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Southern Spine Announces New Thoracic Dual Lamina Implants for StabiLink® Interlaminar System and Additional US Patents

January 30, 2019 MACON, Ga.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Southern Spine, LLC, an ISO 13485:2016 certified manufacturer of implants and instruments for spinal surgery, announced today the release of three (3) new StabiLink® Dual Lamina Implants specifically designed for upper thoracic clinical use. Alan H. Daniels MD, Associate Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University has …

Israeli Scientists Claim They’re On The Path To A Cure For Cancer

Jan 29, 2019 / Robin Seaton Jefferson  It doesn’t seem possible. But they say it’s true. A small team of Israeli scientists is telling the world they will have the first “complete cure” for cancer within a year, The Jerusalem Post reported on Monday. And not only that, but they claim it will be brief, cheap and effective …

Johnson & Johnson facility DePuy Synthes to create 30 jobs as part of €36m investment

Louise Kelly  / January 28 2019 Med tech firm DePuy Synthes is to create 30 jobs at its Irish hub as part of a €36m investment in research and development. The company, which was acquired by Johnson & Johnson in 1998, is a global leader in orthopaedic and neurological solutions. As part of the new five …

More clinical evidence needed to accelerate adoption of AI-enabled decision support: report

Jan 28, 2019 / by Heather Landi Artificial intelligence-enabled clinical decision support (CDS) has the potential to equip clinicians with the actionable information they need to enhance overall health and improve outcomes. However, regulatory issues, improved product labeling and patient privacy concerns need to be addressed before AI is safely and widely adopted. In a recent …

Bioventus Launches DUROLANE® in Malaysia and Selects Athrotech as Exclusive Distribution Partner

January 29, 2019 HOOFDDORP, The Netherlands–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Bioventus, a global leader in orthobiologic solutions, is launching DUROLANE, its single-injection joint-fluid osteoarthritis (OA) treatment, in Malaysia and has selected Athrotech as its exclusive distribution partner for the market. OA involves the breakdown, or degeneration, of cartilage and the synovial fluid that cushions and lubricates joint tissues. It’s estimated that up to …

Financial worries keep hospital CEOs up at night

Jan. 28, 2019 / Author Rebecca Pifer Dive Brief: Financial challenges, including increasing costs, shaky Medicaid reimbursement, reductions in operating costs and bad debt, ranked No. 1 on the list of hospital CEO worries in 2018, according to an American College of Healthcare Executives poll.Government mandates and patient safety and quality tied for second place …

US$ 3 Billion Opportunity Emerging in Spine Devices Market: Fact.MR Study

ROCKVILLE, Maryland, January 28, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Low back pain is becoming a very common health problem across the globe. Affecting people of all ages from children to elderly, low back pain can be acute or chronic. The prevalence of spine disease is also on a rise due to increasing aging population, changing lifestyle, constant stress, acute …

Medtronic Announces U.S. Commercial Launch of Mazor X Stealth(TM) Edition for Robotic-Assisted Spine Surgery

DUBLIN – January 28, 2019 – Medtronic plc (NYSE:MDT) today announced the first U.S. patients treated with the Mazor X Stealth(TM) Edition for spine surgery following its recent commercial launch. The Mazor X Stealth Edition offers a fully-integrated procedural solution for surgical planning, workflow, execution and confirmation. The system was first used at Norton Healthcare in …

New Study Finds Plasmapore®XP Surface Enhancement Demonstrates Enhanced Osseointegrative Properties

CENTER VALLEY, Pa., Jan. 28, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Aesculap Implant Systems, LLC today announced the publication of “Porous titanium-coated polyetheretherketone implants exhibit an improved bone–implant interface: an in vitro and in vivo biochemical, biomechanical, and histological study” in Medical Devices: Evidence and Research.1 The paper combined in vitro and in vivo analysis to examine the PlasmaporeXP technology (Aesculap AG, Tuttlingen, Germany), a porous titanium surface enhancement that …

Appeals court backs spine doc inventor in $24m patent infringement spat with Medtronic

January 25, 2019 / By FINK DENSFORD The U.S. Federal Circuit Court of Appeals this week affirmed a nearly $24 million verdict in favor of a physician inventor in a patent spat with medtech giant Medtronic (NYSE:MDT), according to recently released court documents. In February 2014, Dr. Mark Berry filed a suit against Medtronic alleging that Fridley, Minn.-based Medtronic …

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