Here are 23 key notes on orthopedic and spine device companies over the past week.
4WEB Medical launched its Posterior Spine Truss System in the U.S. market.
Alphatec Spine's Battalion Universal Spacer System has been successfully used in a surgery in the United States.
Benvenue Medical launched Luna 3D Interbody Fusion System in the United States.
DePuy Synthes Spine developed the EXPEDIUM VERSE Spinal System, an all-in-one pedicle screw system.
Exactech launched its Acapella One Cervical Spacer System with integrated anchors.
GS Medical reported third quarter sales were down 8 percent over the prior year.
A surgeon implanted the 10,000th JAZZ Band from Implanet.
Integra LifeSciences acquired Tornier's Salto Talaris and Salto Talaris XT ankle replacement products as well as Tornier's Futura silastic toe replacement products.
joimax launched the EndoLIF On-Cage and iLESSYS Delta interlaminar systems.
K2M introduced the Lamellar Titanium Technology.
The FDA approved an update to LDR's Mobi-C Cervical Disc labeling to include five-year clinical results.
Life Spine released the LONGBOW Expandable Lateral Spacer System and the CENTRIC Lateral Retractor System for expandable lateral interbody fusion procedures.
Faheem Sandhu, MD, performed the first U.S. implantation of LinkSPINE's FacetLINK HEMI.
Nanovis launched the expanded FortiCore line of interbody fusion devices.
Nexxt Spine based in Noblesville, Ind., developed a new porous bioactive titanium material.
NuVasive received the first FDA 510(k) clearance of a cervical corpectomy cage.
Providence Medical Technology designed the Cavux surface technology, an addition to the company's DTRAX Cervical Cage implants.
Safe Orthopaedics, based in Eragny, France, received FDA clearance to market its new implant for traumatic spinal injuries in the United States.
Smith & Nephew announced that the first total knee replacement using the company's VISIONAIRE Cutting Guides in Colombia has been successfully completed.
Spinal Elements named Paul Cory vice president of sales.
Spine Wave won RRY/Orthopedics' 2015 Spine Tech Award in the minimally invasive category for its device.
Spine Wave also initiated the commercial launch of its titanium-coated StaXx XD Expandable Device.
Credit Suisse is now covering Zimmer Biomet.