VertiFlex, a San Clemente, Calif.-based medical device company, has received approval from the AMA CPT Editorial Panel to add Category I CPT codes to describe one and two level insertion of interspinous spacers.
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The Europe spine surgery devices market will hit $2.37 billion by 2020, based on a Research and Markets report.
Researchers from Nottingham Trent University and Nottingham University Hospital NHS Trust in the United Kingdom conducted a trial for a Google Glass-like device.
At the American College of Rheumatology's annual meeting in San Francisco, researchers of two studies presented their findings about various courses of treatment in knee arthritis patients, according to U.S. News & World Report.
The Food and Drug Administration granted 18 spine-related clearances in October.
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Orthofix reported a net sales increase for the third quarter of 2015.
The medical community is divided over whether a causative role for metal allergy exists in adverse patient outcomes among those patients receiving implants, according to Medscape.
Caesarea, Israel-based Mazor Robotics presented data for its PROlif Lateral solution and demonstrated a procedure on a cadaver at the Society for Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery Global Forum '15 in Las Vegas.
Interventional Spine, based in Irvine, Calif., received FDA clearance for its Opticage Expandable Interbody Fusion device.
Medovex, a developer of medical technology products, successfully completed a loan transaction with the company’s co-founder, Steven Gorlin.