Premia Spine, Ltd. announced today that the company acquired Impliant, Ltd. assets, which include 16 worldwide patents. Premia intends to commercially launch the TOPS(TM) System and its adjunct Versalink(TM) Fixation System in third quarter of 2011.   “We are excited about the opportunity to provide patients with a clinically-proven, superior solution to lumbar fusion,” stated [...]

Patrick Ryan, former Abbott Vascular Devices divisional vice president for North Asia, will pick up the COO reins at Alphatec Holdings, according to an April 25 company announcement. Under Ryan’s leadership that division of Abbott had annual revenues of $200 million. Ryan also held three other senior roles in operations at Abbott—divisional vice-president for Canada [...]

Covidien (NYSE: COV), a leading global provider of healthcare products, today announced that its DuraSeal(TM) Exact spine sealant has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). DuraSeal Exact spine sealant is a new, low-swell formulation of dural sealant designed as an adjunct to suturing to repair the dura during spine surgery. The [...]

Want to review a specific surgical technique or check up on a product demonstration animation? Go to either of two Aesculap websites to access the company’s new video library featuring surgical technique videos, product demonstrations and patient testimonials in the categories of general surgery, neurosurgery, spine and orthopaedics. The web site locations are: www.AesculapUSA.com/Video_Library and www.AesculapImplantSystems.com/Video_Library. According [...]

The bone and tissue regeneration team at curasan Inc., the North American subsidiary of curasan AG, Germany, has penned an exclusive supply agreement with Michigan-based TransCorp Spine, Inc. The agreement pertains to Cerasorb Ortho block forms used to repair vertebral bone channels created during surgeries to decompress neural tissue in the spine. These block forms [...]

The RAVINE Lateral Access System was one of the new products announced at this year’s North American Spine Society (NASS) 2010 annual meeting. This is the first product introduced by the company for the far lateral market and also expands K2M’s focus on minimally invasive products. So what are the specs on RAVINE? Well it [...]

Spinal device company K2M, Inc is making its move to step into the realm of biologics with its launch of the VIKOS Cervical Allograft System. Partnering with LifeNet Health, an allograft bio-implant and regenerative medicine company, K2M is working on developing products now that combine machined allograft implants with their precision instrumentation. The VIKOS Cervical [...]

Synthes announced earlier this month that the company has reached a settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Office of Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services (OIG) relating to the government’s inquiry into certain test marketing and promotional practices from May 2002 to July 2004 involving a bone [...]

CLEVELAND, Oct. 21 /PRNewswire/ — Merlot OrthopediX, Inc., a Cleveland Clinic spin-off company jointly owned by Cleveland Clinic,Cleveland, OH, Frantz Medical Group, Mentor, OH and Dr. Isador Lieberman, M.D., M.B.A., Texas Back Institute, Plano, Texas, announced today that it has entered into an exclusive agreement with Alphatec Spine, Inc., a medical device company providing treatment solutions for spine disorders with a [...]

This is a very busy putty…NovaBone Products has announced the FDA approval of the NovaBone Putty MIS Delivery System designed for use in minimally invasive orthopedic procedures. According to the company, the NovaBone Putty MIS Delivery System delivers an osteoconductive matrix while signaling and stimulating osteoblastic activity to the orthopedic surgical site. The NovaBone MIS Delivery [...]