Spinal Tech

Here are four medical device industry reports released in early 2014:

Bacterin announced that clinical outcomes of the use of its OsteoSponge bone graft for foot and ankle fusion procedures have been published in the March issue of Orthopedics.

Mazor Robotics announced its Founder and Chief Technology Officer Professor Moshe Shoham was elected into the National Academy of Engineering for contributions to robotic technology for image-guided surgery.

Aurora Spine announced it will be participating in BritSpine 2014, April 1 to 4, at the University of Warwick in Coventry, U.K.

Tegra Medical, a provider of precision machining and contract manufacturing for the medical device industry, announced the appointment of Lee Crowe as vice president of sales and marketing.

  BME announced a strategic partnership with CellRight Technologies to support development and market penetration of Matrix OI — a 100 percent human osteoinductive bone morphogenetic protein scaffold.

Osiris Therapeutics announced the appointment of Therésa K. Dixon as general manager of market access and reimbursement.

Exactech announced that its President David Petty has been promoted to CEO, effective immediately.

Here are 12 key notes on major spine and orthopedic device companies.

Procured Health, a small start-up aimed at bringing transparency to medical device pricing, has received $4 million in Series A funding from healthcare-focused firm FCA Venture Partners, according to a Venture Beat report.