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		<title>FDA Grants Eden Spine 510(K) Clearance for its New Vertebral Body Replacement.</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:38:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Sandberg</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Altamonte Springs, Florida - Eden Spine (www.EdenSpine.com) announced today that it has received FDA 510(k) clearance for its new generation corpectomy device, the GIZATM. The GIZATM is an expandable titanium VBR, with rotatable endplates, that provide multiple angulation options by simple endplates ...]]></description>
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		<title>Stem Cells in Sports Injuries: A Performance Enhancement? Not Reimbursable? C’mon Man!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 16:41:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Sandberg</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By: Jeff Chandler, Sports Medicine Writer at OrthoSpineNews.com Have you had enough? Let’s see, the last time I checked I thought that Doctors were to supposedly “best” treat our ailments in the US. It certainly appears that today’s governing bodies ...]]></description>
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		<title>NLT SPINE Receives 510(k) Clearance for Its Lumbar Interbody Fusion Device, PROW FUSION(TM)</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 16:38:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Sandberg</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[KFAR SABA, Israel, Feb 01, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- NLT SPINE, a developer of Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery (MISS) products, today announced that its PROW FUSION(TM) device received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). NLT SPINE's ...]]></description>
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		<title>BioRestorative Therapies Signs License Agreement for Stem Cell Disc/Spine Procedure</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 16:36:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Sandberg</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Biologics]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[JUPITER, Fla., Jan. 31, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- BioRestorative Therapies, Inc. (OTCQB: BRTX) ("BRT") today announced that it has entered into a License Agreement with Regenerative Sciences, LLC ("RS") with respect to certain stem cell-related technology and clinical treatment procedures developed by RS. The ...]]></description>
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		<title>KFx Medical Receives Patent for Rotator Cuff Repair Device</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 16:35:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Sandberg</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[KFx Medical has received a new patent to cover its knotless double row rotator cuff repair, according to a companynews release. The new patent is a continuation of a series originally filed by KFx Medical in 2004. Last year, an ...]]></description>
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		<title>Joint Replacement Blood Clot Threat Quantified</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 16:34:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Sandberg</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Biloine W. Young • Wed, Feb 1st, 2012 It has long been known that blood clots are a risk factor for patients undergoing replacement of their hips or knees. But just how great that risk is has been quantified by research out ...]]></description>
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		<title>OrthoSpineNews will be at AAOS</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:50:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Sandberg</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[That's right! We will be at AAOS and looking to conduct interviews with senior leaders of emerging companies. If you have a technology that you would like to see get some press on this site, send us an email at ...]]></description>
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		<title>Symmetry Medical, execs settle SEC fraud charges</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:48:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Sandberg</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jan 30 (Reuters) - Symmetry Medical Inc and several former executives and accountants have settled U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission charges over a 'pervasive' alleged accounting fraud at a British unit that distorted the medical device company's results. The settlement ...]]></description>
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		<title>P&amp;G To Lay Off 1,600 After Discovering It&#8217;s Free To Advertise On Facebook   Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/pg-ceo-to-lay-off-1600-after-discovering-its-free-to-advertise-on-facebook-and-google-2012-1#ixzz1l3FEfe9c</title>
		<link>http://www.orthospinenews.com/pg-to-lay-off-1600-after-discovering-its-free-to-advertise-on-facebook-read-more-httpwww-businessinsider-compg-ceo-to-lay-off-1600-after-discovering-its-free-to-advertise-on-facebook-and-go</link>
		<comments>http://www.orthospinenews.com/pg-to-lay-off-1600-after-discovering-its-free-to-advertise-on-facebook-read-more-httpwww-businessinsider-compg-ceo-to-lay-off-1600-after-discovering-its-free-to-advertise-on-facebook-and-go#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:47:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Sandberg</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reality appears to have finally arrived at Procter &#38; Gamble, the world's largest marketer, whose $10 billion annual ad budget has hurt the company's margins. P&#38;G said it would lay off 1,600 staffers, including marketers, as part of a cost-cutting ...]]></description>
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		<title>Interventional Spine®, Inc. Announces Issuance of Patent No. 8,105,382, Covering the Company&#8217;s Unique Expandable Interbody Fusion Device, the Opticage(TM)</title>
		<link>http://www.orthospinenews.com/interventional-spine-inc-announces-issuance-of-patent-no-8105382-covering-the-companys-unique-expandable-interbody-fusion-device-the-opticagetm</link>
		<comments>http://www.orthospinenews.com/interventional-spine-inc-announces-issuance-of-patent-no-8105382-covering-the-companys-unique-expandable-interbody-fusion-device-the-opticagetm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:47:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Sandberg</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[IRVINE, Calif., Jan. 31, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Interventional Spine®, Inc. today announced that the United States Patent Office has issued U.S. Patent No. 8,105,382, entitled Intervertebral Implant. This patent includes key claims that provide patent protection on the ...]]></description>
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		<title>Exactech Announces Preliminary 2011 Sales of $205.4 Million and 4th Quarter 2011 Sales of $53.1 Million</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:46:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Sandberg</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[GAINESVILLE, Fla., Jan 31, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Exactech, Inc. EXAC +0.40% , a developer and producer of bone and joint restoration products for hip, knee, shoulder, spine and biologic materials, announced today that it expects to report revenue for the fourth quarter ...]]></description>
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		<title>Sharp Rise in Use of Bone Growth Factor for Spinal Fusion Surgery</title>
		<link>http://www.orthospinenews.com/sharp-rise-in-use-of-bone-growth-factor-for-spinal-fusion-surgery</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:45:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Sandberg</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bone Morphogenetic Protein Is Safe—But Increases Costs Without Improving Results Newswise — Philadelphia, Pa. (January 31, 2012) – The use of bone morphogenetic protein (BMP) for spinal fusion surgery has risen sharply over the past decade, increasing costs with no ...]]></description>
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		<title>Lumbar Disc Degeneration More Likely in Obese Adults</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:44:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Sandberg</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- An age related disability, known as degenerative disc disease, was recently found to be linked to obesity. As a person ages their spinal discs begin to break down and will result in loss of fluids or tears ...]]></description>
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		<title>Garen: Wright’s New Compliance Boss</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:44:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Sandberg</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Extremities]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wright Medical Group, Inc. has induced Daniel Garen to take over the organization's beleaguered compliance program and immediately become Senior Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer of the company. Garen has a lot of experience in implementing and managing corporate ...]]></description>
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		<title>12 Orthopedic &amp; Spine Device Company Leadership Moves</title>
		<link>http://www.orthospinenews.com/12-orthopedic-spine-device-company-leadership-moves</link>
		<comments>http://www.orthospinenews.com/12-orthopedic-spine-device-company-leadership-moves#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:43:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Sandberg</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[1. Alphatec Spine, a Carlsbad, Calif.-based spine device company, named Mark Francois senior director of investor relations. 2. DJO Global elected Mike S. Zafirovski as non-executive chairman of its board. 3. DJO Global also named John Murphy as director of the company. 4. Globus ...]]></description>
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