While many medical device companies are seeing operating room doors shut in the face of their sales reps as hospitals strive to minimize contact during the pandemic, in this week’s DeviceTalks Weekly podcast, Spencer Stiles, group president of Stryker’s orthopaedic and spine groups, said surgeons are telling the ortho giant quite the opposite — that […]
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Please pass the podcast – Enjoy a feast of insights from Spencer Stiles (Stryker) Art Collins (Explorer) and Mark Leahey (MDMA)
DeviceTalks Weekly listeners will need some gravy to digest this Thanksgiving feast-sized podcast featuring news and insights from three stellar guests in addition to two new installments of #2minutedetalks chapters from Delve Inc. and Explorer Surgical. This week we visit with… Mark Leahey, president of the Medical Device Manufacturers Association, who explains where medtech might […]
6 early medical devices that might make your spine tingle
Medical Design & Outsourcing has made an annual effort during “spooky season” to shed light on some early medical devices and innovations and the museums that hold them, but this year is a bit different. Last year, we visited the Earl Bakken Museum’s backroom to get a look at early medical devices. A few years ago, we […]
ReWalk gains Medicare coverage
ReWalk Robotics (NSDQ:RWLK) announced today that it received authorization from CMS as a medicare provider. Marlborough, Mass.-based ReWalk is now able to bill Medicare directly for the procurement of its ReWalk personal exoskeleton for Medicare beneficiaries, thanks to the authorization from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), according to a news release. In July, […]
Medtronic reports positive results from spinal cord stimulation trial
Medtronic (NYSE:MDT) announced today that it posted positive 12-month results validating the superiority of its DTM spinal cord stimulation (SCS). Fridley, Minn.-based Medtronic’s multicenter, randomized controlled trial produced statistically significant 12-month data that validated the DTM SCS’ (using the Medtronic Intellis platform) superiority in providing relief for back pain when compared to conventional SCS therapy, according […]
Alphatec prices $100M public offering
Alphatec (NSDQ:ATEC) announced that it priced an underwritten public offering worth approximately $100 million. Carlsbad, Calif.-based Alphatec is offering more than 11.4 million shares of its common stock at a public offering price of $8.75 per share to total about $100 million, according to a news release. The spine surgery solution developer also granted underwriters a […]
Medtronic launches navigated titanium system
Medtronic (NYSE:MDT) announced that it began the U.S. launch of its Adaptix interbody system with Titan nanoLOCK surface technology. Fridley, Minn.-based Medtronic touts Adaptix as the first navigated titanium implant with Titan nanoLOCK surface technology, which is a proprietary blend of surface textures on the macro, micro and nano levels, according to a news release. Adaptix […]
Stryker fully launches Stryker Niagara lateral access system
Stryker (NYSE:SYK) announced that it expanded its lateral spine portfolio with the full launch of the Niagara lateral access system. The Niagara lateral access system is designed to allow surgeons control through precision, visibility and flexibility with an array of instruments designed for all types of lateral lumbar fusion surgery, according to a news release. It […]
Stryker hits 1 million mark for Mesa pedicle screw implantations
Stryker (NYSE:SYK) announced today that it surpassed 1 million Mesa pedicle screw implantations globally since the device launched in 2006. Mesa pedicle screws are designed to offer a 60-degree range of motion, variability in the sagittal plane and rod placement accommodations to eliminate screw height adjustment. The instrumentation is designed to address challenging correction maneuvers in […]
Orthofix, Neo Medical partner to develop single-use spine devices
Orthofix (NSDQ:OFIX) and Neo Medical announced today that they are partnering to develop and market outcome-driven procedural solutions. The partnership and investment agreement comprise a collaboration designed to develop a cervical platform and deploy single-use, sterile-packed procedure solutions to increase operating room efficiency, reduce procedural times and costs, improve outcomes and reduce infection rates, according to […]
Izi Medical compression fracture system lands CE mark
Interventional radiology device maker Izi Medical Products (Owings Mills, Md.) announced today that it has received the CE mark for its Kiva vertebral compression fracture (VCF) treatment system. Kiva is a unipedicular PEEK implant-based treatment system that is already available in the U.S. The implant is designed to mimic cancellous bone and provide structural support to prevent […]
