Amid a year of acquisitions, Warsaw, Ind.-based Zimmer Biomet lowered the high end of its forecasted profits and cut its sales guidance, wreaking havoc on the company's share price on Monday, according to The Wall Street Journal.
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Researchers from Winston-Salem, N.C.-based Center for Clinical Research and Carolinas Pain Institute compared conventional low-frequency spinal cord stimulation with a new high-frequency HF10 SCS technique, according to News-Medical.
The FDA cleared magnetic resonance imaging for certain conditions on patients treated with NuVasive's MAGEC system.
Stryker's spine division revealed results from a pre-clinical study for its 3D-printed Tritanium PL Interbody Cages.
SeaSpine earned FDA clearance for its Shoreline Anterior Cervical Standalone System.
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After beating analysts estimates by $0.02, Stryker was up 4.9 percent at market close Friday, Baseball News Source reports.
Technavio identified the top five vendors in the global lumbar spine fusion market as well as 20 other vendors anticipated to make a name for themselves in the space between 2016 and 2020.
Surgeons performed the first transforaminal lumbar interbody fusions with 4WEB Medical's Curved Posterior Spine Truss System.
Zimmer Biomet acquired RespondWell, a digital health company with a focus on telerehabilitation.
DePuy Synthes' spine division recently launched its ZERO-P NATURAL plate that supports bone growth and stability during spinal fusion procedures in the neck.