NEW YORK, Nov. 13, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Press Ganey, a nationally recognized private company that measures patient experience, named Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) a 2018 Press Ganey Guardian of Excellence Award® Winner. The Press Ganey Guardian of Excellence Award® was presented to HSS during their annual conference in Orlando, Florida. "At HSS, we are committed to helping
SILVER SPRING, Md., Nov. 13, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has warned StemGenex Biologic Laboratories LLC (StemGenex) of San Diego, Calif; its owner/manager Rita F. Alexander and laboratory and medical director Jenny R. Galloway, M.D. about marketing a purported stem cell product without FDA approval and for significant deviations from current good manufacturing practice requirements, including some that could lead
NEW YORK and KFAR SABA, Israel, Nov. 12, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- CartiHeal, developer of Agili-C, a proprietary implant for the treatment of joint surface lesions, announced today the successful enrollment of the first patient in the Agili-C Investigational Device Exemption (IDE) pivotal study on the East Coast. The surgery was performed by site Principal Investigator Eric J. Strauss, MD, an orthopedic
November 07, 2018 CARLSBAD, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Spinal Elements, a Carlsbad, CA-based spine technology company, today announced FDA clearance for claims related to the macro-, micro-, and nano-surface structure of its Ti-Bond® surface coating technology. Highlighting Spinal Elements’ portfolio are a number of products featuring Ti-Bond, including the most recently introduced Lucent® XP height- and lordosis- expandable
November 05, 2018 IRVINE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--joimax®, the Germany-based market leader of technologies and training methods for full-endoscopic minimally invasive spinal surgery, announces the move of its US headquarters to a new 26,000-square-foot facility in Irvine, California, beginning November 5, 2018. “With the move to the new building, the steadily growing need for endoscopic procedures among patients
November 01, 2018 DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--DJO, a leading provider of medical technologies designed to get and keep people moving, introduced the EMPOWR Porous™ Knee System and EMPOWR™ Complex Primary Knee System at the 2018 Annual Meeting of the American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons (AAHKS) today (Booth # 510). These new additions to the EMPOWR™ Knee Platform expand one of the
SALT LAKE CITY, Oct. 31, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Amedica Corporation (NASDAQ: AMDA), a company that develops and commercializes silicon nitride for biomedical applications, announced that it has changed its corporate name to SINTX Technologies, Inc. in order to better reflect its focus on silicon nitride science and technologies and robust pipeline of silicon nitride
October 30, 2018 HUNTLEY, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Life Spine, a medical device company that designs, develops, manufactures and markets products for the surgical treatment of spinal disorders today announced the first clinical cases of PROLIFT Post Pack Expandable Interbody System with Dr. Richard Weiner of Dallas, Texas and Dr. Bryan Barnes of Athens, Georgia. PROLIFT Post Pack
TORONTO, Oct. 29, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- As providers around the world look for new and innovative ways to improve surgical outcomes and patient safety, the South Denver Surgery Center has taken a leap into the future with the installation of the 7D Surgical System for spinal procedures. This system virtually replaces standard fluoroscopy, providing the surgical team with
Oct 26, 2018 / Bruce Japsen Senior Contributor The medical device industry is pushing for a change in the federal anti-kickback law to allow companies to fully participate in the shift away from fee-for-service medicine to value-based care. The device industry wants changes known as “safe harbors” designed to prevent medical device makers from running afoul of healthcare fraud
