Baltimore-based Johns Hopkins University and Germany-based Siemens Healthcare researchers created an algorithm to automatically label images of vertebrae during spine surgeries. The algorithm, "LevelCheck," pinpoints individual vertebrae in real time during spine surgery.
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The state of Michigan is offering a $1 million economic development support package to Kalamazoo, Mich.-based Stryker, the Detroit Free Press reports.
The future of the global joint repair market is in sports medicine, point-of-care tests and robotic assisted surgeries, according to a report from P&S Market Research.
Kalamazoo, Mich.-based Stryker is extending the range of its settlement program to include patients who underwent procedures to remove the recalled implants since Nov. 3, 2014.
Salt Lake City-based Amedica Corp. reported positive study results, demonstrating rapid bone growth into porous silicon nitride.
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Cambridge, Mass.-based InVivo Therapeutics enrolled a new patient into its INSPIRE study, which tests the Neuro-Spinal Scaffold's efficacy and safety for complete thoracic AIS A spinal cord injury.
The global cervical total disc replacement device market is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate of 23.1 percent between 2015 and 2021.
Stryker CEO Kevin Lobo appeared on CNBC's Squawk CEO Call to discuss several aspects of the business and where his company is headed in the future.
Walnut Creek, Calif.-based Providence Medical Technology closed a new equity financing round of $10.5 million.
Farmingdale, N.Y.-based Misonix named Stavros G. Vizirgianakis the new president and CEO, effective immediately, according to StreetInsider.com.