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Computer-Assisted Surgery Not More Precise? and More…

Elizabeth Hofheinz, M.P.H., M.Ed.

Geisinger Acquires a Mazor Robotics Surgical System

The Geisinger Health System has purchased Mazor Robotics Ltd’ surgical guidance system for...

Trial for NEXoss, Synthetic Bone Graft

Alphatec Holdings, Inc., the parent company of Alphatec Spine, Inc., announced the first...

Disc Design Incorporates MOTIS Polymer

OSIMPLANT has announced that it will use MOTIS polymer (from Invibio Biomaterial Solutions) for its...

The March of Robots Into the Spine Surgery Suite

Robin Young

DFINE Offers Spinal Tumor Pain Relief

Want to offer your patients rapid pain relief from metastatic spinal tumors in a single, minimally...

Lanx's Aspen System Achieves 94% Fusion Rate

Lanx, Inc.'s Aspen MIS Fusion System has demonstrated a 94% fusion rate, according to new...

Lanx’s Aspen System Achieves 94% Fusion Rate

Lanx, Inc.'s Aspen MIS Fusion System has demonstrated a 94% fusion rate, according to new...

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Too Many Shoulder Replacements? Massachusetts Healthcare Reform Flawed

Elizabeth Hofheinz, M.P.H., M.Ed.

K2M’s MESA Cleared for Kids

Kids with idiopathic scoliosis have a newly cleared deformity spinal system on their side. The FDA...

K2M’s MESA Cleared for Kids

Kids with idiopathic scoliosis have a newly cleared deformity spinal system on their side. The FDA...

Spine-Injured Patients Regain Sensory Function

Two of three patients in a phase I/II clinical trial of stem cells for chronic spinal cord injury...

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Now That Globus Is Public

Robin Young

Alphatec Spine Launches Spinous Process Device

Alphatec Spine, Inc. is launching its BridgePoint Spinous Process Fixation System, a device...

K2M Introduces Retractor System at SRS

K2M, Inc., has launched a retractor system that company President and CEO Eric Major says, ...

LDR Introduces FDA-Cleared Lateral Lumbar Cage

LDR has received FDA clearance for the first lateral lumbar cage with integrated in-line plating to...

Spinal Elements Tests New LumbarSystem

Hard on the heels of its just-released new product line Lucent Ti-Bond PEEK interbody implants, ...

Bones in Space: News From NASA

No, they’re not dirty dancing in space…but they are lifting weights and watching...

German Firm Introduces Spinal Implant

ulrich medical USA, is releasing into the U.S. market a German-designed spinal implant system for...

Orthopedics Remains Male Dominated Specialty

Men dominate orthopedic surgery but women are catching up—sort of. Orthopedics has the lowest...

NewVert’s Octopus Passes Initial Test

The initial biomechanical testing phase for NewVert’s Octopus Spinal Annular Repair System...

NewVert’s Octopus Passes Initial Test

The initial biomechanical testing phase for NewVert’s Octopus Spinal Annular Repair System...

Stem Cell Researchers Awarded $20 Million

A husband and wife team of stem cell researchers, at the University of California, Irvine (UCI), ...

K2M Adds Ravine Neuromonitoring

K2M, Inc. has a new neuromonitoring system for the company's Ravine Lateral Access System....

Lanx’s Aspen MIS System Is Granted Patent

Lanx, Inc. has been granted a patent by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for the...

Lanx’s Aspen MIS System Is Granted Patent

Lanx, Inc. has been granted a patent by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for the...

Biomet Spine Proclaims “Game Changing” Screw Technology

Biomet Spine says it has a new screw technology that will have the same "game changing"...

Biomet Spine Proclaims “Game Changing” Screw Technology

Biomet Spine says it has a new screw technology that will have the same "game changing"...

Spine-Health Web Site Wins Gold Award

Web Health Awards has given its 2012 Gold Award to Spine-Health.com, a Veritas Health LLC company,...

Spinal Elements Launches Unique Titanium Coated PEEK Implant

Spinal Elements, Inc. is launching its Lucent Ti-Bond line of PEEK interbody implants that have...