Stryker's net sales were up slightly in the third quarter of 2015.
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The Hospital for Special Surgery in New York presented data from the first U.S. study of BONESUPPORT's CERAMENT with Gentamicin in an infected rat model at the European Bone & Joint Infection Society.
Misonix, a developer of therapeutic ultrasonic medical devices based in Farmingdale, N.Y., demonstrated its new BoneScalpel MIS Platform at the North American Spine Society meeting in October, training more than 120 spine surgeons.
Medtronic became a founding donor to the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture when the company's philanthropic arm donated $2 million.
Johnson & Johnson's orthopedics subsidiary DePuy Synthes reported a drop in international and overall sales in the third quarter of 2015.
Equity analysts are predicting that Smith & Nephew is ripe for an acquisition bid, according to a Morning Star report.
LDR's ROI-C Cervical Cage has received FDA clearance for use with allograft.
Australian physicians placed a permanent spinal cord implant in a patient with chronic pain, according to WorkersCompensation.com.
New Haven, Conn.-based Soft Tissue Regeneration, developer of resorbable polymer scaffolds for repairing soft tissue injuries, initiated a randomized and controlled clinic study for its L-C-ligament device in Europe.
Grace Health System in Lubbock, Texas, now offers partial knee replacements with robotic assistance, according to Lubbock Avalanche-Journal.
