Spinal Tech

Alphatec Spine's parent company, Alphatec Holdings, will begin restructuring the business operations of its French affiliate, Scient'x.

Trinity Orthopedics, the San Diego-based developer of spine technology, has acquired Expanding Concepts' patent portfolio.

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

Nextremity Solutions, a five-year-old New Jersey-based orthopedic device company, will relocate its headquarters to Warsaw, Ind., according to a Greater Fort Wayne Business Weekly report.

Princeton, N.J.-based Regentis Biomaterials released clinical data supporting the safety and efficacy of GelrinC, an implant for treating articular cartilage in injured knees.

DePuy Synthes CMF launched new instrumentation designed for less invasive surgical fixation and stabilization of rib fractures with the company's MatrixRIB System.

The first clinical use of Biomet's Signature Patient Specific glenoid instrumentation in the United States has been successful.

Tyber Medical, an orthopedic and spine device company, received the CE Mark approval for TyPEEK, a proprietary titanium plasma sprayed PEEK interbody system designed for situations when PEEK alone may not provide the best setting for fusion.

DFINE, a spine device company, has received the CE Mark approval for the STAR Tumor Ablation System for treating painful metastatic spinal tumors.

Invibio Biomaterial Solutions has launched the PEEK-OPTIMA HA Enhanced Polymer, a combination of the PEEK-based biomaterial and Hydroxyapatite, an osteoconductive material.