Here are 12 recent news updates for orthopedic and spine device companies in the month of February. Salt Lake City-based Amedica received a patent for its artificial disc implant that uses its proprietary Silicon Nitride ceramic material.
Tel Aviv-based Premia Spine developed an implant to treat spinal disorders without fusion. The TOPS system is a polyurethane unit that is fixed to the spine and designed for motion preservation.
Zimmer Spine launched its Zimmer DTO 5.5 System for disc degeneration with fusion and non-fusion treatments.
The FDA issued a Class 1 recall for DePuy Orthopaedics' LPS Diaphyseal Sleeve, which is used with the LPS system as an end-stage revision knee device.
Fort Lauderdale, Fla.-based MAKO Surgical Corp. named Christopher Marrus as senior vice president of sales.
Data analysis from the Emergo Group showed FDA's 510(k) medical device premarket notification review times improved in 2011. The group's data revealed that the rate of 510(k) submissions cleared within three months improved to 42 percent in 2011 from 40 percent in 2010.
St. Louis-based ulrich medical USA released its flamenco Universal Spinal Fixation System for decompression and stabilization of thoracic and lumbosacral spine in U.S. markets.
DePuy Synthes Joint Reconstruction's GLOBAL UNITE Platform Shoulder Arthroscopy System is now available for physicians' use worldwide.
ApiFix received CE Mark for its adolescent idiopathic scoliosis treatment system, and have seen positive results from the pilot clinical trial.
Fast Company named Mazor Robotics the fourth most innovative company in the robotics industry in its "Most Innovative Companies 2013" issue. Israeli-based Mazor produces the Renaissance spine system.
Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) and Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) introduced a bill to repeal the 2.3 percent medical device excise tax.
Zimmer Holdings was told to pay $70 million to Stryker for patent infringements by a federal jury in Grand Rapids, Mich.
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Tel Aviv-based Premia Spine developed an implant to treat spinal disorders without fusion. The TOPS system is a polyurethane unit that is fixed to the spine and designed for motion preservation.
Zimmer Spine launched its Zimmer DTO 5.5 System for disc degeneration with fusion and non-fusion treatments.
The FDA issued a Class 1 recall for DePuy Orthopaedics' LPS Diaphyseal Sleeve, which is used with the LPS system as an end-stage revision knee device.
Fort Lauderdale, Fla.-based MAKO Surgical Corp. named Christopher Marrus as senior vice president of sales.
Data analysis from the Emergo Group showed FDA's 510(k) medical device premarket notification review times improved in 2011. The group's data revealed that the rate of 510(k) submissions cleared within three months improved to 42 percent in 2011 from 40 percent in 2010.
St. Louis-based ulrich medical USA released its flamenco Universal Spinal Fixation System for decompression and stabilization of thoracic and lumbosacral spine in U.S. markets.
DePuy Synthes Joint Reconstruction's GLOBAL UNITE Platform Shoulder Arthroscopy System is now available for physicians' use worldwide.
ApiFix received CE Mark for its adolescent idiopathic scoliosis treatment system, and have seen positive results from the pilot clinical trial.
Fast Company named Mazor Robotics the fourth most innovative company in the robotics industry in its "Most Innovative Companies 2013" issue. Israeli-based Mazor produces the Renaissance spine system.
Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) and Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) introduced a bill to repeal the 2.3 percent medical device excise tax.
Zimmer Holdings was told to pay $70 million to Stryker for patent infringements by a federal jury in Grand Rapids, Mich.
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