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Orono-based University of Maine football player Darius Minor, 18, died during a workout July 24 due to sudden heart failure, the No. 1 nontraumatic cause of death in college athletes, according to Bangor Daily News.

Emerging Implant Technologies is a spinal fusion technology company.

Spinal Stabilization Technologies raised $11.16 million in new financing, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing.

An article in Advanced Materials highlighted applications for titanium fiber plates in bone repair.

Atlanta-based Georgia Institute of Technology partnered with the American College of Radiology's Harvey L. Neiman Health Policy Institute in Reston, Va., to study medical imaging, according to the Gwinnett Daily Post.

The French national healthcare system will exclusively cover SI-BONE's iFuse implant system for minimally invasive sacroiliac joint fusion beginning Sept. 6.

Using an MRI to assess patients' spinal inflammation and diagnose axial spondyloarthritis may be unnecessary, according to a study published in Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases.

Dr. Marc J. Philippon will perform season-ending hip surgery on San Francisco Giants catcher Buster Posey, MLB.com reports.

A study in The Spine Journal identified risk factors associated with cage migration and cage retropulsion following transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion.

Bejamin A. Cox, DO, joined Mount Pleasant-based McLaren Central Michigan's medical staff, according to Clare County Review.