Spinal Tech

Earlier this year, San Diego-based NuVasive spent $4.5 million to purchase one of its Ohio-based contract manufacturing partners, ANC LLC, and the acquisition is expected to boost its workforce by 25 percent next year, according to a Mass Device report.

Blue Belt Technologies announced that the first unicondylar knee replacement using its Navio system was performed in France at Hospices Civils de Lyon.

San Diego-based NuVasive has appointed several new leaders for its Europe, Middle East and Africa team to promote the company's strategy in the European market.

Stryker reached the first settlements in the lawsuits against its Rejuvenate and ABG II Modular-Neck Hip Stems.

Mazor Robotics received its first order for the Renaissance spine system though its Turkish distribution partner, Cordamed Biomedical Engineering.

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

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.

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.