FDA clears Ascension Titan modular total shoulder system

Ascension Orthopedics, a provider of PyroCarbon orthopedic devices, has received US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval to market Titan modular total shoulder system, which provides multiple s...

Published: 03-Sep-2010

Amedica knee implant prosthesis gets patent

Amedica, a spinal and orthopaedic implant and instrument company, has been granted US Patent No 7,776,085 B2, covering an improved knee implant prosthesis that features a monoblock ceramic tibial comp...

Published: 01-Sep-2010

Orthofix International sets up new credit facility

Orthofix International, a provider of minimally invasive surgical and non-surgical medical devices for the spine, orthopedic sectors, has set up a new $300m five-year credit facility, including a $200...

Published: 01-Sep-2010

Ascension Orthopedics implants PyroTitan device in UK

Ascension Orthopedics, a provider of PyroCarbon orthopedic devices, has implanted the PyroTitan Humeral Resurfacing Implant in the UK. ...

Published: 31-Aug-2010

Exactech takes over VertiFlex spine product related assets

Exactech, a developer and producer of bone and joint restoration products for hip, knee, shoulder, spine and biologic materials, has acquired several spine product lines and all related technologies f...

Published: 30-Aug-2010

CareFusion unveils spinal fracture device

CareFusion, a global medical device company, has launched AVAmax Vertebral Balloon, a minimally invasive device for use during kyphoplasty, a procedure for treating spinal compression fractures. ...

Published: 27-Aug-2010

DePuy Orthopaedics voluntarily recalls ASR hip system

DePuy Orthopaedics is voluntarily recalling the ASR XL Acetabular System and DePuy ASR Hip Resurfacing System used in hip replacement surgery due to the number of patients who required a second hip re...

Published: 27-Aug-2010

FDA clears Medyssey Zenius Thoracolumbar Spinal System

Medyssey Spine, a spinal implant manufacturer, has received the US Food and Drug Administration 510(k) clearance for its Zenius Thoracolumbar spinal system and plans to launch the system in the US in ...

Published: 26-Aug-2010

TRT secures new patent for reattaching soft tissue to bone

Tissue Regeneration Technologies (TRT), a medical technology company, has received the rights to a new patent which covers a method of reattaching damaged soft tissue to bone expanding company's SoftW...

Published: 26-Aug-2010

DSM Biomedical executes six new license agreements

DSM Biomedical has entered into six multi-year licensing agreements with global medical device manufacturers in the orthopedic, cardiovascular, vascular and urology fields in the current year. ...

Published: 25-Aug-2010

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