Spinal Tech

SI-Bone, a medical device company based in San Jose, Calif., announced its plans for the SI Joint Women's Health Initiative.

Boston Scientific was an opponent of the medical device tax implemented in 2013 and recently highlighted the company's success since the tax was suspended last year, according to Boston Business Journal.

Allendale, N.J.-based Stryker Spine is highlighting its 3-D-printed Tritanium Posterior Lumbar Cage with the addition of new cage sizes.

Woburn, Mass.-based Bio2 Technologies will soon present results from an ovine interbody fusion study comparing its Vitrium device to a PEEK polymer-constructed implant. Both devices held autograft bone in their central lumens.

Rockaway, N.J.-based LinkSpine has named Tom McLeer its new vice president of sales and marketing.

Kalamazoo, Mich.-based Stryker earned FDA clearance for its AVAflex Balloon System.

Waterloo, Ontario-based Intellijoint Surgical received FDA clearance for the intellijoint HIP Anterior, the newest addition to the company's intellijoint HIP suite.

MIS spinal implant medical device company Vertebral Technologies, Inc. of Minneapolis strengthened its presence in Northern Europe with three distribution agreements.

Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch's pre-emption interpretation will likely aid medical device companies if he is confirmed later this month, according to the Star Tribune.

The GOP's "Trumpcare" legislation calls for a permanent end to the ACA's 2013 medical device tax, according to Inside Health Policy.