Surgeons gathered at the inaugural Lumbar Total Disc Replacement Summit to encourage lumbar total disc replacement as the standard of care for lumbar degenerative disc disease.
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Atlanta-based Medovex successfully completed a live tissue test of its DenerveX System, adhering to FDA standards. The company reported this is the largest living tissue population test ever conducted.
Wright Medical Technology, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Memphis, Tenn.-based Wright Medical Group, entered into a metal-on-metal hip litigation settlement agreement.
The U.S. spine implants market is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate of 5.29 percent between 2016 and 2020, according to a Research and Markets report.
TranS1 launched the Capital Bone Graft Harvester and Pylon Graft Delivery systems at the North American Spine Society Annual Meeting.
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Miami-based CareCloud will partner with Irving, Texas-based Lightbeam Health Solutions.
Surgeons have utilized Broomfield, Colo.-based Zimmer Biomet's Vitality Spinal Fixation System in 1,500 surgeries.
A Future Market Insights report found the spine biologics market will grow between 2016 and 2026, according to medGadget.
Cologne, Germany-based Dreifaltigkeits-Krankenhaus Clinic surgeons utilized the OrtoWell device during a lateral, minimally invasive surgical fixation procedure as part of a corpectomy.
The FDA cleared Parsippany, N.J.-based Onkos Surgical to market its ELEOS Limb Salvage System.