Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) subsidiary DePuy Orthopaedics is on the hook for approximately $246.1 million in damages in a bellwether case over its allegedly defective Pinnacle metal-on-metal hip implants, according to recently released court documents. Judge Ed Kinkeade of the Texas Northern District Court entered approximately $246.1 million in final judgements for plaintiffs in the […]
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Latest Orthopedics News
Progenerative Medical closes $2m seed round
Progenerative Medical said earlier this month it closed a $1.5 million seed round to help support its Regenn Therapy product. The Regenn Therapy product is a negative-pressure technology intended for use in spine and orthopedic indications, and will be initially applied in spinal fusion procedures, Progenerative Medical said. The system is based off technology licensed from […]
First patients receive Centinel’s 3-D printed titanium spinal implants
Centinel Spine (New York) has completed the initial cases with three different implant portfolios within its FLX platform of integrated interbody and non-integrated interbody fusion devices. FLX devices are 3D-printed, all-titanium implants with a combination of solid and porous radiolucent sections designed to reduce mechanical stiffness and improve visibility, as compared to solid titanium implants. The […]
InVivo touts 1-year Inspire study results
InVivo Therapeutics (NSDQ:NVIV) today released 12-month results from the closed Inspire study of its neuro-spinal scaffold, touting improvements in ASIA impairment scales. The Cambridge, Mass.-based company’s neuro-spinal scaffold is a novel, biodegradable device designed to be surgically implanted following acute spinal cord injuries to act as a physical substrate for nerve sprouting. Of the 16 patients in […]
Wright Medical slides after pricing offering to back Cartiva buyout
Wright Medical (NSDQ:WMGI) shares traded down this morning after it priced an offering it plans to use to fund the $435 million buyout of Cartiva. Wright said it plans to finance the Cartiva purchase, announced yesterday morning, with an equity offering. Alpharetta, Ga.-based Cartiva makes a synthetic cartilage implant for treating arthritis in the big toe. Yesterday […]
Si-Bone touts French iFuse reimbursement win
Si-Bone today touted that France is adding the iFuse implant system to its List of Refundable Products and services, clearing it for reimbursement by the French National Healthcare System. The decision comes following the favorable opinion of the National Commissions for the Evaluation of Medical Devices and Health Technologies (CNEDIMTS), the Santa Clara, Calif-based company said. […]
Wright Medical puts up $435m for Cartiva
Wright Medical (NSDQ:WMGI) said today that it agreed to pay $435 million in cash to acquire Cartiva and its synthetic cartilage implant for treating arthritis in the big toe and raised its sales outlook for the rest of the year. Alpharetta, Ga.-based Cartiva won pre-market approval from the FDA for the SCI implant in July 2016 (the device won […]
‘Invisible scalpel’ wins CE Mark for Guided Therapy Systems
Guided Therapy Systems has launched its intense therapeutic ultrasound (ITU) Actisound device in the U.K. and Europe following CE Mark approval. Actisound acts like an invisible scalpel, working beneath the surface of the skin to precisely deliver small thermal ablations to tendons, ligaments, and other soft tissue to stimulate collagen growth and the regeneration of connective […]
Spinal Stabilization Technologies raises $11m for PerQdisc lumbar device
Spinal Stabilization Technologies today reported raising more than $11 million for its lumbar disc replacement device. San Antonio, Texas-based SST is developing the PerQdisc device to treat degenerative disc disease of the lumbar spine in adults. The device consists of two separate, inflatable chambers designed to replace the degenerated disc. After placement the inner chamber is first […]
One investor puts $2.5 million into OrthoSensor
OrthoSensor has raised $2.5 million in a new round of financing, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. In the round, the Dania Beach, Fla.-based company offered debt, options, warrants and securities to be acquired upon the exercising of those options or warrants, according to the filing. The sale was recorded on Aug. 10 of […]
DePuy owes $8m in Acantha patent infringement case
A federal jury this week awarded more than $8 million in a patent infringement lawsuit brought by Acantha against Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) subsidiary DePuy Synthes over an orthopedic implant assembly. Acantha accused DePuy of infringing the patent with its Vector and Zero-P VA product lines. After the patent originally issued in 2001 and was […]