Cook Medical is launching the Perc NGage® and Perc NCompass® nitinol stone extractors for performing percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL).
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FDA Clears Avantis Third Eye® Panoramic™ Colonoscopy Device
FDA clears new device for use along with a standard colonoscope to improve visibility in areas behind folds in colon wall.
Cardica Calls Time-Out to Re-Think MicroCutter XCHANGE 30®
Cardica, Inc. is to pull the remainder of the latest iteration of its MicroCutter XCHANGE 30® from sale, drawing a line under the device until a next generation version is ready.
Miniaturized Ultrasound for Pain Makes International Debut at Medica 2014
sam claims to be the first device in a new technology category of ultrasound bio-electronics.
HipGrid™ Rolled Out for Non-invasive Fluoroscopic Guidance in Total Hip Replacement
OrthoGrid® Systems, Inc. has announced the release of HipGrid™ for anterior and posterior approach THR.
More DePuy Synthes Launches at NASS Meeting
DePuy Synthes Spine is launching a collection of new implants and instruments for the SYNAPSE Platform, which is used for posterior stabilization of the upper spine.
FDA Nod for Allergan NATRELLE® 410 Silicone Breast Implant Range Adds
Allergan, Inc. has announced that it has received approval from the U.S. FDA to market two new styles, X and L, of the Natrelle® 410 Highly Cohesive Anatomically Shaped Silicone-Filled Breast Implants for use in breast reconstruction, augmentation and revision surgery.
DePuy Synthes Unveils ViviGen™ Cellular Bone Matrix Allograft for Spinal Fusion
The North American Spine Society (NASS) annual meeting sees DePuy Synthes Spine announcing the introduction of ViviGen™ Cellular Bone Matrix for the repair or reconstruction of musculoskeletal defects.
FDA Clears K2M’s CAPRI™ Corpectomy Cage System
K2M Group Holdings, Inc., has received U.S. FDA 510(k) clearance for its CAPRI™ Corpectomy Cage System, an expandable vertebral body replacement device that provides structural stability following a corpectomy or vertebrectomy.
NASS Sees Launch of First New MIS Fully Articulating Expandable Spacer for Spinal Fusion
This year’s NASS sees Globus Medical launching ALTERA™, which it says is the first new minimally invasive fully articulating expandable spacer for spinal fusion.
Titan’s Endoskeleton is First FDA Cleared Nanotech Surfaced Interbody Fusion Device
Spinal interbody fusion device maker, Titan Spine has received U.S. FDA 510(k) clearance from for its Endoskeleton® line, featuring nanoLOCK™ surface technology.
FDA Clears Zimmer’s Optio-C® Anterior Cervical System for use with Structural Allograft/Autograft
Zimmer says its Optio-C System is a next-generation, modular stand-alone cervical device that offers allograft/autograft and PEEK options and delivers the strength, stability and fusion potential of a traditional ACDF
U.S. MIS Spine Market Will Outgrow Open Procedures Despite Headwinds, Says Report
Up front costs of MIS spine technologies may be something of a brake on U.S. adoption, but they will still outgrow traditional open procedures, says Decision Resources Group.
Spine: New ULIF System Targets Open Surgery Outcomes with Minimally Disruptive Approach
Precision Spine, Inc. has “gold standard” open surgical outcomes in its sights as it announces the release of its MD-Max ULIF (Universal Lumbar Interbody Fusion) Minimally Disruptive, Maximum Access System.
Mitek Sports Medicine Launches Gryphon, First Arthroscopic “Hybrid” Shoulder and Hip Anchor
DePuy Synthes Mitek Sports Med Unveils a New Hybrid Anchor Technology for Arthroscopic Repair of Shoulder and Hip Instability
CE Mark for Cardiovascular Systems’ Stealth 360® Peripheral Orbital Atherectomy System
CSI’s Stealth 360 Peripheral Orbital Atherectomy System CE Marked and made available for Europe’s peripheral artery disease sufferers.