Device Approvals & Patents
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Imaging | MIS/Robotics | Spine/Neurology
FDA OKs Viseon's System for Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery Access, Visualization, and Illumination
Offers alternative to surgical microscope & loupes visualization for many minimally invasive spine surgery procedures.Business Wire 10.18.18
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Extremities | Trauma/Sports
FDA Clears Centric Medical's SATURN External Fixation System
Consists of rings, struts, threaded rods, pins, wires, and connectors to stabilize the foot, ankle, and long bone segments.Business Wire 10.18.18
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Spine/Neurology
FDA Clearance Enhances K2M's MESA Platform with Patient-Specific Rods & Rails
Dual Differential Correction (DDC) Philosophy & Technique helps restore sagittal balance in patients.Globe Newswire 10.16.18
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3-D Printing/Additive Mfg. | Large Joint
Medacta Adds 3D Metal Implants and Augments to Mpact System for Hip Surgery
3D Metal Acetabular Two-Hole and Multi-Hole Shells and 3D Metal Augments were added to the portfolio.Business Wire 10.16.18
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TransEnterix Receives FDA 510(k) Clearance for 3mm Diameter Instruments
Clearance will allow the Senhance System to be used for microlaparoscopic surgeries.Business Wire 10.12.18
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Spine/Neurology
SpineEX Announces FDA Clearance of Sagittae Lateral Lumbar Interbody Fusion Devices
Sagittae is a personalized, adjustable expandable LLIF device designed to minimize impaction.PR Newswire 10.11.18
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Spine/Neurology
BioArctic Receives European Patent for Device to Treat Complete Spinal Cord Injury
A clinical Phase 1/2 study with the product candidate for patients with complete spinal cord injury is currently ongoing.PR Newswire 10.03.18
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Biologics
Bioventus, Pfizer Team to Bring Durolane to Brazil
Pfizer sales representatives in the country will offer DUROLANE as part of the company’s arthritis pain management portfolio.Bioventus 10.02.18
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Spine/Neurology
NASS News: Alphatec Advances Clinical Distinction with OsseoScrew Clearance
Restores spinal column integrity in elderly patients with advanced stage tumors involving the thoracic and lumbar spine.GlobeNewswire 09.27.18
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Spine/Neurology
NASS News: FDA OKs Stryker's SpineJack Implantable Fracture Reduction System
SpineJack system is indicated for use in the reduction of painful osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures.PR Newswire 09.27.18
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Spine/Neurology
NASS News: Baxter Unveils ALTAPORE Bioactive Bone Graft in Posterolateral Spine Surgery
Enhance and accelerates bone growth with proprietary silicate-substituted technology and optimized micro and macro porosity.Business Wire 09.27.18
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Spine/Neurology
NASS News: FDA OKs Meditech Spine's Cure Opel-C Plating System
Meditech will be demonstrating the newly approved add-on technology to its already cleared systems.PR Newswire 09.19.18
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MIS/Robotics | Spine/Neurology
TranS1 Receives NICE Guidance for AxiaLIF Approval In UK's National Health System
Places presacral approach and AxiaLIF System in same 'standard arrangements' category as other widely used MIS technologies.PR Newswire 09.18.18
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Spine/Neurology
NASS News: SpineVision Unveils Next-Gen P.L.U.S. Deformity-Correction Spinal System
The next-generation Pivot Link Universal System (P.L.U.S.) also received CE mark approval.Business Wire 09.18.18
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Trauma/Sports
FDA OKs Venture Heat's Infrared Heat Therapy Pain Relief
This deep heat penetrates up to three inches, even into bone matter.Business Wire 09.17.18
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3-D Printing/Additive Mfg. | Spine/Neurology
NASS News: SpineVision to Introduce Next-Gen Titanium 3D-Printed HEXANIUM TLIF Cage
Company’s newest product is designed to reduce the risk of subsidence in disc height after back surgery.Business Wire 09.17.18
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Spine/Neurology
FDA Clears CoreLink's M3 Stand-Alone ALIF System
CoreLink Surgical, LLC, achieved 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to market the M3 Stand-Alone Anterior Lumbar (ALIF) System. Jay Bartling, CEO, said, "M3 is our first stand-alone interbody fusion d…Business Wire 09.13.18
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Spine/Neurology
Nanovis Licenses Key Nanosurface Technology Patent from the University of Nevada
The patent covers the use of ceramics on implants with nanopores.PR Web 09.12.18
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Amedica Files Patent Application Relating to the Anti-Viral Effect of its Silicon Nitride
Research has identified the surface chemical properties of silicon nitride that contribute to a virucidal effect.Globe Newswire 09.10.18
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Biologics
FDA OKs Baxter's Actifuse Flow Bone Graft Substitute
Enhances growing osteobiologics portfolio in Baxter’s Advanced Surgery business.Business Wire 09.06.18
