Dayton, Ohio-based NovoSource received FDA clearance for its NovoKnee total knee replacement system, according to the Dayton Business Journal.

SpineCraft has recently moved its office location to Westmont, Ill., and has since been expanding its team. The company has also signed a distribution agreement with Zimmer for the APEX Spine System, which will allow the company access to key U.S., Canadian, New Zealander and Australian markets.

Stryker reported 1.3 percent net sales growth in the first quarter of 2013, but net earnings decreased 13.1 percent when compared with the first quarter of 2012.

RTI Biologics reported an 8 percent drop in first quarter revenue for 2013 when compared with 2012, due to weakness in the sports medicine, bone graft substitutes and the general orthopedic businesses.

Spine Frontier, based in Beverly, Mass., has launched a less invasive pedicle screw system, its PedFUSE Remind Pedicle Screw System. The system is designed for midline lumbar surgery.

Israel-based NLT Spine was selected as a top 100 award winner on Red Herring's European list.

The OrthoTec Conference and Exhibition in Warsaw, Ind., this June will feature two training sessions for orthopedic device manufacturers to learn better processes for risk management and materials selection.

Benvenue Medical's Kiva vertebral compression fracture treatment system and Blazer vertebral augmentation system were named by Techniques in Regional Anesthesia and Pain Management as innovative minimally invasive treatments for VCFs.

Atlanta-based MedShape received FDA 510(k) clearance for its Eclipse Soft Tissue Anchor, a shape memory fixation device to attach tendon, ligament and soft tissue to bone.

Marietta, Ga.-based Amendia plans to nearly double its spine device manufacturing operations, according to City Biz List Atlanta.