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VEXIM again awarded « Fastest growing listed company » in the 2016 Technology Fast 50 for Southwestern France by Deloitte In Extenso

Toulouse, November 16th 2016 – VEXIM (FR0011072602 – ALVXM / PEA-PME eligible), a medical device company specializing in the minimally invasive treatment of vertebral fractures, announces that the company has again received the Award of the fastest growing listed company in the 2016 Technology Fast 50 for Southwestern France by Deloitte In Extenso.   Created […]

Smithsonian Collects Groundbreaking Surgical Device

IBM’s Thomas J. Watson Research Center and researchers at the University of California, Davis began the collaborative development of an innovative system for total hip arthroplasty in 1986 to create a more precise device for joint-replacement procedures. ROBODOC became the first surgical robot to perform procedures in the United States in 1992. Performing total hip arthroplasty by hand is […]

Why is that salesman in the operating room for your knee replacement?

By Sandra G. Boodman,  November 14, 2016 They are a little-known presence in many operating rooms, offering technical expertise to surgeons installing new knees, implanting cardiac defibrillators or performing delicate spine surgery. Often called device reps — or by the more cumbersome and less transparent moniker “health-care industry representatives” — these salespeople are employed by […]

Two-year Scoli-Risk-1 data offer revealing adult spinal deformity results

11th November 2016 A number of studies presented at the Scoliosis Research Society Annual Meeting (SRS; 21–24 September, Prague, Czech Republic) and at Eurospine (5–7 October, Berlin, Germany) have used two-year follow-up data from the Scoli-Risk-1 study to reveal a multitude of results regarding the impact of surgically treating adult spinal deformity patients across postoperative […]

Life Spine® is Named Winner in RYORTHO 2016 Spine Tech Awards with LONGBOW® Expandable Lateral Spacer System

November 15, 2016 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 that it was named a winner in the Eighth Annual Spine Technology Awards, which highlight engineering excellence, innovation and advancement of spinal care, for its LONGBOW Expandable Lateral […]

The Center for Musculoskeletal Disorders (CMD) in Englewood, NJ Performs the First In-office Kyphoplasty in the U.S. with Mazor Robotics Technology

ORLANDO, FL–(Marketwired – November 15, 2016) – Earlier this month, Dr. Vagmin Vora, assisted by Drs. Lewin, Grossman and PA Issac Abramchayev, performed the first office-based kyphoplasty with Mazor Robotics technology in the U.S. at The Center for Musculoskeletal Disorders. The procedure did not require the patient to be intubated and she was able to […]

Xtant Medical Announces First Surgical Cases of Xspan™ Laminoplasty Fixation System

BELGRADE, Mont., Nov. 14, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Xtant Medical Holdings, Inc. (NYSE MKT:XTNT), a leader in the development of regenerative medicine products and medical devices, today announced the first surgical cases of the Xspan Laminoplasty Fixation System. The first two cases were performed by Dr. Francisco Vaz-Guimaraes at the Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical […]

First-ever functional, patient-specific hip replacement procedures performed in the USA

14 November 2016 Corin is excited to announce that during the week of November 7, the first-ever functional, patient specific hip replacement procedures were performed using its Optimized Positioning System (OPS™).  Corin’s OPS™ is the first FDA-cleared technology to help surgeons achieve functional, patient-specific component alignment in total hip replacement. “Corin’s OPS™ technology optimizes the […]

Minimus Spine Enrolls 30th Subject to Randomized Study Comparing Triojection® to Discectomy

November 14, 2016 Minimus Spine, the developer and manufacturer of the Triojection System, a novel system intended to facilitate the treatment of disc herniations with an intradiscal injection of ozone gas, announced that it has enrolled the 30th subject into its 50-patient randomized study comparing Triojection to discectomy. “This is the first study to randomize […]

DJO Global Announces Appointment of Brady Shirley as President and Chief Executive Officer

November 14, 2016 SAN DIEGO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–DJO Global, Inc., a leading global provider of medical technologies designed to get and keep people moving, announced the appointment of Brady Shirley as President and Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately. Mr. Shirley will succeed Mike Mogul, DJO’s current President and Chief Executive Officer who informed the Board of his […]

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