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HUNTLEY, Ill.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Life Spine, a medical device company that designs, develops, manufactures and markets products for the surgical treatment of spinal disorders today announced the full commercial launch of PROLIFT Lordotic expandable interbody solution with OSSEO-LOC™ technology. PROLIFT Lordotic allows for in-situ disc height restoration, for minimally invasive PLIF, TLIF and oblique approaches. PROLIFT Lordotic, which […]

RAYNHAM, Mass., May 15, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — DePuy Synthes*, part of the Johnson & Johnson Medical Devices Companies**, today announced it has been awarded a national contract from the U.S. Department of Defense for its orthopaedic products. Under the contract, DePuy Synthes will supply up to $260 million worth of orthopaedic products to the Defense Logistics […]

Orlando, Florida- May 15, 2017 – Mazor Robotics. a pioneer and leader in the field of surgical guidance systems, congratulates Dr. Kornelis Poelstra, board-certified orthopedist and founder of the “The Spine Center of Excellence at Sacred Heart on the Emerald Coast”, for becoming the first surgeon to reach the milestone of 200 patient procedures using […]

Inspired Spine recently presented on the Oblique Lateral Lumbar Interbody Fusion (OLLIF) procedure at the International Society for the Advancement of Spine Surgery (ISASS). Dr. Hamid Abbasi, who developed the OLLIF, discussed the revolutionary procedure that has been a dramatic improvement on existing spinal fusion techniques. At the ISASS meeting April 12-14, 2017, Dr. Abbasi […]

International Life Sciences, LLC, announces the appointment of Aaron C. Smith as Chief Executive Officer of Artelon®, the leader in synthetic biomaterial technology for orthopedic soft tissue reinforcement. Mr. Smith is a 23-year orthopedic industry veteran and biomedical engineer who joins the company after 6 years with Amniox Medical, a subsidiary of TissueTech. As Co-Founder […]

HUNTLEY, Ill.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Life Spine, a medical device company that designs, develops, manufactures and markets products for the surgical treatment of spinal disorders, announced today continued growth of their micro invasive expandable interbody, ProLift. “With the introduction of ProLift to the market in Q2 of 2016, we have since consistently doubled our sales growth quarter over […]

Dr. Toby Cosgrove, the longtime CEO of the Cleveland Clinic, announced on Monday he will be stepping down by the end of this year. A succession process for his replacement has now begun and Cosgrove will stay on at the clinic in an advisory role, according to a news release. The clinic also said his […]

The world’s first-of-its-kind dual robotic surgery was performed on April 23 at Hadassah Hospital Ein Kerem in Jerusalem, announced  National President Ellen Hershkin of Hadassah, the Women’s Zionist Organization of America, Inc. (HWZOA). The revolutionary dual robotic surgery assisted in the repair of a severe spinal fracture suffered by Aharon Schwartz, 42, a factory worker in […]

Intraosseous pneumatocysts, benign air-containing lesions found in the spine and pelvis, have been observed in up to 10% of CT scans and are typically treated nonoperatively; however, symptomatic intraosseous pneumatocysts can effectively be treated us…

By Ed Rabinowitz Imagine walking along the street, smart phone in hand, head bent forward as you read off an assortment of text messages and decide which needs your immediate response.   That’s probably not too difficult to imagine, since