M&A | Partnerships

Wright Medical acquired IMASCAP, developer of the technology that drives BLUEPRINT™ 3D surgical planning software, for US $88.8MM in cash, stock and milestone payments.

K2M and Brainlab will partner to commercialize and co-market future navigated K2M spinal systems for open and MIS procedures.

Mazor Robotics entered Phase II of its strategic partnership with Medtronic, which will now take on exclusive global distribution of the Mazor X surgical assistance platform. 

DePuy Synthes entered into an exclusive U.S. agreement with JointPoint to co-market a surgical navigation platform for total hip replacement, beginning in 2H17.

During 2Q17, Globus Medical acquired KB Medical, Switzerland-based developer of the AQrate™ Robotic Assistance system.

OrthAlign announced first KneeAlign® total knee arthroplasties completed in Panama, alongside entrance into a distribution partnership with Ortosistemas.

Zimmer Biomet entered into an agreement to license patents from Bonutti Research, supporting the development of the Rosa® robotic total knee application. 

7D Surgical entered into exclusive partnerships with Surgical One and DB Surgical for U.S. distribution of its Machine-Vision Image Guided Surgery platform for spine procedures.

Konica Minolta Healthcare partnered with Mindray to develop portable musculoskeletal ultrasound devices.

NuVasive is introducing an Integrated Global Alignment™ platform that is expanded to support cervical alignment. Further, the company acquired LessRay software technology from SafeRay Spine.