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Thousand Oaks, CA – ECA Medical Instruments, the leading designer and manufacturer of single-procedure torque-limiting and fixed-driver surgical instruments and procedural kits for the medical industry and surgeons worldwide, has named Mr. Lane Hale as President & Chief Executive Officer. The Board of Directors tapped Mr. Hale to build upon the 38-year foundation ECA enjoys in […]

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–InVivo Therapeutics Holdings Corp. (NVIV) today announced the appointment of Richard Toselli, M.D., as Chief Medical Officer, effective July 5, 2017. Dr. Toselli, a fellowship-trained spinal neurosurgeon, will assume all responsibilities related to the company’s clinical and regulatory strategy. Prior to joining InVivo, Dr. Toselli served as Chief Medical Officer for Cochlear Limited. In […]

Back Pain Centers of America (BPC), which connects people searching for solutions to their neck and back pain with a reputable physician in their area, announces that Stryker’s Spine division is a finalist in the 2017 Awards of Excellence for the Technology Innovation Award. This award is one of three categories of awards being presented in […]

DePuy Synthes* has introduced the Distal Radius Sterile Kit, a pre-sterilized, single-use kit of instruments and implants to treat wrist fractures. The streamlined kits provide customers with the company’s market-leading plate and screw implants with instrumentation designed to help optimize operating room efficiency and eliminate procedural sterilization costs. An estimated 640,000 wrist fractures occur annually […]

TORONTO, ON–(Marketwired – July 10, 2017) – Titan Medical Inc. (“Titan” or the “Company”) (TSX: TMD) (OTCQB: TITXF), a medical device company focused on the design, development and commercialization of a robotic surgical system for application in minimally invasive surgery (MIS), announces a collaboration with Florida Hospital Nicholson Center for feasibility and validation studies to support Titan’s regulatory […]

GULF BREEZE, Fla., July 6, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — A groundbreaking randomized clinical trial (RCT) evaluating the use of a patient’s own stem cells to regenerate knee cartilage is underway at Andrews Institute for Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine in Gulf Breeze, Florida. The study, led by Adam Anz, M.D., an orthopaedic surgeon at Andrews Institute, is the first multicenter Phase II […]

SAN DIEGO, July 5, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — NuVasive, Inc. (NASDAQ: NUVA), a leading medical device company focused on transforming spine surgery with minimally disruptive, procedurally-integrated solutions, today announced the Company will release its second quarter 2017 earnings results on Thursday, July 27, 2017 after the close of the market. NuVasive will hold a conference call on Thursday, July 27, 2017 at 4:30 p.m. […]

Mazor Robotics Ltd. (NASDAQ: MZOR) saw its shares make a handy gain on Thursday after the Israeli firm announced that it’s projecting it will report record revenues for the second quarter. It didn’t stop here. Mazor also said that it received a total of 19 purchase orders during the quarter as well, setting up for […]

LEESBURG, Va., May 25, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — K2M Group Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:KTWO) (the “Company” or “K2M”), a global leader of complex spine and minimally invasive solutions focused on achieving three-dimensional Total Body Balance™, today announced the launch of the MESA 2 Cricket™, an enhancement to the Company’s innovative MESA® 2 Deformity Spinal System. The […]

Food and Drug Administration commissioner Dr. Scott Gottlieb has a plan to tackle high drug prices. “Simply put, too many patients are priced out of the medicines they need,” Gottlieb said Thursday at the FDA’s budget hearing. The FDA is responsible for regulating food and drugs. It’s also responsible for regulating medical devices, blood donations, […]