

A study showing the efficacy of the Intracept procedure developed by medical device company Relievant Medsystems, which develops minimally invasive solutions for low-back pain, was published in the International Journal of Spine Surgery.