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TranS1’s AxiaLIF™ Honored as Most Promising New Product in ...
Source : Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco,CA,USA
... “This recognition acknowledges the innovative approach that TranS1 brings to spine surgery and underscores the broad support we are receiving in the ...

NuVasive Reports Third Quarter 2006 Revenue of $25.2 Million
Yahoo! News (press release) - USA
... retraction system; and specialized implants, like SpheRx ... soft tissue disruption during spine surgery while ... comprised predominantly of cervical fixation products ...

LDR Medical Reaches Milestone of Over 3,000 Artificial Discs ...
Genetic Engineering News (press release) - New Rochelle,NY,USA
... fusion spine implants that address unmet or underserved needs to market. The company's flagship product is Mobi-C, a true second-generation cervical artificial ...

ORTHOPAEDIC COMPANIES' ANNOUNCEMENTS

Rodman & Renshaw Healthcare Conference 2006 Presenter Profiles
Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco,CA,USA
... to treat and prevent cervical cancer and ... diseases, including orthopedic, periodontal, spine and sports ... These technologies enable implants such as pacemakers ...

LDR Medical Reaches Milestone of Over 3,000 Artificial Discs ...
Genetic Engineering News (press release) - New Rochelle,NY,USA
... fusion spine implants that address unmet or underserved needs to market. The company's flagship product is Mobi-C, a true second-generation cervical artificial ...

Clearant Reports Third Quarter Results
Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco,CA,USA
... for Clearant Process sterile implants, and the response from spinal and orthopedic ... acceptance and success of our direct distribution of allografts, efficacy of ...

NuVasive Announces Senior Management Promotions
Yahoo! News (press release) - USA
... industry, Mr. Lukianov has guided NuVasive in building a reputation as a leading provider of creative technology to enable minimally disruptive spine surgery. ...

RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

MTS Receives Tekne Award
Yahoo! News (press release) - USA
... orthopedic device manufacturers to perform highly accurate, long-term wear, fatigue and durability simulations on both lumbar and cervical spine disc implants...

France's Leading Spine Surgeon, Thierry Marnay, MD Receives ...
Yahoo! News (press release) - USA
... his research on artificial spinal disc implants in the ... The disc system, including a cervical disc implant ... in the US, was commercialized by Spine Solutions, Inc ...

New Research Effort To Translate Basic Science Into Faster Bone ...
Medical News Today (press release) - UK
... wheelchairs by pelvic fractures, or to neck braces by spinal fractures, that ... microfractures to accumulate in large dead bone transplants (allografts), and more ...

Comprehensive Review Published on FzioMed Technology for ...
Genetic Engineering News (press release) - New Rochelle,NY,USA
... biomaterials platform, known as Oxiplex(R), and the promising clinical results using Oxiplex products for adhesion prevention in gynecologic and spine surgery. ...

Wright Medical Group, Inc. To Host Webcast on the Use of ...
Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco,CA,USA
... the patient’s own tissue is a potential weak link in the ... a distinguished panel of scientists and surgeons address one of orthopaedics’ complex challenges ...

STOCK MARKET INFORMATION

Broker suggests Pru merge insurance units with rival
Times Online - UK
... However, although UBS sees merit in such a link, if terms could be agreed ... quarter results from Stryker and Johnson & Johnson, its US orthopaedics rivals, which ...

S&N in talks on growth link-up
Yorkshire Post Today - Leeds,Yorkshire,UK
... as the group announced third-quarter earnings in line with forecasts, S&N's chief executive Chris O'Donnell said: "Biomet is an innovator in orthopaedics. ...

Becton Dickinson Reports 17% Gain in Net Income (Correct)Bloomberg ...
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Becton Dickinson Reports 17% Gain in Net Income (Correct)Bloomberg- Nov 2 ... ``By improving its manufacturing efficiency and managing its cost structure and cash flows well, the operating story at Becton Dickinson has been among the...

ISOTIS >> Investor Relations >> News Release
IsoTis proposes to become a U.S. Company with a single NASDAQ listing in Q1 2007 ... In order to become a U.S. company listed on NASDAQ, IsoTis has formed a ...

REGULATORY

ANY CLEARANCE Dorset and Hampshire... Domestic and Commercial...
By isabelle
Stryker Corporation(NYSE: SYK) announced today that its Orthopaedics division has received FDA510(k) ... [click link for full article] Cityclean Environmental Services (House Clearance/Cleaning Specialists) (Beds, Herts, Bucks, London)...

Angiotech Files for EU Vascular Wrap OK
Houston Chronicle - United States
© 2006 AP. NEW YORK — Specialty drugmaker Angiotech Pharmaceuticals Inc. said Thursday it submitted an application with European...

PATIENTS' STORIES

NYC docs pleased with second stage of 6-year-old's spine surgery
Newsday - Long Island,NY,USA
... plastic surgeon on the team, said at the start of Wednesday's second surgery that the ... added a screw to the repair job on the front of the spine, doctors turned...

Waterville hospital personnel of great help
Central Maine Morning Sentinel - Augusta,ME,USA
... back and leg pain due to pinched nerves in my lower spine. At the end of October, I ended up requiring a risky, five-hour long spinal fusion surgery performed...

KineFlex vs. Charite
By Tim Grissom
The first was a sports medicine specialist and the second a spine specialist. As you might recall, the first Doc recommended surgery, spinal Fusion, to relieve my symptoms. I went to the Texas Back Institute (TBI) for a second opinion...

Canberra cyclist to undergo spinal surgery
ABC Online - Australia
... Tour of Southland. He will undergo surgery to straighten and strengthen his spine so as to enable him to sit up in bed. The 29-year...

Cyclist recovering after freak accident
Stuff.co.nz - Wellington,New Zealand
... a rod to stabilise his back vertebrae and did a bone graft from his hip to his spine to aid ... He was "in pretty good spirits" going into the surgery, Sheer said...

OTHERS

Challenging Cases in Spine Surgery
AJNR (subscription) - IL,USA
... Neck pain can arise from many etiologies, and few surgeons consider it an adequate indication for spinal fusion. Many spine surgeons would have treated cases ...

Biomaterials – Densities of Biomaterials and Some Other Related ...
By DIC
Tooth – dentine. 2.14. Fluorapatite. 3.22. Tooth - enamel. 2.97. Glass ionomer cement. ~2.10. UHMWPE. 0.945. Gold. 19.3. Vitreous carbon. 1.47. Hydroxyapatite. 3.16. Zinc phosphate cement. 2.59. Methyl methacrylate. 0.94. Zirconia. 6.10 ...