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Michael Will, Entrepreneur and Executive, Has Died

Michael Will, 56 years old, president of Centinel Spine, former CEO and president of Pegasus Biologics and senior vice president of Synthes, died unexpectedly of natural causes on April 10, 2012m at his home in Malvern, Pennsylvania. Michael is survived …

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VertiFlex®, Inc. Announces Five New Key U.S. Patent Awards

SAN CLEMENTE, Calif.--(EON: Enhanced Online News)--VertiFlex®, Inc., a leading innovator of advanced minimally invasive spinal surgery technologiestoday announced that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has

Life Spine Reports Continued Growth in First Quarter 2012

HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill.--(EON: Enhanced Online News)--Life Spine, Inc., a medical device company that designs, develops, manufactures and markets products for the surgical treatment of spinal disorders,

Anulex Technologies, Inc. Announces FDA Clearance for Expanded Indications of fiXate™ Tissue Band

MINNETONKA, Minn., Apr 04, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Anulex Technologies, Inc., a privately held medical device manufacturer, announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

California implant makers get FDA warnings

Two Murrieta, CA-based implant makers have been called on the carpet by the FDA for lacking quality control over their manufacturing or assembling processes. Orthopedic Alliance, which manufactures a total

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Ascendx Spine™ , with anwerina AG, Expands Distribution Network to Austria, Germany and Switzerland

WINTER PARK, Fla., Mar 28, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- --Julian M. Mackenzie, CEO

Ascendx Spine™ ( www.ascendxspine.com ), which recently received ISO 13485 Certification and CE marking

Spinal fusion device draws FDA warning letter

Spinal device company Lucero Medical has received awarning letter from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, primarily over documentation and quality control issues. Hinckley, Ohio-based Lucero produces a cylindrical-shaped, titanium

Newly Launched SpineSurgery.com Becomes Vital International Reference for Lower Back and Neck Pain Sufferers Considering Spine Surgery! Spine Surgery Houston

Houston, Texas (PRWEB) March 28, 2012 As the field of spine surgery has advanced tremendously over the past 20 years, so have the options for patients, leading to increasing

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Benvenue Medical Announces U.S. Launch of the Blazer(TM) Vertebral Augmentation System

SAN FRANCISCO, March 26, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Today Benvenue Medical, Inc., a developer of minimally invasive solutions for spine repair, launched the Blazer Vertebral Augmentation

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Ascendx Spine™ appoints Eric W. Gilbert as Vice President of Sales & Marketing for its U.S. operations.

WINTER PARK, Fla., Mar 23, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Ascendx Spine™ ( www.ascendxspine.com ) announced today that it has appointed Eric W. Gilbert as Vice President of

Dr. Steven Garfin Named New ISASS President

Steven Garfin, MD, was named president of the International Society for the Advancement of Spine Surgery for 2012 to 2013 during ISASS12 conference.

Dr. Garfin is an orthopedic

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Anulex Technologies, Inc. Resolves FDA Warning Letter

MINNETONKA, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Anulex Technologies, Inc., a privately held medical device manufacturer, has announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has informed the Company that the

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Benvenue Medical Starts Enrolling Patients in the Post-Market LIFT Study on the Luna Interbody Spacer System for Degenerative Disc Disease

SANTA CLARA, Calif., March 20, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Benvenue Medical, Inc., a developer of minimally invasive solutions for spine repair, announced that it has actively started enrolling patients in

Alphatec Spine Appoints New Vice President of Operations

Michael Plunkett to Direct Alphatec Spine's U.S. Operations

  CARLSBAD, Calif., March 21, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Alphatec Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq:ATEC), the parent company of Alphatec Spine, Inc., a

joimax® With new Products at the International Spring Congresses: ISASS in Barcelona and EndoVienna in Vienna

KARLSRUHE, Germany, March 21, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Right on time with the start into a new decade of the joimax® history, the Karlsruhe-based medical technology