Surgeons treated the first patient in the investigational device exemption clinical trial testing Sunnyvale, Calif.-based Simplify Medical's Simplify cervical artificial spinal disc.
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Avi Kumar, MD, an orthopedic surgeon with Bradenton, Fla.-based Coastal Orthopedics Sports Medicine & Pain Management, obtained a U.S. patent for an anatomic humeral fracture plate.
DePuy Synthes partnered with Research and Markets to launch the DePuy Synthes Market research Portal.
People magazine and Great Place to Work included Kalamazoo, Mich.-based Stryker in their 2017 "Companies that Care" list.
Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris hospitals have listed France-based Safe Orthopaedics' thoracolumbar spinal fusion products.
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Stryker plays part in vertebral compression fracture treatment with AVAflex Vertebral Balloon System
Vertebral compression fractures impact about 750,000 Americans every year.
Although the bone graft product market is inundated with more than 300 available products, only two have met the most stringent FDA requirements for spinal fusion indications and possess Level I data appearing in publications.
The FDA granted 47 orthopedic- and spine-related clearances in March 2017.
Stryker Endoscopy is opening new headquarters in San Jose, Calif.
Device benefit management company IPG partnered with DJO Global and the company's surgical division to promote value-based care for orthopedic procedures.