Here are 18 key notes on orthopedic and spine device companies over the past week.
The news about Zimmer Biomet acquiring LDR may be worrying some Austin, Texas.-based LDR employees because the former has previously shut down Austin offices of companies it has bought.
LDR has faced significant reimbursement pushback for its Mobi-C device, but Zimmer Biomet believes it can bring power to bear on the payer relation side of the business.
SeaSpine launched its Hollywood VI NanoMetalene transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion device.
Amendia launched its Ceres-C Stand-alone Cervical Interbody device.
Amedica submitted its responses to the FDA's questions regarding its CASCADE clinical trial.
Stryker is a key player in the hip and knee orthopedic surgical robot device markets, which was valued at $84 billion in 2015, as found in a study, "Hip and Knee Orthopedic Surgical Robot Market Shares, Strategy, and Forecasts, Worldwide, 2016 to 2022."
Titan Spine is updating its spinal device warranty to freely replace any of the company's Endoskeleton interbody fusion devices if they divide or deteriorate during implantation.
Geisinger Health Plan will now exclusively cover SI-BONE's iFuse Implant System for SI joint fusion.
KICVentures predicts a spine industry shift toward motion preservation technologies, on the heels of Zimmer Biomet's acquisition of LDR.
Frank M. Phillips, MD, of Midwest Orthopedics at Rush in Chicago, started using Expanding Orthopedics' FLXfit articulated and lordotic expandable cage for transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion procedures.
Andrew King, MD, of New Orleans Children's Hospital, discussed his experience using Medicrea's patient-specific UniD rods for spine procedures.
Ronald A. Lehman, Jr., MD, is the first physician in New York City to perform a PROlat procedure using Mazor Robotics' Renaissance Guidance System.
CTL Medical announced its new executive management team.
Larry S. Bankston, MD, and Robert W. Easton, MD, both with Baton Rouge (La.) Orthopaedic Clinic, performed the first meniscus replacement procedure in the South using Memphis, Tenn.-based Active Implants' NUsurface Meniscus Implant.
Tyber Medical received FDA 510(k) clearance of its headed and snap-off screws.
AlloSource launched two new bone fiber allografts, the AlloFuse Cortical Fibers and the AlloFuse Fiber Boat.
Exactech and the University of Florida in Gainesville added the Exactech Arena at the Stephen C. O'Connell Center on the university's campus.
The Hospital for Special Surgery in New York City bought its third system from EOS imaging.