Here are 21 key notes on orthopedic and spine device companies over the past week.
Zimmer Biomet reported net sales of $1.9 billion in first quarter 2016. The company also entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Cayenne Medical.
NuVasive reported total revenue of $215.1 million in first quarter 2016, an 11.8 percent increase from the $192.4 million reported for the first quarter of 2015. Additionally, the company will soon launch five new surgical solutions.
Genesys Spine's Binary Anterior Cervical Plating System won the "Iron A' Design Award" in Italy.
Titan Spine appointed Ragan E. Cheney, JD, vice president of General Counsel.
ChoiceSpine celebrated its 10th anniversary.
Stryker's Performance Solutions is launching a new digital patient engagement and education platform for patients undergoing joint replacement surgery.
Wenzel Spine made VariLift-LX available throughout the United States with the full commercial launch.
Spinal Elements received its 50th United States patent.
RTI Surgical launched the Release Laminoplasty Fixation System.
The FDA has cleared Exatech's Vantage Total Ankle device.
Another implanted patient in InVivo Therapeutics' INSPIRE study improved from a complete AIS A spinal cord injury to an incomplete AIS B spinal cord injury.
Life Spine will be hosting the Physicians Understand the Life Spine Experience, or PULSE workshop, on April 29.
Integra LifeSciences entered into a commercialization agreement with AlloSource.
Lattice Biologics is scheduled to launch three new products utilizing its patent-pending matrix-assisted regeneration platform.
Bone Biologics completed a $5.75 million funding round.
The Chinese Patent Office granted Dallas-based Pinnacle Spine Group a patent for its InFill fusion technology.
Medicrea received FDA approval for its patient-specific UNiD cervical rods for spine surgery.
Xtant Medical received two Montana Department of Commerce grants.
MedShape reported the first wave of clinical outcomes for the FastForward Bunion Correction System.
Medacta, a designer of spine surgery and joint replacement products, is holding the 8th Medacta Orthopedic Research and Educations International Symposium in Lugano, Switzerland.
Oxford Finance and Silicon Valley Bank closed a $45 million term loan to Nuvectra.