Globus Medical's Secure-C Cervical Artificial Disc was granted expanded coverage by Anthem.
Spinal Tech
A U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed a previous judgment in a patent infringement case that ordered Medtronic to pay millions of dollars to a spine surgeon, according to Bloomberg Law.
Healthcare technology solutions provider Nextech Systems purchased SRS Health Software.
Moody's expects trade disputes between the U.S. and China to have a disruptive affect on medical device companies.
AxioMed is a degenerative spine condition technology company.
Using Medtronic's Bryan cervical disc in cervical disc arthroplasty procedures can preserve and maintain motion longer compared to performing anterior cervical decompression and fusion procedures, according to a study in Spine.
Aurora Spine received a U.S. patent related to its minimally invasive spine implants.
Here are four orthopedic and spine device companies that recently launched or released devices.
Johnson & Johnson and DePuy Orthopaedics settled ongoing litigation surrounding allegations the company used deceptive marketing claims for two metal-on-metal implants for $120 million, according to Reuters.
The 1,000th patient completed one-year of follow-up in X-Bolt Orthopaedics' World Hip Trauma Evaluation 4 study.
