Spinal Tech

Here are nine key players in the global vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty devices market, according to a Market Research Store report.

Orthopedic trauma company OrthoXel received CE mark clearance for its Apex Femoral Nailing System.

Industrial technology company Colfax will acquire orthopedic surgical device company DJO Global for $3.15 billion.

Mazor Robotics shareholders approved its merger with Medtronic.

Medtronic reported $7.5 billion in second quarter revenue for the 2019 fiscal year, a 6.1 percent increase over the same period last year.

Investment firm Altus Capital Partners acquired ChoiceSpine, a spinal instrumentation and biologics company.

Stryker closed its agreement to purchase K2M for $1.4 billion.

The global spinal implants market is expected to grow at a 5.5 percent compound annual growth rate between 2017 and 2023, according to a Market Research Future report.

Roger Smith, PhD, is the chief technology officer for the Florida Hospital Nicholson Center in Celebration, a high-tech training and education institute focusing on disseminating leading-edge surgical knowledge and techniques for the global community.

Aurora Spine received an exclusive license to U.S. patent "Percutaneous sacroiliac joint implant and method for surgically inserting and securing the implant into the sacroiliac joint," in an agreement with SILIF Corp.