Minneapolis-based Medtronic will add 150 jobs and $6 million in improvements to two manufacturing plants in Puerto Rico, according to a Twin Cities Business report.
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Bacterin International has crafted an agreement with OsTek Orthopaedics to distribute Bacterin's biologic products in Canada.
John Steinmann, DO, is a California-based orthopedic surgeon and a board adviser for the American Association of Surgeon Distributors, a non-profit association created to set standards for surgeon-owned distributorships.
San Jose, Calif.-based SI-BONE published the results from two of its clinical trials on the iFuse Implant System for the sacroiliac joint.
San Diego-based NuVasive's anterior column realignment device for anterior lumbar interbody fusion has launched in the U.S.
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Warsaw, Ind.-based Zimmer Holdings' board of directors has approved a quarterly dividend payment to stockholders for the fourth quarter of 2013.
Cambridge, Mass.-based InVivo Therapeutics has named Steven McAllister as its interim CFO as of Dec. 31.
After meeting recently, a U.S. Food and Drug Administration committee agreed spinal sphere devices should be classified as Class 3 devices, which require premarket approval, according to a Medscape report.
The 3-D printing market for medical device applications is anticipated to grow 15.4 percent from 2013 to 2019, according to a Transparency Market Research report.
Columbus, Ohio's Third Frontier Commission approved $6.5 million for the Commercial Acceleration Loan Fund's first round, including $1.6 million to Akron-based Intellirod Spine.