K2M Group Holdings was added to the Russell 3000 Index, Russell 3000 index and Russell Global Index as part of the annual reconstitution by Russell Investments of the United States and global equity indexes.
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Earlier this month the first clinical use of the Avance MIS Pedicle Screw System from Baxano Surgical was performed in North Carolina.
The global biomaterials market for implantable devices is expected to reach $33.6 billion by 2019, according to a Transparency Market Research report.
Mainstay Medical International announced it has received authorization from the Belgian Federal Agency for Medicines and Health Products to expand the clinical trial of ReActiv8, its implantable neurostimulation device, to include additional trial sites in Belgium.
The global orthopedic device market is expected to grow over the next five years, according to a new report from Transparency Market Research.
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Executive Vice President of Exactech Gary J. Miller sold 16,356 shares of the orthopedic device company, according to a Ticker Report article.
Kell West Regional Hospital in Wichita Falls, Texas, has added MAKOplasty technology to its offerings, according to a Texoma's Homepage report.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has allowed marketing of the first motorized device, which acts as an exoskeleton for those with paraplegia due to a spinal cord injury, called ReWalk.
Johnson & Johnson's DePuy Synthes partnered recently with Tissue Regeneration Systems to develop three-dimensional printing technologies, according to a Stacy Page Online report.
DePuy Synthes has cut an undisclosed number of jobs affecting the company's workforce in Warsaw, Ind., according to a Journal Gazette report.