Spinal Tech

More rumors about a potential Stryker acquisition of Smith & Nephew surfaced earlier this week, just as market action slowed for the holidays.

Medtronic executives will receive $63 million in payments when the company completes its Covidien acquisition to cover the tax inversion strategy, according to a Star Tribune report.

Micron Products, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Arrhythmia Research Technology, entered into an exclusive manufacturing agreement with New Era Orthopaedics for its next generation offering of total knee, hip and spine systems.

Here are five key notes on spine and orthopedic device companies.

Orthopedic trauma surgeons Brent Norris, MD, and Paul Stafford, MD, were featured in a NewsOK article discussing their patents and innovations for repairing bone fractures and helping patients recover.

Here are eight devices that were recently launched or released.

Osiris Therapeutics entered into an exclusive, worldwide partnership with Stryker for the commercialization and development of its viable bone matrix tissue form.

The first surgery using the Episurf Medical Knee Trochlea, designed to treat cartilage defects in the area behind the patella.

Bio2 Technologies received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for its CLM Bioactive Scaffold.

K2M announced that the first surgical case using its CAPRI Corpectomy Cage System has been successfully completed.