Starting next year, Walmart will double the number of world-class medical facilities available to our associates who have been told they need a spine surgery. Whether you’re a cashier in Wyoming who’s been with the company for ...
Tags: world-class medical facilities, spine surgery, Walmart health insurance
An independent investigation, overseen by NuVasive’s board, found Alex Lukianov had not complied with certain company expense reimbursement and personnel policies. NuVasive’s CEO has resigned from the company after an ...
Stryker Corp. recently announced that it has inked an exclusive sales partnership with Samsung subsidiary NeuroLogica, which has a full body, portable CT scanner. Stryker will promote and sell NeuroLogica's BodyTom portable full body CT ...
Tags: Stryker, CT Scanner, Health
Loyola University Medical Center physicians Christopher Loftus, MD and Jos- Biller, MD are co-editors of a new comprehensive guide to monitoring neural function during brain and spine surgery. The 416-page text, Intraoperative ...
Tags: Loyola University Medical Center, monitor neural function
For patients with herniated discs in the lower (lumbar) spine, surgery leads to greater long-term improvement in pain, functioning, and disability compared to nonsurgical treatment, concludes an eight year follow-up study in Spine. The ...
Tags: herniated discs, long-term improvement, Spine, lumbar disc herniation
NuVasive, a medical device company, has announced the launch of its ALIF ACR (anterior lumbar interbody fusion – anterior column realignment) in the US. The ALIF ACR procedure leverages the clinical history of anterior lumbar ...
FzioMed, a medical device company, has received approval from the commissioner of the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) of its petition for an independent review of its premarket approval application (PMA) for Oxiplex Gel. Oxiplex is ...
Tags: FzioMed, Oxiplex Gel
Zimmer Spine, a division of Zimmer Holdings, has announced the introduction of Viewline tube retraction system, Viewline retractor system, and Viewline posterior MIS instrument set. This instrument set will facilitate exposure, ...
Tags: Zimmer Spine, Zimmer Holdings
NLT SPINE, a manufacturer of minimally invasive spine surgery products, has obtained 510(k) clearance from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its generation 2.0 PROW FUSION and eSPIN lumbar interbody fusion products, which are ...
Tags: Espin Products, Medicine
Covidien, a provider of healthcare products, has entered into a definitive agreement with Integra LifeSciences to sell its Confluent Surgical product line. Under the terms of the agreement, Covidien will receive an initial cash payment of ...
US-based Atlas Spine has launched its Apelo minimally invasive (MIS) pedicle screw system, designed to treat spinal disorders such as degenerative disc disease and deformity. As a predecessor of Apelo, the new minimally invasive system ...
Tags: Atlas Spine, Pedicle Screw System
NuVasive, a medical device company, has announced the first surgeries in Japan using its Precept system, a minimally disruptive posterior fixation solution to patients. The Precept system offers the most advanced technologies in guide ...
Tags: medical device, NuVasive
SpineGuard, a developer of handheld surgical device for spine surgery, has obtained regulatory Ninsho approval to sell its PediGuard platform in Japan PediGuard is reportedly the only handheld device that is capable of alerting surgeons ...
Tags: Pediguard Platform, Medicine
Integra LifeSciences has received US regulatory clearance to market its Integra Titan Reverse Shoulder System, which offers greater flexibility for shoulder replacement surgery. The company plans to begin a limited market release in the ...
Tags: Integra Lifesciences
IMRIS has secured US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510K approval to market its VISIUS iCT, a ceiling-mounted intraoperative computed tomography (iCT). VISIUS iCT serves a surgical theater, providing personalized dose management along ...
Tags: Visius ICT, Medicine