Julie A. Vetalice, Author at ORTHOWORLD

RTI Surgical Enrolls 1st Patient in FORTE Clinical Study of Fortilink Interbody

RTI Surgical enrolled the first patient in FORTE, a clinical evaluation of the Fortilink® interbody fusion device in the treatment of degenerative disc disease. Enrollment is slated for completion in 1Q20.

Mar 20, 2019

Atreon Orthopedics Receives FDA Clearance for Rotator Cuff Regeneration Device

Orthobiologics ORTHOFLASH

Atreon Orthopedics received FDA 510(k) clearance to market the Rotium Bioresorbable Wick for the treatment of rotator cuff injuries.

Mar 19, 2019

Implanet Gains FDA Clearance for JAZZ Cap

ORTHOFLASH Spine

Implanet received FDA 510(k) clearance to market JAZZ Cap® to secure screws in poor quality bone in vertebral fusion procedures.

Mar 19, 2019

Burst of M&A Activity at the Close of 1Q19

Competitive Landscape Mergers & Acquisitions

As was shown last week at AAOS, companies are taking strides to connect their devices with technologies that support improved patient outcomes. That connection can come in the form of M&A activity - which certainly applies to transactions announced over the month of March in joint replacement.

Mar 19, 2019

CollPlant Renews Arthrex Distribution Agreement for VergenixSTR

Company Updates Competitive Landscape

CollPlant renewed its exclusive distribution agreement with Arthrex for VergenixSTR for use in soft tissue repair.

Mar 18, 2019

Centric Medical Announces First Clinical Cases with Saturn External Fixation

ORTHOFLASH Trauma

Centric Medical announced the first clinical cases with the SATURN External Fixation System.

Mar 15, 2019

Biedermann Motech Launching Upper Extremity Plate and Screw

ORTHOFLASH Trauma

Biedermann Motech introduced the Distal Radius 2.0 Plate and MDS Injection Screw, new additions to its fracture fixation portfolio.

Mar 14, 2019

iOrthopedics Introduces the Gobi Expandable Spine Cage

ORTHOFLASH Spine

iOrthopedics introduced the Gobi Spine Cage, evolving from its Uniformly Expanding Cage patents toward 50% expansion uniformly, proximally or distally.

Mar 14, 2019

Stryker Acquires OrthoSpace

Competitive Landscape Mergers & Acquisitions

Stryker acquired OrthoSpace, maker of the InSpace device to treat rotator cuff tears, in an all-cash transaction for an upfront payment of US $110MM and future milestone payments of up to an additional $110MM.

Mar 14, 2019

AxioMed Gains CE Mark Approval

ORTHOFLASH Spine

AxioMed was issued approval under the CE Mark for their viscoelastic cervical disc replacement.

Mar 14, 2019

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