Month: January 2015
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Financial
Stryker CEO says he remains focused on acquisitions
BY SUSAN KELLY Jan 27 (Reuters) – The chief executive officer of U.S. medical device maker Stryker Corp, recently rumored…
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Financial
K2M Group Holdings, Inc. Commences Follow-on Offering
LEESBURG, Va., Jan. 29, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — K2M Group Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq:KTWO) (“K2M” or the “Company”) a global medical…
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Financial
Zimmer Holdings, Inc. Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2014 Financial Results
WARSAW, Ind., Jan. 29, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — Net Sales of $1.22 billion for the fourth quarter represent a decrease of 1.4% reported from the…
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Biologics
Orthocell receives U.S. patent for soft tissue repair technology
Regenerative medicine company Orthocell (ASX:OCC) has received a U.S. patent covering the manufacture of its Celgro collagen-based scaffold for the…
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Spine
SpineGuard Receives E.U. Patent for its “Smart Screw”
PARIS & SAN FRANCISCO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–SpineGuard (FR0011464452 – ALSGD) announced today that it has been granted a patent by the European…
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Sports Medicine
Vomaris and Arthrex announce exclusive global distribution agreement for Procellera® Technology
TEMPE, Ariz., Jan. 30, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — Vomaris Innovations, Inc., an electroceutical company specializing in microcurrent-generating solutions for the wound care market…
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Recon
Trice Medical raises another $6.5M
By: John George Trice Medical, which has developed technology that allows doctors to diagnose orthopedic injuries in their office, has raised…
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Extremities
CEU-UCH patents a device for guided surgery of deviations in long bones
CEU-UCH Cardenal Herrera University patented a device that can be applied in surgeries to correct deviations in long bones. The…
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Extremities
Recruiting Top Talent Is Easier Than You Might Think
Written By: Josh Sandberg Hiring is your most important job, however, most executives have it all wrong. They think they have…
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Recon
Dislocating a hip after total hip replacement can be a traumatic experience
Osteoarthritis of the hip is a degenerative joint disease that, besides being painful, also has a negative impact on mobility.…
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Financial
Top 10 med tech market movers in 2014
Written By: Stacy Lawrence A rising tide lifts all boats–that might be the most oft-repeated cliché to sum up market…
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Blank Script – A Blank Space Parody
ZDoggMD presents a Taylor Swift psycho drug seeker parody. Because nature abhors a “Blank Space.”
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Financial
Device Tax Repeal Draws Differing Views From West Coast VCs
by Arundhati Parmar Repealing the 2.3% medical device tax has taken on new urgency. There are bipartisan bills from both…
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Recon
U.S. Insurance Study Charts Huge Price Gaps for Hip, Knee Surgery
By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Hip and knee replacements, two of the fastest-growing U.S. medical procedures, are subject to…
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K2M receives FDA 510(k) clearance for the next generation of its innovative complex spine MESA(R) technology
K2M Group Holdings, Inc., a global medical device company focused on designing, developing and commercializing innovative and proprietary complex spine…
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