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Centinel Spine obtains FDA clearance for STALIF MIDLINE, MIDLINE II and MIDLINE II-Ti devices

Centinel Spine, Inc., the pioneer of Stand-Alone, No-Profile, Integrated Interbody fusion devices receive FDA clearance for its STALIF MIDLINE, MIDLINE II, MIDLINE II-Ti (Ti-ACTIVE) devices for use with allogeneic bone graft in lumbar spinal fusion procedures.

17 Jun 2015

BioStructures announces first application of Prohesion surgical wound technology

BioStructures, LLC, a privately held orthobiologics company, announced today the first application of Prohesion, its new surgical wound technology.

2 Jun 2015

Cerapedics closes $4 million term loan, raises additional $4 million in equity financing

Cerapedics, a privately-held orthobiologics company, today announced closing of a $4 million term loan from GE Capital, Healthcare Financial Services, bringing the total facility to $16.5 million. The company also announced it recently raised an additional $4 million in equity financing from inside investors.

7 Apr 2015

MIS TLIF surgery results in less pain, shorter hospital stay and faster recovery

A minimally invasive spinal fusion back surgery results in less blood loss, less postoperative pain, smaller incisions, a shorter hospital stay and faster recovery and return to work.

17 Mar 2015

Loyola surgeon describes the immense benefits of minimally invasive spinal fusion surgery

A minimally invasive spinal fusion back surgery results in less blood loss, less postoperative pain, smaller incisions, a shorter hospital stay and faster recovery and return to work.

13 Mar 2015

AMBER unveils new bone repair technology

AMBER, the Science Foundation Ireland funded materials science centre, hosted in Trinity College Dublin, has today unveiled a new bone repair technology, which has led to an injured racehorse returning to winning ways after successful jaw reconstruction.

21 Jan 2015

$New device holds promise for improving the delivery of stem cell therapy for non-healing fractures$

New device holds promise for improving the delivery of stem cell therapy for non-healing fractures

A new device that can rapidly concentrate and extract young cells from irrigation fluid used during orthopaedic surgery holds promise for improving the delivery of stem cell therapy in cases of non-healing fractures. UC Davis surgeons plan to launch a "proof-of-concept" clinical trial to test the safety and efficacy of the device in the coming months.

16 Jan 2015

Benvenue Medical's Luna 360 System receives FDA clearance for spinal fusion treatment of DDD

Benvenue Medical, Inc., a developer of minimally invasive solutions for spine repair, today announced that the company's Luna 360 Interbody Fusion System has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for spinal fusion treatment of symptomatic degenerative disc disease (DDD).

2 Dec 2014

Interventional Spine's Lateral Opticage Expandable Intervertebral Body Fusion Device gets FDA approval

Interventional Spine, Inc. today announced FDA clearance of its Lateral Opticage Expandable Intervertebral Body Fusion Device. This device joins the Interventional Spine family of Opticage Expandable Interbody Fusion Devices previously cleared for TLIF earlier this year, and used with the Company's PerX360 System.

25 Nov 2014

DePuy Synthes releases ViviGen Cellular Bone Matrix for repairing musculoskeletal defects

DePuy Synthes Companies of Johnson & Johnson, in collaboration with LifeNet Health, today announced the introduction of ViviGen Cellular Bone Matrix, a differentiated cellular allograft for the repair or reconstruction of musculoskeletal defects.

13 Nov 2014

DePuy Synthes releases ViviGen Cellular Bone Matrix for repairing musculoskeletal defects

DePuy Synthes Companies of Johnson & Johnson, in collaboration with LifeNet Health®, today announced the introduction of ViviGen™ Cellular Bone Matrix, a differentiated cellular allograft for the repair or reconstruction of musculoskeletal defects.

13 Nov 2014

Misonix provides ultrasonic BoneScalpel to support Uganda Spine Surgery Mission

Misonix, Inc., an international surgical device company that designs, manufactures and markets innovative therapeutic ultrasonic products for spine surgery, skull based surgery, neurosurgery, wound debridement, cosmetic surgery, laparoscopic surgery and other surgical applications, announces that it has once again supported the Uganda Spine Surgery Mission organized by leading spine surgeon Dr. Isador Lieberman, from the Texas Back Institute in Plano, TX, by providing an ultrasonic BoneScalpel for use in a number of advanced spinal surgeries.

23 Sep 2014

GE Capital's Healthcare Financial Services provides $9 million term loan to Cerapedics

GE Capital's Healthcare Financial Services business has provided a $9 million term loan to Cerapedics, Inc., a privately-held medical device company based in Westminster, CO. The funds will be used to support Cerapedics' general business operations, including the advancement of its U.S. regulatory process.

12 May 2014

New procedure helps curtail complication rate associated with bone grafting

UT Arlington and Texas Health Arlington Memorial Hospital are investigating whether bone grown from the body's own stem cells can replace traditional types of bone grafting.

11 Apr 2014

New neuromonitoring method prevents malpositioning of pedicle screws during thoracic spine surgery

Researchers from Syracuse, New York, report a new, highly accurate, neuromonitoring method that can be used during thoracic spine surgery to prevent malpositioning of pedicle screws such that they enter the spinal canal and possibly cause postoperative neurological impairment.

2 Apr 2014

RTI Surgical launches 2 new biological solutions at AAOS annual meeting in New Orleans

RTI Surgical Inc., a leading global surgical implant company, is launching two new biological solutions at the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons annual meeting in New Orleans this week. NanOss Bioactive 3D, a synthetic three dimensional bioscaffold which supports bone formation, and map3™ Cellular Allogeneic Bone Graft, an implant that contains the three essential elements needed to generate and maintain new bone, will be introduced at the RTI Surgical exhibit at booth 5937 (Hall H) during the AAOS meeting.

12 Mar 2014

BONESUPPORT launches new registry to collect data of CERAMENT™|G to protect bone infections

BONESUPPORT, an emerging leader in injectable bone substitutes for orthopedic trauma, bone infections and instrument augmentation related to orthopedic surgery, announced today the launch of a new registry to collect long term data of CERAMENT™|G, the first injectable antibiotic eluting, osteoconductive, ceramic bone substitute indicated to promote and protect bone healing being jeopardized by infection.

20 Feb 2014

New study provides novel stem cell based, tissue engineered construct which can repair damaged bone

Researchers at the Department of Orthopaedics, of the Second Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University Health Science Center, led by Dr. Kunzheng Wang and Dr. Pei Yang have developed a novel biomimetic tissue engineered bone graft based on rabbit adipose derived stem cells (rASCs), collagen I and a porous beta-tricalcium phosphate (β-TCP) scaffold.

5 Dec 2013

Sea coral could soon be used in bone grafting procedures

Sea coral could soon be used more extensively in bone grafting procedures thanks to new research that has refined the material's properties and made it more compatible with natural bone.

29 Nov 2013

Innovation that speeds up pure oxygen production wins 2013 Curtin Commercial Innovation Awards

An innovation that speeds up pure oxygen production, a medical device that treats neck pain and technology that regenerates tissue in ulcers are the winners of the 2013 Curtin Commercial Innovation Awards.

23 Aug 2013

Bone Graft News and Research

Centinel Spine obtains FDA clearance for STALIF MIDLINE, MIDLINE II and MIDLINE II-Ti devices

BioStructures announces first application of Prohesion surgical wound technology

Cerapedics closes $4 million term loan, raises additional $4 million in equity financing

MIS TLIF surgery results in less pain, shorter hospital stay and faster recovery

Loyola surgeon describes the immense benefits of minimally invasive spinal fusion surgery

AMBER unveils new bone repair technology

New device holds promise for improving the delivery of stem cell therapy for non-healing fractures

Benvenue Medical's Luna 360 System receives FDA clearance for spinal fusion treatment of DDD

Interventional Spine's Lateral Opticage Expandable Intervertebral Body Fusion Device gets FDA approval

DePuy Synthes releases ViviGen Cellular Bone Matrix for repairing musculoskeletal defects

DePuy Synthes releases ViviGen Cellular Bone Matrix for repairing musculoskeletal defects

Misonix provides ultrasonic BoneScalpel to support Uganda Spine Surgery Mission

GE Capital's Healthcare Financial Services provides $9 million term loan to Cerapedics

New procedure helps curtail complication rate associated with bone grafting

New neuromonitoring method prevents malpositioning of pedicle screws during thoracic spine surgery

RTI Surgical launches 2 new biological solutions at AAOS annual meeting in New Orleans

BONESUPPORT launches new registry to collect data of CERAMENT™|G to protect bone infections

New study provides novel stem cell based, tissue engineered construct which can repair damaged bone

Sea coral could soon be used in bone grafting procedures

Innovation that speeds up pure oxygen production wins 2013 Curtin Commercial Innovation Awards

Achieving and maintaining ISO/IEC 27001 and BS 10012 certifications

Expanding research and clinical options for children with cancer

Examining how pain could play a direct protective role in the gut

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