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Orthopedics and Spine

Boy’s Leg Saved by Stanmore Lengthening Device

A 10-year-old Connecticut boy, named Dan, came home from a visit to his grandparents with a limp. No one thought much about it until Dan began to experience pain. Then a visit to an urgent care facility and an X-ray...

April 6, 2016

Orthopedics and Spine

ArthroMeda gets $2M for hip replacement sensors

In order for arthroplasty surgery to restore proper joint function, surgeons must carefully align orthopedic implants. A Massachusetts startup is developing a simple sensor system that’s meant to improve the precision and efficacy of these arthroplasty surgeries. ArthroMeda just raised $1.9 million,...

March 30, 2016

Orthopedics and Spine

VerteCore Offers Chiropractors a Peer-Reviewed Spine Decompression Medical Device

LOS ANGELES, CA–(Marketwired – Mar 21, 2016) – VerteCore Technologies (http://vertecore.com) announced a new program for Chiropractors that will allow them to lease affordable, mobile spinal decompression units that will augment scheduled chiropractic adjustment procedures. The VerteCore Lift™ can be used...

March 30, 2016

Orthopedics and Spine

Employee at N.J. Medical Device Company Charged with Accepting Bribes

Authorities have charged an employee of a New Jersey medical device company with accepting bribes worth $75,000 in return for helping secure a contract worth millions of dollars for a metallurgical technology company. The United States Attorney for New Jersey...

March 28, 2016

Orthopedics and Spine

Kevin Leach Announced as AxoGen, Inc New VP of Marketing

AxoGen, Inc. (NASDAQ: AXGN), a leader in developing and marketing innovative surgical solutions for peripheral nerve injuries, today announced the appointment of Kevin Leach as Vice President of Marketing effective March 14, 2016. Mr. Leach will report directly to Karen...

March 17, 2016

Orthopedics and Spine

Distracted Walking – 2016 Public Service Announcement 

The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) today unveiled its 2016 public service announcement (PSA) campaign which will be distributed to more than 8,000 media outlets across the country. This year’s multimedia program—television, radio and print PSAs—warns Americans on how...

March 3, 2016

Orthopedics and Spine

Medtronic Spine is Still Hobbled Over 

Medtronic reported its fiscal third quarter financial results on Tuesday where it reported slightly lower-than-expected revenue, most likely because of currency fluctuations. Most analysts described the results as solid, but one analyst’s question to Medtronic’s CEO, Omar Ishrak, underscored the...

March 3, 2016

Orthopedics and Spine

Wenzel Spine Snags FDA Approval to Launch VariLift LX

  Wenzel Spine, Inc. Announces FDA Clearance to Launch VariLift®-LX – The Next Generation Zero-Profile Stand-Alone Expandable Lumbar Interbody Fusion Device AUSTIN, Texas–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Wenzel Spine, Inc., a pioneer medical device company focused on providing minimally invasive, stand-alone alternatives to traditional...

February 12, 2016

Orthopedics and Spine

Bionic implant the size of a matchstick could help paralyzed people ‘walk with the power of thought’

The team is hoping to test the matchstick-sized stent electrode, or “stentrode,” in a group of paralyzed patients with spinal cord injuries in 2017. The device is inserted via a blood vessel and is deposited in a blood vessel next...

February 9, 2016