Spinal Tech

This article is written by Joseph A. Jackson of Strategic Health Services. SHS is also providing a webinar "10 Mistakes Hospitals Must Avoid When Managing Implant Costs." For more information about the webinar, click here.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has denied Arlington, Tenn.-based Wright Medical Group's application to use the Augment Bone Graft for an alternative to autografts in foot and ankle fusions, according to a Daily News report.

Physicians and device companies are using 3-D printing technology increasingly to develop spinal implants fitted to a patient's exact anatomical needs, according to an Engineering.com report.

Medtronic has purchased disease management and patient monitoring firm Cardiocom for $200M, according to a Wall Street Journal report.

The first human implantation of Alachua, Fla.-based RTI Surgical’s map3 Cellular Allogeneic Bone Graft took place last week.

Morrisville, Pa.-based Small Bone Innovations launched a new website for patients and surgeons to gain access to surgical and non-surgical treatment options for Charcot foot or neuropathic arthropathy.

Austin, Texas-based LDR received FDA approval for the commercial sale and distribution of the Mobi-C Cervical Disc for one-level indications.

Minnetonka, Minn.-based Vertebral Technologies recently reached a milestone with its InterFuse interbody fusion devices, as 3,000 have now been implanted.

Here are five physicians recently appointed to orthopedic and spine device company boards.

Steven Epstein has joined the board of directors at Sunrise, Fla.-based OrthoSensor, a medical device company focused on orthopedic devices for musculoskeletal diseases.