Spinal Tech

SI-BONE announced the completion of a $33 million growth capital round of financing.

InVivo Therapeutics announced that it has begun shipment of its investigational device, the Neuro-Spinal Scaffold for spinal cord injury patients, for initiation of its first clinical trial.

  The global medical robot systems market is expected to reach $3.8 billion by 2018, according to a MarketsandMarkets report.

  GS Medical USA, a Soquel, Calif.-based spinal device company, released the AnyPlus T/PLIF Cage.

Zimmer and Biomet, two leading orthopedic and spine device companies, have agreed to merge in a deal worth almost $13.4 billion.

IMRIS announced that a Tampa-based University of South Florida neurosurgical team at Tampa General Hospital has completed initial cases using the recently installed VISIUS intraoperative MRI. 

  Osiris Therapeutics has named Dwayne Montgomery general manager, orthopedics and sports medicine.

Orthofix announced the appointment of James F. Hinrichs to its board of directors, effective immediately.

RTI Surgical announced a net loss of $3.1 million in the first quarter of 2014, up from the same period last year, when its net loss was $1.5 million.

  Zimmer and Biomet announced that their respective boards of directors have approved a definitive agreement, under which Zimmer will acquire Biomet in a transaction valued at approximately $13.35 billion.