Stryker (NYSE:SYK) said today it won FDA 510(k) clearance for its cementless Mako total knee system with Triathlon Tritanium. The Kalamazoo, Mich.-based company touted the Triathlon Titanium as combining kinematics from its Triathlon knee with highly porous biologic fixation technology. The system features the company’s Tritanium tibial baseplate and metal-backed patella components as well, the company said. […]
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Latest Orthopedics News
FDA expands indication for NuVasive’s TLX spine implant
NuVasive Inc. (NSDQ:NUVA) said today the it won expanded 510(k) clearance from the FDA for its TLX implant used in spinal fusion surgery. San Diego-based NuVasive said the new clearance covers an new, expandable 20° cage and new indications for use covering allogeneic bone grafts and more spine levels. “With the additional clearance for our latest […]
FDA expands indications on NuVasive’s Precice magnetic limb lengthener
NuVasive Inc. (NSDQ:NUVA) said today it won expanded FDA 510(k) clearance for tis Precice magnetic limb lengthening system, now cleared to include open and closed fracture fixation, psuedoarthrosis, malunions, nonunions and bone transport. The San Diego, Calif.-based company’s Precice system is designed to treat patients with limb length discrepancy, limb deformities and chronic nonunions and consists of […]
OrthoPediatrics prices $52m IPO
OrthoPediatrics today priced its initial public offering at $13 per share, meaning the 4-million-share flotation pulled in $52 million for its line of surgical systems for children. The offering includes a 30-day underwriters over-allotment of 600,000 extra shares, which if fully exercised would push the IPO’s total raise to $59.8 million. Warsaw, Ind.-based OrthoPediatrics produces 21 surgical […]
Dynatronics closes Bird & Cronin buy
Dynatronics said early this month it closed its acquisition of orthopedic manufacturer Bird & Cronin after signing an agreement to purchase the company on Sept. 27. Cottonwood Heights, Utah-based Dynatronics also raised a total of $11 million in 2 different funding round, according to an SEC filing, with funds slated to support the acquisition. Read […]
Smith & Nephew jumps on hedge fund stake
Shares in Smith & Nephew (NYSE:SNN) jumped today after news broke that a well-know hedge fund has been building a stake in the British orthopedics and wound care giant. Elliott Management Corp., run by billionaire Paul Singer, took out an unspecified position in Smith & Nephew, Bloomberg reported, citing “people familiar with the matter.” A representative for […]
IntelliJoint Surgical wins CE Mark for Hip 3D hip arthroplasty nav system
IntelliJoint Surgical said this week it won CE Mark approval in the European Union for its IntelliJoint Hip 3D mini-optical navigation system. The Waterloo, Ontario-based company said the system is designed to provide surgeons with measurements for cup position, leg length and offset for total hip arthroplasty procedures without requiring pre-operative or intra-operative imaging. The Hip […]
Xtant Medical to shut down Dayton, Ohio facility
Xtant Medical (NYSE:XTNT) said today that it plans to close its Dayton, Ohio facility and transition its operations to the company’s headquarters in Belgrade, Montana. The Dayton facility employs 55 people in an array of quality assurance, regulatory, inventory management, finance, engineering and distribution jobs, the company said, adding that many of these functions will transition […]
MiMedx closes Stability Biologics sale
MiMedx (NSDQ:MDXG) said this week that it completed the divestiture of its subsidiary, Stability Biologics, back to the former stockholders of Stability, Inc. The deal, which closed on Sept. 30, included a promissory note issued by Stability Biologics for $3.5 million in favor of MiMedx. Get the full story at our sister site, Drug Delivery Business […]
Judge: Nevro lawyer’s tactic ‘sleazy’ but legal in BSX patent spat
A federal judge in California found this week that although Nevro Corp.‘s (NYSE:NVRO) failure to correct a patent examiner’s misunderstanding of prior art was a little “sleazy,” it does not account to inequitable conduct. Boston Scientific (NYSE:BSX) argued that the prosecuting attorney had a duty to respond to the examiner’s confusion, which came about as part […]
J&J loses bid to stay FCA verdict
Earlier this week, the U.S. First Circuit Court of Appeals denied Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) subsidiary DePuy Orthopedics’ bid to stay a decision reviving a False Claims Act suit over its allegedly faulty hip implants. Just days ago, the company urged the court to stay its decision while it appeals to the U.S. Supreme Court. The False […]