Here are 17 key notes on orthopedic and spine device companies over the past week.
Johnson & Johnson reported its 2016 third quarter results, with sales of $17.8 billion.
Johnson & Johnson Innovation and Houston-based Texas Medical Center partnered to create innovative medical devices.
Following news about Abbot Laboratories' plans to acquire St. Jude Medical, the companies will sell $1.12 billion in products to Japan-based Terumo.
SpineGuard plans to launch the next-generation PediGuard "Threaded" device in October.
Seventy-four percent of patients experienced fusion at one-year follow-up in a study examining the safety and efficacy of Zyga Technology's SImmetry Sacroiliac Joint Fusion System.
Thomas B. Scully, MD, of Northwest NeuroSpecialists in Tucson, Ariz., became the first surgeon to implant Life Spine's PRO-LINK Ti Stand-Alone Cervical Spacer System.
Brad Prybis, MD, of Carrollton (Ga.) Orthopaedic Clinic, performed the first anterior cervical fusion using Meditech's CURE Anterior Cervical Plate.
The FDA cleared Medicrea's PASS XS posterior fixation and LigaPASS XS band connector components.
Boston-based Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center joined InVivo Therapeutics' INSPIRE study.
InVivo Therapeutics added the Foothills Medical Centre in Calgary, Alberta, as a Canadian INSPIRE study clinical site.
Medtronic is the largest player in the global neuromodulation market, which is expected to total $5 billion by 2021.
Titan Spine strengthened its sales management team to meet demand for its Endoskeleton line of titanium interbody fusion devices.
Amendia is teaming up with Global Spine Outreach, a charity establishing scoliosis treatment centers around the globe.
Charlotte, N.C.-based OrthoCarolina, a practice with more than 30 locations throughout the region, completed its 100th surgical case using Mazor Robotics' Renaissance Guidance System.
Lourdes Medical Center of Burlington County in Willingboro, N.J., is the first South Jersey hospital to install Mazor Robotics' Renaissance Guidance System.
Nexxt Spine unveiled an ISO Class 10,000 Certified Cleanroom for pre-packaging sterile spinal implants in its manufacturing and corporate headquarters.
CTL Medical achieved ISO 13485 and CE mark certifications.