Spinal Tech

SpineGuard, a Paris and San Francisco-based manufacturer of disposable medical devices for spine, released six-month financial results for 2015.

Misonix added Thomas M. Patton to its board of directors.

Xtant Medical's subsidiary, Bacterin, received a U.S. patent for "Process for Demineralization of Bone Matrix with Preservation of Natural Growth Factors."

Invuity introduced the Eiberg Illuminated Retractor System.

Wright Medical's Augment Bone Graft product received FDA approval.

California startup Echopixel created an imaging technology that turns medical scans into a virtual three-dimensional representation of the human body, according to Reuters.

Plaintiffs filed suits against 3M and Arizant after suffering medical complications as a result of the companies' Bair Hugger brand warming blanket during hip and knee replacement surgeries, according to Ring of Fire.

Ceterix Orthopaedics received FDA clearance for the NovoStitch Plus meniscal repair system.

The Food and Drug Administration cleared 18 spine-related devices in August.

Zyga Technology, a medical spine device company in Minnetonka, Minn., received two U.S. patents for its SImmetry Sacroiliac Joint Fusion System.