Raynham, Mass.-based Mitek Sports Medicine launched the HEALIX 3.4mm Suture Anchor for rotator cuff repair and the double-loaded minimally invasive partial thickness rotator cuff repair system for the HEALIX TRANSTEND Implant System.

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.

Timothy Payne, MD, joined the Mayo Clinic Health System in Fairmont, Minn., according to the Fairmont Sentinel.

Neel Anand, MD, Mch, Orth, orthopedic spine surgeon and director of orthopedic spine surgery of The Spine Center at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, discusses six things to know about minimally invasive surgery.

The feud between spine surgeons who were involved in the research and development of Medtronic's Infuse and the surgeons who feel the product was inappropriately marketed continues to escalate, according to two letters set for publication in the July 12 issue of The Spine Journal.

Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis patients may have a higher prevalence of osteopenia and deranged bone quality, which could contribute to the etipathogenesis of spinal deformities in those patients, according to a study published in Spine.

A panel of spine experts is calling for surgeons to re-examine and reduce the use of recombinant bone morphogenic protein-2 in an editorial published in a special edition of North American Spine Society's The Spine Journal, which focuses on rhBMP-2.

A barrage of lawsuits regarding off-label use for Medtronic's Infuse bone morphogenic protein product may be right around the corner, according to various news sources.

New technology associated with gene therapy and stem cell research is driving the orthopedic biomaterials market, which represents 14 percent of the global orthopedics market, according to a report from Kalorama Information.

Germany-based orthopedic device company IlluminOss Medical announced the first use of its minimally invasive ankle fracture repair system, according to a company news release.