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 [...]

DePuy Spine debuted the company’s first lateral approach system at the recent North American Spine Society (NASS) meeting. And, there’s an app for that. The MIS Lateral Platform featuring the Cougar LS Cage System is a set of devices designed specifically for the lateral approach to minimally invasive spinal fusion. The company also introduced the [...]

CareFusion has announced the national commercial launch of the AVAmax Vertebral Balloon, a minimally invasive device for use during kyphoplasty, a procedure for treating spinal compression fractures. As indicated by CareFusion, the AVAmax Vertebral Balloon represents a competitive breakthrough and, along with its related components, costs up to 40% less than similar kyphoplasty products on the [...]

Much ado about nothing? The whispers were gaining volume prior to this Tuesday (July 27) when an FDA advisory panel presented their decision. All the hubbub was about Medtronic’s (MDT) Amplify Spine Device and whether there was an increased risk of cancer associated with the new, yet to be approved product. Just in case you [...]