Spinal Tech

ZetrOZ has been awarded federal and state grants to develop wearable sustained acoustic medicine ultrasound technology for management of lower back pain and back pain caused by herniated discs.

MiMedx Group entered into a distribution agreement with Zimmer.

Massena (N.Y.) Memorial Hospital has become the first hospital in the United States to use the Intellijoint HIP technology, according to a Watertown Daily Times report.

  MarketOptimizer released a new report on the orthopedic power tools market, with some question as to whether robotic technologies and computer assistance will make a big enough impact to stick around.

Amedica released its second generation silicon nitride transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion device — Valeo II.

SpineFrontier hired Tamara Souriolle to train its team and surgeon partners.

Spine Wave launched the Annex Adjacent Level System, the first adjacent level system designed to treat patients with currently instrumented segments from a minimally invasive approach.

K2M debuted its Everest Minimally Invasive Spinal System at the Society for Minimally Invasive Spinal Surgery Global Forum.

  Integra LifeSciences released the Integra Freedom Wrist Arthroplasty System in the United States.

Smith & Nephew plans to launch its D-RAD SMART PACK System for treating distal radius fractures at the American Society for Surgery of the Hand annual meeting in Boston.