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Doctor performs first awake spine fusion surgery at Vail Health

June 28, 2019 / Vail Daily-Staff Report Dr. Ernest Braxton, a neurosurgeon at Vail-Summit Orthopaedics & Neurosurgery, introduced a breakthrough procedure at Vail Health by completing a successful spine surgery with his patient awake. The surgery, a transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion, took approximately two hours, during which the patient was awake, alert, comfortable and able …

Celling Spine Acquires Assets of Link Spine to Further Develop and Promote a Cell Centric Spine Platform

AUSTIN, Texas, July 1, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Celling Spine (“Celling”) a subsidiary of Celling Biosciences, based in Austin, Texas, acquired all the assets of Link Spine, a subsidiary of Link Orthopedics of Germany.  Link is a global leader in orthopedic technologies and was looking for a company to further develop the comprehensive spinal fusion system focused on facet fixation …

Elizabeth Holmes Blames Journalist for Theranos Troubles

By Joel Rosenblatt / June 28, 2019 To defend against criminal fraud charges, Theranos Inc. founder Elizabeth Holmes is trying to put investigative journalism on trial. Holmes contends Wall Street Journal reporter John Carreyrou had an undue influence on federal regulators who concluded her blood-testing startup’s technology was a threat to patient health and forced the company to shut its labs. As …

Surgeon Mentors: Facilitating the Future

Dr. Mundis with a mentee, a resident, a former fellow, a patient and his wife by Elizabeth Hofheinz, M.P.H., M.Ed., June 28, 2019 How you spend your moments is how you spend your life. Thus, when designing how to best spend those minutes, hours, days and years, sometimes what’s called for is a bit of …

SI-BONE’s iFuse Implant System Surpasses 40,000 Procedures

SANTA CLARA, Calif., June 27, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — SI-BONE, Inc. (Nasdaq: SIBN), a Silicon Valley-based medical device company dedicated to solving musculoskeletal disorders of the sacropelvic anatomy, announced today that the iFuse Implant System®has been used in more than 40,000 sacroiliac joint fusion procedures by more than 1,900 surgeons worldwide.  “It is incredibly gratifying …

Globus Medical Appoints Keith Pfeil as Senior Vice President and CFO

AUDUBON, Pa., June 27, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Globus Medical, Inc. (NYSE:GMED), a leading musculoskeletal solutions company, today announced the appointment of Keith W. Pfeil as its Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer effective August 19, 2019. Mr. Pfeil joins Globus Medical after almost 16 years at CSS Industries, a publicly traded consumer products …

Granite Creek Capital Partners, L.L.C. Announces an Investment in Royal Biologics

CHICAGO and JERSEY CITY, N.J., June 27, 2019 — Granite Creek Capital Partners, L.L.C., a private investment firm that partners with businesses, has announced its investment in Royal Biologics, a medical device company focused on next-level regenerative medicine technologies. Royal Biologics is the first healthcare investment of Granite Creek’s FlexCap II private investment fund. Royal …

Alphatec Announces Organizational and Corporate Updates

CARLSBAD, Calif., June 27, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Alphatec Holdings, Inc. (“ATEC” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq: ATEC), a provider of innovative spine surgery solutions dedicated to revolutionizing the approach to spine surgery, today announced the appointment of Karen McGinnis to its Board of Directors.  The Company also announced that it is joining the Russell 2000® …

Medtronic Completes Acquisition of Titan Spine

DUBLIN, June 27, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Medtronic plc (NYSE:MDT), a global leader in medical technology, today announced it has completed the acquisition of Titan Spine, a privately-held titanium spine interbody implant and surface technology company. A definitive acquisition agreement between the two companies was previously announced on May 9, 2019. The acquisition of Titan …

Benvenue Medical Receives FDA Clearance for Luna XD Minimally Invasive Expandable Interbody Device

June 27, 2019 SANTA CLARA, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Benvenue Medical, Inc., an innovative developer of minimally invasive surgery (MIS) expandable implant solutions for lumbar fusions, today announced that it has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) clearance for the company’s enhanced Luna® XD MIS expandable interbody device. Luna XD combines anterior lumbar interbody fusion (ALIF) principles …

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