Here are 10 key notes on spine and orthopedic device companies:
Johnson & Johnson's DePuy Synthes received the European CE Mark for its Bi-Mentum Dual Mobility System used in hip surgeries.
Lakewood Ranch (Fla.) Medical Center recently installed 7D Surgical's Machine-vision Image Guided Surgery system for spine and neurosurgery.
A Stryker employee "has reason to be tested for" COVID-19, the company confirmed March 11.
NuVasive's Attrax Putty was shown to be an effective bone graft substitute for autograft in instrumented thoracolumbar posterolateral lumbar fusion.
A ribbon-cutting ceremony was held March 6 for Integrity Implants' new 15,000-square-foot headquarters in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.
Parvizi Surgical Innovation made a minority investment in Navbit Holdings, an Australian surgical devicemaker.
AcelRx Pharmaceuticals is partnering with Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston to study the perioperative use of DSUVIA in the analgesic regimen for spine surgery.
The FDA provided Medacta clearance for its Mecta-C Stand Alone anterior cervical fusion device.
A royalties dispute between Medtronic and Carmel-based Indiana Spine Group founder Rick Sasso, MD, was returned to a state court March 4.
Osteobiologics company Biogennix received FDA clearance March 5 for an expanded indication of its Agilon moldable bone grafting product.
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