Spinal Tech

Smith & Nephew CEO Olivier Bohuon is now publicly allaying rumors the company may consider a merger or sale to another medtech giant in the near future, according to a report from The Telegraph.

Robert Masson, MD, a spine surgeon and founder of NeuroSpine Institute of Orlando performed the first cervical spine surgery in the world using the Mitaka USA Kestrel View.

RTI Surgical reported $66 million revenue for the second quarter of 2014, an increase over the same period last year when revenue reached $42.3 million.

Mainstay Medical has received authorization from the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency and the Central Ethics Committee to expand the clinical trial of ReActiv8 to include clinical trial sites in the United Kingdom.

Mesoblast, a company focused on regenerative medicine, plans to launch its first stem cell therapy product in Japan next year and then the United States in 2016, according to a report from The Australian.

The Food and Drug Administration cleared 35 orthopedic and spine devices in June.

  DJO Global reported second quarter net sales were up 6.5 percent over the same period last year.

  Aurora Spine announced that the first surgery in the United States using the ZIP Graft pre-packaged sterile bone dowel was performed at Madison County Hospital in London, Ohio.

  Ball State University in Muncie, Ind., joined OrthoWorx University | Industry Advisory Board, according to a Stacey Page Online report.

  Here are 12 new medical devices for spine and orthopedic procedures.