San Francisco-based SpineGuard announced that its PediGuard platform has been adopted by spine surgeons in the department of orthopedic surgery at Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine in Japan.
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Minneapolis-based Medtronic announced its net earnings in the United States in the second quarter of fiscal year 2014 increased by 39 percent, from $646 million in the same quarter in 2012 to $902 million in 2013.
Knoxville, Tenn.-based ChoiceSpine announced the launch of TYPHOON Facet Screw Fixation System.
A unit of Limerick, Pa.-based Teleflex, a medical device company, will be relocating from Research Triangle Park, near Durham, N.C., to a new facility in Morrisville, N.C., according to a WRAL Tech Wire report.
OrthAlign, a privately held medical device company, announced it has received 510(k) clearance from the United States Food and Drug Administration to market its ORTHALIGN PLUS system.
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Mazor Robotics reported a net loss of $3.5 million during the third quarter of 2013 and ended the quarter with 30 Renaissance Systems installed in the United States and 56 installed globally.
The 100th robotic-control assisted partial knee replacement surgery with the Navio Orthopedic Surgical System from Minneapolis-based Blue Belt Technologies was performed this week.
Renovis Surgical received FDA clearance for its Tesera Standalone anterior lumbar interbody fusion cage.
Johnson & Johnson, owners of the DePuy Articular Surface Replacement hip implant, has agreed to pay a $2.5 billion settlement to resolve lawsuits with patients injured by the metal-on-metal device, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal.
Here are seven key notes on major spine and orthopedic device companies.