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Orthopedics and Spine

Stryker Will Divest Total Ankle Business to get FTC Blessing for Wright Medical Acquisition

The Federal Trade Commission will require medical device companies Stryker Corp. and Wright Medical Group N.V. to divest all assets related to Stryker’s total ankle replacements and finger joint implant products to remedy concerns that Stryker’s proposed $4 billion acquisition of Wright...

November 3, 2020

Orthopedics and Spine

IlluminOss Medical Receives FDA Clearance for Use in Femur and Tibia Fractures as a Supplement to Approved Hardware

IlluminOss Medical, a medical device company focused on minimally invasive orthopedic fracture repair, today announced an expanded U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA 510k) clearance for its Photodynamic Bone Stabilization System. The new clearance allows IlluminOss to be used in femur and...

October 29, 2020

Orthopedics and Spine

Conformis Announces 510(k) Clearance for Cordera Hip System

Conformis, Inc. today announced 510(k) clearance by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration of the Company’s new Cordera Hip System. The first product in the Conformis hip product line, the Conformis Hip System, was launched commercially in November 2019 and...

October 15, 2020

Orthopedics and Spine

CartiHeal Receives FDA “Breakthrough Device Designation” for the novel Agili-C Implant

CartiHeal, developer of Agili-C, a proprietary implant for the treatment of cartilage lesions in arthritic and non-arthritic joints, announced today that FDA has granted Breakthrough Device Designation for the Agili-C implant. FDA’s Breakthrough Device Program is reserved for certain medical...

October 12, 2020

Orthopedics and Spine

Simplify Medical Receives FDA Approval for 1-Level Simplify Disc PMA

Simplify Medical, a privately-held company focused on cervical spinal disc arthroplasty and developer of the Simplify® cervical artificial disc, today announced U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Approval for the Simplify Disc Pre-Market Application (PMA) for 1-level indications. Simplify Disc achieved...

October 2, 2020

Orthopedics and Spine

Smith+Nephew Acquires Integra Lifescience’s Extremity Orthopedics Business for $240

Smith+Nephew, the global medical technology business, announces that it has agreed to acquire the Extremity Orthopaedics business of Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corporation for $240 million. The acquisition supports Smith+Nephew’s strategy to invest in higher-growth segments. This acquisition will significantly strengthen Smith+Nephew’s extremities...

September 29, 2020

Orthopedics and Spine

THINK Surgical and Total Joint Orthopedics Announce Collaboration on Robotic Knee Surgery

Total Joint Orthopedics (TJO) announced today a new collaboration with THINK Surgical®, Inc., an advanced orthopedic robot technology company based in Fremont, CA. Under the terms of the agreement, THINK Surgical will develop software allowing TJO’s Klassic® Knee System to be implanted...

September 24, 2020

Orthopedics and Spine

Spineology Gets FDA De Novo Grant of Minimally Invasive OptiMesh Expandable Interbody Fusion System

Spineology Inc., an innovator in anatomy-conserving surgery, is excited to announce the FDA grant of its proprietary Spineology Interbody Fusion System, now called the OptiMesh Expandable Interbody Fusion System. The grant follows the successful completion of the SCOUT (Spineology Clinical...

September 22, 2020

Orthopedics and Spine

Cerapedics Announces Canadian Approval of its Next-generation Bone Graft

Cerapedics, a private ortho-biologics company, today announced the Health Canada approval of the company’s next-generation bone graft called i-FACTOR+ Matrix, making it the first market to approve the commercial launch of this product. “We are excited to announce Canadian regulatory...

September 17, 2020