The Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation received a patent related to allogeneic tissue grafts that contain a population of viable, endogenous tissue-forming cells.
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Frederick A. Pennings, MD, joined the AccelSPINE Medical Advisory Board.
Marina del Rey, Calif.-based SpineDriver revealed their battery-powered surgical driver at the NASS annual meeting last week.
Vivex Biomedical acquired assets and agreements of the University of Miami's Tissue Bank.
A group of Yale students who developed a startup company for a feedback device attached to scoliosis braces just hit the big time, according to a Yale Entrepreneurial Institute report.
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There have been several updates for orthopedic and spine device companies this past week, as financial reports are released and new products launched.
IlluminOss Medical received conditional approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for a clinical trial to study the safety and efficacy of its Photodynamic Bone Stabilization System in treating impending and pathologic fractures.
Oxford Performance Materials has received a $150,000 grant from the National Institutes of Health to study and improve artificial hips, knees and other implanted devices-related infection treatment.
Zimmer extended the deadline for the European Commission to review its acquisition of Biomet to provide the commission with additional information.
Medtronic continues to move toward finalizing the Covidien acquisition, one of the largest of the year in the medical device space — if not the largest, according to a Wall Street Journal report.