Global medical device company Smith & Nephew named Michael Friedman, MD, as a non-executive director to join the board April 11.

The first three U.S. unicondylar knee replacement surgeries performed with the NavioPFS system took place at Community Regional Medical Center in Fresno, Calif.

The Food and Drug Administration granted 11 spine-related device clearances in January.

AxioMed Spine Corporation introduced its Freedom Cervical Disc in Europe, and the disc has been successfully implanted in Switzerland.

The FDA has granted 510(k) approval to the Planmed Verity Extremity Scanner.

The Food and Drug Administration granted 25 orthopedic- and spine-related device clearances in January.

Here are seven things for spinal surgeons to know for February 7, 2013.

Community Regional Medical Center in Fresno, Calif., will be the first to use the NavioPFS system for knee replacements, developed by Blue Belt Technologies in Pittsburgh, according to a report by The Business Journal.

An FDA advisory panel has voted in favor of moving hydrocodone combination products, including Vicodin, Lortab and Norco, into the more restrictive Schedule II category of controlled substances, according to a report by The Clinical Advisor.

Myoscience in Redwood City, Calif., a medical device company, announced that the newest generation of its patented device technology has received FDA clearance for the treatment of pain.