Spinal Tech

Spine device company LDR Executive Vice President, CFO Robert McNamara sold 40,000 shares of LDR stock on Monday, according to a WatchListNews report.

Benvenue Medical has its eye on the minimally invasive spine device market, and the company recently completed a round of financing for future growth in that space.

VEXIM announced the launch of the SpineJack New Generation during the Société Française de Chirurgie Rachidienne congress in Paris.

The United States market for orthopedic trauma is expected to reach $8 billion by 2020, according to a new iData Research report.

OrthAlign has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to market its ORTHALIGN PLUS system.

Expanding Orthopedics received a Chinese patent for its XPED System — an expandable pedicle screw and related instrumentation system, according to a True Blue Tribune report.

Medtronic and Covidien announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Medtronic has agreed to acquire Covidien in a cash-and-stock transaction valued at a total of approximately $42.9 billion.

  Bioventus announced the U.S. launch of the next generation of its EXOGEN Ultrasound Bone Healing System, according to a Broadway World report. 

  Symmetry Medical announced that Thomas Sullivan, president and CEO, and Fred Hite, senior vice president and CFO will present at the Wells Fargo 2014 Healthcare Conference in Boston.

  From 2000 to 2006, spine was the hot technology sector in medical technology, according to Frank Phillips, MD, professor and director of the minimally invasive spine surgery section of Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago.