Two orthopedic surgeons performed the first surgeries using Exactech's new revision knee system. Exactech is a developer of bone and joint restoration products.
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Medtronic will pay $500 million in a one-time U.S. tax charge after acquiring Covidien and moving headquarters to Ireland in a tax inversion strategy earlier this year, according to a Star Tribune report.
Aesculap launched a new patient education website.
NICO, an Indianapolis-based neurosurgical device manufacturer, and Hitachi Aloka Medical America, a Wallingford, Conn.-based surgical ultrasound developer, have partnered to create real-time intraoperative imaging for surgeons during brain tumor surgery.
Startup ReVivo Medical in Guilderland, N.Y., hired a former Plug Power CEO to help bring its biomedical surgical device to market, according to Albany Business Review.
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Vancouver, Wash.-based Legacy Salmon Creek is offering MAKOplasty technology for knee and hip replacements, according to The Columbian.
NovaBone Products received a notice of allowance for a second collagen-related patent from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
EOS imaging has acquired the rights to a worldwide license for a technology dedicated to the prognosis of adolescent scoliosis.
NeuroMetrix, a Waltham, Mass.-based company developing wearable medical technology, created an Android app to accompany its Quell wearable device.
Lima acquired Zimmer Biomet knee and elbow technology rights for the Japanese market.