Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) said today it acquired spinal fusion implant developer Emerging Implant Technologies for an undisclosed amount. Norderstedt, Germany-based EIT produces 3D-printed titanium interbody implants specifically for spinal fusion surgery. The company’s devices use proprietary cellular titanium which J&J said consists of an open and interconnected porous structure intended to promote bone growth into the implant. […]
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Latest Orthopedics News
Paradigm Spine wins coverage for spinal stenosis implant
BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina has extended coverage to Paradigm Spine’s Coflex interlaminar stabilization implant, the company announced today. Approved by the FDA in 2012, Coflex is a non-fusion, motion-preserving stabilization implant for the treatment of lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS). Used in conjunction with a decompression procedure or in lieu of a spinal fusion, Coflex is a single-piece, […]
Report: Johnson & Johnson to work with Indian gov’t to settle ASR hip cases
Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) will work with the Indian government to compensate individuals harmed by the company’s ASR hip implants, which recalled in the US eight years ago, after data indicated a high failure rate, according to a new Reuters report. Last week, an Indian government panel recommended that Johnson & Johnson pay at least $27,812 […]
LimaCorporate inks milestones deal with TechMah Medical
LimaCorporate said it agreed to acquire TechMah Medical and its digital tools for orthopedic procedures in a milestone-based deal worth an unspecified amount. The plan calls for the TechMah team to develop software and smart instruments for Lima’s line of 3D-printed implants. Knoxville, Tenn.-based TechMah’s founder, Mohamed Mahfouz, is slated to stay with the company and […]
Baxter wins FDA nod for Actifuse Flow bone graft substitute
Baxter (NYSE:BAX) said today it won FDA clearance for its Actifuse Flow bone graft substitute, indicated for use in a variety of orthopedic surgical procedures. The Actifuse Flow graft uses proprietary silicate-substituted technology from the Deerfield, Ill.-based company’s Actifuse bone graft substitute, intended to enhance silicon levels to accelerate bone formation. The newly cleared graft requires […]
Histogenics plunges on missed endpoint in NeoCart trial
UPDATE: Now includes comment from CEO Adam Gridley Histogenics (NSDQ:HSGX) said today that a pivotal trial of its regenerative NeoCart knee treatment failed to meet its primary endpoint, sending its share price down some -70%. Waltham, Mass.-based Histogenics said NeoCart, which is designed to repair knee cartilage damage using cells harvested from the surface of patients’ […]
Certain polyethylene-lined hips may last longer than others
Researchers in New Zealand found that artificial hip liners made of highly-cross-linked polyethylene showed less wear 10 years after implantation than liners made of conventional ultra-high-molecular-weight polyethylene. Patients whose hip liners were made of highly cross-linked polyethylene also had a significantly lower prevalence of osteolysis and revision surgery, according to a report in Orthopedics Today. That’s because cross-linking […]
Ortho start-up Embody raises $2m
Orthopedic-focused medtech startup Embody raised $1.5 million to help support its tendon and ligament-treating products, according to a Hampton Roads Business Journal report. The round was led by 757 Angels and the Center for Innovative Technology, according to the report. Embody is using proprietary manufacturing techniques to produce advanced collagen matrices intended for use in tendon […]
Nanovis raises $6m
Regenerative life sciences company Nanovis said this month it raised $5.5 million in a new funding round slated to support its nano-technology enhanced spinal implants. The round was brokered by Commenda Securities and joined by key investors Elevate Ventures, 1st Source Capital Corporation, Purdue’s Foundry Investment Fund, Commenda Capital and Ellipsis Ventures, the Carmel, Ind.-based […]
FDA gives nod to Eden Spine’s Sphynx
Eden Spine’s Sphynx plating system has won FDA clearance, the company said today. Sphynx was designed to complement the company’s Giza titanium vertebral body replacement with rotatable endplates, introduced in 2012. The Giza is intended to replace and fuse a collapsed, damaged, or unstable vertebral body due to a tumor or a fracture and provides multiple […]
Stryker to acquire K2M for $1.4B
Stryker (NYSE:SYK) said today it inked a definitive agreement to acquire K2M (NSDQ:KTWO) for approximately $1.4 billion. In the deal, Kalamazoo, Mich.-based Stryker said it will pay $27.50 per share for each outstanding share of K2M, for a total of approximately $1.4 billion. The purchase price represents a 27% premium over K2M’s average closing price during the 90 […]