The first implantations of Exactech’s LPI Prime hip replacement system have been made.

More than 200 Biomet workers in the United Kingdom will be laid off as the orthopedic device supplier relocates its Swindon business to Bridgend, Wales, according to a Swindon Advertiser report.

As physicians across the nation are quickly learning, adopting electronic medical records is far more complicated than just deciding whether to buy an Epic or Cerner system.

Warsaw, Ind.-based Zimmer has acquired NORMED Medizin-Technik GmbH, a German-based foot and ankle and hand and wrist product developer, for an undisclosed amount of money, according to a Mass Device report.

RSB Spine signed an exclusive distribution and licensing agreement with JMF Group of Thailand, owned by the Mahe Group, to have its spine fusion devices distributed in Asia, Europe and South America.

Fort Lauderdale, Fla.-based MAKO Surgical appointed Ian Dawson as senior vice president of marketing to take over for Ivan Delevic, who will serve as the company's senior vice president of corporate development.

Blue Belt Technologies received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for its STRIDE Unicondylar Knee implant.

Here are six recent partnerships and acquisitions between medical device companies.

Alachua, Fla.-based RTI Biologics donated 35 bone allograft implants to the Pennsylvania-based charity, CURE International.

William C. Watters III, MD, is the first vice president of the board of directors of the North American Spine Society, where he has been a member since 1987. He practices spine surgery at The Baylor College of Medicine and the University of Texas Medical Branch, both in Houston.