Spine

Medicrea’s LigaPASS™ system enables spinal fixation in cases where pedicle fixation is complex or compromised. Now the product has gained FDA approval and seen its first use in US patients.

InVivo Therapeutics Holdings Corp., has announced that former Stryker Spine, Inc. executive Robert Housler Jr., will be joining the company as the Vice President of Business Development.

Baxano Inc., has announced it has completed enrollment in its post-market clinical performance evaluation of the company’s flagship surgical system for decompressing patients diagnosed with moderate to severe lumbar spinal stenosis.

Israeli Spine specialist Expanding Orthopedics Inc. has appointed Advanced Medical Systems (AMS Group S.P.A.) as its distributor for the XPED Expanding Pedicle Screw System™ in Italy.

Combining the various spinal societies into one big event every four years has the potential to be a disaster, but Spineweek has worked well in the past and seems to be a popular solution to the demands of time and money placed on potential delegates and industry alike.

State of the art materials lie at the heart of this incredibly liberating exoskeleton for people with spinal cord injuries. The definition of a medical device, for CE mark purposes stretches from cranberry pills to exoskeletons it seems as Ekso Bionics announces gaining of clearance to market in Europe.

German MIS Spine company joimax® is keen to spread the word that it’s an educator when it comes to the use of its technological solutions. Even to the extent that it has just brought 17 Chinese physicians across for thorough training, the German way.

DePuy Spine’s Viper® F2 Transfacet Pedicular System is launched at AANS.

Aussie regenerative medicine outfit Mesoblast Ltd is making great progress with its US phase 2 study into the effect of stem cell injections in mitigating low back pain.

Medtronic’s new electronic power instruments are aimed at reducing surgeon fatigue and enhancing control in complex spinal reconstructions.

Custom Spine’s foray into MIS spinal surgery is kicked off this week with the news that its newly FDA cleared Securis cannulated pedicle screw system is on show at AANS Miami.

Useful little device, fiXate™ from Anulex Technologies Inc., has now had its indications extended by FDA, allowing for its use in securing intrathecal pain pump catheters.

Medtronic settles its shareholder class action lawsuit for $85M.

Baxano’s iO-Flex® Spinal Decompression System is heading to Europe with CE mark approval following its earlier FDA clearance.

Dubai Spine Masters, being held in May, represents a learning experience par excellence, being a magnet for experts in the field of complex spine reconstruction and deformity management strategies.

K2M Inc has announced the FDA 510(k) clearance of its Santorini Corpectomy Cage System, adding to the company’s portfolio of offerings for treatment of complex spine disorders.