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Spine
Centinel Spine Wins 2020 Spine Technology Award for its Two-level Indication for the prodisc® L Total Disc Replacement System
WEST CHESTER, Pa., Nov. 19, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Centinel Spine®, LLC, the largest privately-held spine company focused on anterior column reconstruction, today announced…
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Spine
Spine Innovations gains its independence, aims for massive growth in sales of its ESP® Disc Replacements in Spine
HEIMSBRUNN, France, Nov. 11, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Following the acquisition of its parent company FH Ortho by Olympus Corporation, Spine Innovations has become…
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Biologics
New Injection Repair Strategy Can Prevent Risk of Re-herniation, Reduce Disability and Pain
Elizabeth Hofheinz, M.P.H., M.Ed. Noting that current tissue engineering practices used to seal annulus fibrosus (AF) defects are lacking, researchers…
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Spine
HSS Lab Has Fountain of Youth for Discs?
by Elizabeth Hofheinz, M.P.H., M.Ed. If a disc went wandering for the fountain of youth, it might just end up…
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Spine
Simplify Medical Completes PMA Submission for 2-Level Simplify Disc IDE Study
Builds on recent 1-Level PMA Approval SUNNYVALE, Calif., Oct. 29, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Simplify Medical, Inc., maker of the…
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Spine
Simplify Disc 1 and 2-Level Abstracts to be Presented in the Best Papers Section at the North American Spine Society Meeting (NASS) Annual Meeting
2020 Virtual NASS Annual Meeting: October 6-9, 2020 SUNNYVALE, Calif., Oct. 07, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Simplify Medical, a privately-held…
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Regulatory
MCRA CRO Assists Simplify Medical, Inc. on the Fastest Spine PMA Ever Approved by the FDA
WASHINGTON, Oct. 1, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — MCRA, LLC, a leading medical device and biologics advisory firm and Clinical Research Organization (CRO) integrating U.S.…
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Spine
Growing Global Demand for ESP Disc Replacements Leads to Formation of Independent Company — Spine Innovations to Launch October 1
HEIMSBRUNN, France, Sept. 30, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — The growing global demand for ESP disc replacements has led to the creation of an independent company…
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Regulatory
Simplify Medical Receives FDA Approval for 1-Level Simplify Disc PMA
SUNNYVALE, Calif., Sept. 21, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Simplify Medical, a privately-held company focused on cervical spinal disc arthroplasty and…
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Spine
Emergency Discectomy for Lumbar Disc Herniation: High Recurrence Rate Found
by Elizabeth Hofheinz, M.P.H., M.Ed. In some situations, say the authors of a new retrospective cohort study, emergency surgery for…
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Spine
Indication Stretching in Cervical Disc Arthroplasty: A Problem?
by Elizabeth Hofheinz, M.P.H., M.Ed. Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion How far can you stretch indications before they “break?” A…
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Spine
Aesculap Implant Systems Announces New Positive Third-Party Clinical Guidelines that May Introduce Access for More than 8.5 Million Commercially Insured Americans to the activL® Artificial Disc
CENTER VALLEY, Pa., July 7, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Aesculap Implant Systems, LLC today announced that National Imaging Associates (NIA), a Magellan Health…
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Regulatory
Simplify Medical Completes PMA Submission for 1-Level Simplify Disc IDE Study
Sunnyvale, CA – April 21, 2020 – Simplify Medical Pty Ltd., maker of the Simplify® cervical artificial disc, announced today…
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Regulatory
Centinel Spine Announces FDA Approval for Two-level prodisc® L Total Disc Replacement
NEW YORK, April 14, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Centinel Spine®, LLC, the largest privately-held spine company focused on anterior column reconstruction, today announced…
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Spine
The 20th Anniversary of Artificial Disc Replacement at Texas Back Institute: What This Means for the Future
March 25, 2020 / by Texas Back Institute Anniversaries serve an important function. They allow us to reflect on how far…
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