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NFL Hall-of-Famer Joe DeLamielleure volunteered to participate in a series of Quadrant Biosciences studies that use saliva as concussion diagnostic material, CBS New York reports.

VX Sport's GPS and heart monitoring system VX Log is helping to prevent injuries among Baltimore-based Loyola University Maryland student athletes, according to SentinelSource.com.

Low back pain patients who receive an early MRI scan accrued $2,500 more in Medicare expenditures than more conservatively managed patients, according to a study in The American Journal of Managed Care.

Arvind Dubey, MD, implanted his 1,000th level of Centinel Spine's STALIF C-Ti Anterior Cervical Integrated Interbody device at the Royal Hobart Hospital in Tasmania, Australia.

Stryker received FDA 510(k) clearance for its SpineJack Implantable Fracture Reduction System.

Zeiss Meditec launched the Tivato 700 for minimally invasive spine surgery at the North American Spine Society Annual Meeting in Los Angeles, Sept. 26-29.

James Andrews, MD, will perform season-ending Tommy John surgery on Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Edgar Santana's right elbow, MLB.com reports.

EOS Imaging will present its spineEOS 3D surgical planning software at the North American Spine Society Annual Meeting in Los Angeles, Sept. 26-29.

The global MRI systems market is expected to reach $7.99 billion by 2023, growing at a 5.2 percent compound annual growth rate, according to a Research Mentor report.

NuVasive enrolled the first patients in its study comparing lateral lumbar interbody fusion outcomes with traditional smooth PEEK intervertebral spacers and two NuVasive Advanced Materials Science portfolio implants.