Spinal Tech

The United States Patent and Trademark Office allowed Salt Lake City-based Predictive Technology Group's patent application.

The global wearable medical devices market is set to reach $12.14 billion by 2021, up from $5.31 billion in 2016, based on a Research and Markets report.

The global non-fusion spinal devices market is expected to grow between 2015 and 2025.

France-based Safe Orthopaedics received the CE Mark for an upgraded version of its patented Oak screw.

Here are seven key notes on orthopedic and spine device companies over the past week.

The FDA granted 43 510(k) orthopedic- and spine-related device clearances in November 2016.

Young companies must overcome innumerable obstacles to introduce a product to market. Entrepreneurism takes a lot of gut, strategy and talent.

UBM is hosting its Medical Design & Manufacturing West Conference and the 32nd annual MD&M West exposition, from Feb. 7 to Feb. 9, 2017, in Anaheim, Calif.

The University of Texas at El Paso and Fountainhead Investment Partners' Watershed joined forces to offer a public-private pilot class focused on creating medical devices. Watershed is an idea foundry specializing in biomedical growth and innovation.

Walnut Creek, Calif.-based Providence Medical Technology published, "Novel instrumentation and technique for tissue sparing posterior cervical fusion," in the Journal of Clinical Neuroscience.