Spinal Tech

Sycamore, Ill.-based Midwest Orthopaedic Institute Spine Center offers radiofrequency ablation procedures with the Venom technology, according to Daily Chronicle.

Analysts gave Zimmer Biomet a mean rating of 2.1 on a scale of one (strong buy) to five (strong sell), according to CWRU Observer.

NuVasive entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Mega Surgical, according to a Street Insider report.

Kenneth R. Zaslav, MD, an orthopedic surgeon with Advanced Orthopaedics in Richmond, Va., performed Virginia's first meniscus replacement as part of the VENUS clinical trial.

During the week of Feb. 19 to March 4, Amedica shares increased 17.34 percent, according to Los Angeles Mirror.

Technavio named Utica, N.Y.-based CONMED; Warsaw, Ind.-based DePuy Synthes; Dublin, Ireland-based Medtronic; Kalamazoo, Mich.-based Stryker; and Warsaw, Ind.-based Zimmer Biomet as the top five vendors in the global orthopedic power tools market.

New York City-based NYU Langone Medical Center researchers examined popular fitness devices, according to Fierce Medical Devices. They analyzed the top 27 consumer fitness devices, discovering their features and ability to provide useful data for pre- and post-op orthopedic surgery.

Zimmer Biomet signed an exclusive global distribution agreement with CelgenTek Innovations, according to a Street Insider report.

Medtronic launched its AVILA family of interbody fusion devices in Europe.

The fifth patient in InVivo Therapeutics' Neuro-Spinal Scaffold INSPIRE Study reports progress.