Spine

NuVasive To Showcase Comprehensive Solutions For Complex Spinal Deformities At Scoliosis Research Society Annual Meeting

SAN DIEGO, Oct. 4, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- NuVasive, Inc. (NASDAQ: NUVA), the leader in spine technology innovation, focused on transforming spine surgery with minimally disruptive, procedurally integrated solutions, today announced it will highlight several of its latest spinal innovations to treat complex spinal deformities at the Scoliosis Research Society (SRS) Annual Meeting held October 10-13, 2018 in Bologna, Italy. As a

By |2018-10-05T15:23:26+00:00October 5th, 2018|Spine|

Study Demonstrating Globus Medical’s Expandable Technology Improves Lordosis and Reduces Subsidence Awarded Best Paper at SMISS

AUDUBON, Pa., Oct. 04, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Globus Medical, Inc. (NYSE:GMED), a leading musculoskeletal solutions company, announced today that a recent clinical study evaluating static versus expandable lateral lumbar interbody fusion devices was awarded best paper at the Society for Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery (SMISS) Annual Forum held last month. The study, led by

By |2018-10-04T22:08:33+00:00October 4th, 2018|Spine|

Power T Handle Wins Spine Innovation Award

WILMINGTON, N.C. (PRWEB) OCTOBER 04, 2018 Power T Handle, LLC, a surgeon-driven, innovative company, announced today that it has received a Spine Technology Award from Orthopedics This Week during the 2018 National Association of Spine Surgeons (NASS) meeting in Los Angeles, CA last week. The Power T Handle is a surgical instrument that delivers operating room

By |2018-10-04T18:55:31+00:00October 4th, 2018|Spine|

Implanet UK announces its first surgery in the United Kingdom

October 04, 2018 BORDEAUX, France & BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Regulatory News: Implanet (Paris:ALIMP) (OTCQX:IMPZY) (Euronext Growth: ALIMP, FR0010458729, eligible for PEA-PME equity savings plans; OTCQX: IMPZY), a medical technology company specializing in vertebral and knee surgery implants, announces the completion of its first surgery in the United Kingdom via Implanet UK, at the Royal Orthopaedic Hospital of Birmingham, following the

By |2018-10-04T15:42:27+00:00October 4th, 2018|Spine, Top Stories|

Amedica Announces Closing of the Sale of its Spine Business to CTL Medical

SALT LAKE CITY, Oct. 03, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Amedica Corporation (NASDAQ: AMDA) today announced that it has completed the previously-announced sale of its spine business to CTL Medical, a Dallas, TX-based privately held medical device manufacturer, on October 1, 2018, all as more fully described below. As previously announced, Amedica and CTL Medical entered

By |2018-10-03T17:32:42+00:00October 3rd, 2018|Spine|

SI-BONE, Inc. Announces that NICE, the UK Nat’l Institute for Health and Care Excellence, Published Medical Technology Guidance Supports iFuse for Treatment of Sacroiliac Joint Pain

SANTA CLARA, Calif., Oct. 3, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- SI-BONE, Inc., a medical device company that developed the iFuse Implant System®, or iFuse, for minimally invasive surgical treatment of the sacroiliac joint announced that NICE, the United Kingdom's (UK) National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, published medical technology guidance recommending iFuse for the treatment of chronic sacroiliac joint pain. The guidance

By |2018-10-03T17:12:09+00:00October 3rd, 2018|Spine, Top Stories|

Positive Commercial Payor Policy By Priority Health of Michigan Covering coflex® For The Surgical Treatment Of Lumbar Spinal Stenosis

NEW YORK, Oct. 3, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Paradigm Spine, LLC, a leader in providing solutions for the treatment of lumbar spinal stenosis, today announced the issuance of a Priority Health of Michigan Medical Policy. The policy, effective August 20 2018, now includes coverage of the coflex®  Interlaminar Stabilization® device for lumbar spinal stenosis with no prior authorization required. This issuance adds

By |2018-10-03T16:21:20+00:00October 3rd, 2018|Spine|

ApiFix Surpasses 250 Scoliosis Patients Treated and Six-Year Follow-up of Earliest Cases

October 02, 2018 BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ApiFix Ltd., a leading motion-preservation scoliosis correction company, announced today that its patented Minimally Invasive Deformity Correction (MID-C) technology has now been used to treat more than 250 young patients diagnosed with progressive scoliosis. The company also announced that the earliest treated patients have reached their six-year follow-up milestone. ApiFix’s MID-C technology is

By |2018-10-02T22:30:24+00:00October 2nd, 2018|Spine|

Solvay’s Ixef® PARA offers alternative to stainless steel in Innovative Surgical Designs’ new Redi-Spine™ system for spinal fusion surgical procedures

Alpharetta, Ga., October 2, 2018 --- Solvay, a leading global supplier of specialty polymers, announced during NASS 2018 last week that Innovative Surgical Designs, a developer and manufacturer of orthopedic spinal systems, chose Ixef® polyarylamide (PARA) resin to innovate a new single-use surgical instrument kit for minimally invasive spinal fusion surgery. Innovative Surgical Designs’ new Redi-Spine™ kit

By |2018-10-02T18:27:39+00:00October 2nd, 2018|Spine, Top Stories|

Spineology U.S. Clinical Trial for Interbody Fusion

October 01, 2018 ST. PAUL, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Spineology Inc., an innovator in anatomy-conserving spine surgery, is excited to announce that John Chi, M.D., M.P.H., Associate Professor of Neurosurgery at Harvard Medical School and the Director of Neurosurgical Spinal Oncology at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts, presented 12-month outcomes data from Spineology’s SCOUT clinical trial

By |2018-10-01T16:58:51+00:00October 1st, 2018|Spine|