Here are 13 key notes on orthopedic and spine device companies over the past week.
Dublin, Ireland-based Medtronic unveiled its new business unit, which will offer joint replacement products.
A Cincinnati-based Mayfield Brain & Spine surgeon performed the first sacroiliac joint fusion at an outpatient surgery center utilizing Medtronic's RIALTO system in the United States.
A Houston-based Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center surgeon performed the first cases involving Belgrade, Mont.-based Xtant Medical's Xspan Laminoplasty Fixation System.
With U.S. headquarters in Atlanta, Expanding Orthopedics received a U.S. patent for its 3D expandable cage technology integrated in the FLXfit.
Belgrade, Mont.-based Xtant Medical earned FDA clearance to use autografts and/or allografts in its Irix-C cervical cage.
The FDA approved full-body magnetic resonance conditional labeling for St. Paul, Minn.-based St. Jude Medical's Proclaim Elite Spinal Cord Stimulation System.
Mequon, Wis.-based Titan Spine named Ted Bird its next chief commercial officer.
Cambridge, Mass.-based InVivo Therapeutics enrolled a new patient in its INSPIRE Study, testing the Neuro-Spinal Scaffold's efficacy and safety for complete thoracic AIS A spinal cord injury.
Austin, Texas-based Minimus Spine enrolled the 30th subject in its randomized study comparing the Triojection System to discectomy.
Nasser Ani, MD, used Malden, Mass.-based SpineFrontier's biocompatible Les Arena-C(HA) cervical cage and the two-level Les Invue Max cervical plate to perform a minimally invasive spinal fusion.
Logan, Utah-based Kator is launching its Suture Anchor System on a limited basis.
Dublin, Ireland-based Medtronic, Redwood City, Calif.-based Nevro, Rolling Meadows, Ill.-based Boston Scientific and Saint Paul, Minn.-based St. Jude Medical lead global spinal cord stimulation market.
Castel San Pietro, Switzerland-based Medacta recently showcased its new MasterLoc Hip System and GMK Sphere Knee.