SeaSpine, a Carlsbad, Calif.-based medical technology company offering spinal disorder solutions, signed a definitive agreement to acquire NLT Spine, an Israel-based medical device company creating minimally invasive spine surgery products.
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The Advanced Medical Technology Association, along with large device company Johnson & Johnson, are asking the FDA to further explain the regulatory approach of additive manufacturing, which includes 3D printing, according to a Med Device report.
Kansas City, Mo.-based Children's Mercy Hospital is leveraging 3D printing technology to enhance orthopedic surgeries, according to Fox 4 News.
Stryker's director, Ronda Stryker, sold about 12,000 company shares with a market value of $1.378 million, according to Consumer Eagle.
The FDA cleared Carlsbad, Calif.-based Spinal Elements' interspinous process device.
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A Reportstack report found both Zimmer Biomet and DePuy Synthes are two major companies in the European large joint orthopedic devices market, according to WhaTech.
Spinal Simplicity in Overland Park, Kan., introduced a new generation of the Minuteman G3 fusion device with FDA-cleared coating of hydroxyapatite.
Jacksonville, Fla.-based biologics medical device company, NovaBone Products, received the Brazilian ANVISA Good Manufacturing Practices medical device certificate.
The global orthopedic biomaterial market is anticipated to grow at a compound annual growth rate of 11.5 percent between 2015 and 2020, according to WhaTech.
Miami-based Orthopedic Care Center surgeons are now implanting the ACTIV-L artificial lumbar disc for patients with chronic back pain, according to KSAT 12.