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SANTA CLARA, Calif., June 28, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Benvenue Medical, Inc., a developer of minimally invasive solutions for spine repair, announced it completed a $25 million Series D round of financing. The spine company intends to use the proceeds to sustain global commercialization of its three breakthrough minimally invasive products to treat degenerative disc disease (DDD) with spinal fusion and vertebral compression fractures (VCFs), as well as for additional initiatives...

ROCKVILLE, Md., May 8, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Neuralstem, Inc. (NYSE Amex: CUR) announced that the Federal Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the return of three patients from earlier cohorts in its ongoing Phase I safety trial to treat amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS or Lou Gehrig's disease) with its spinal cord stem cells (HSSC's). These patients will be permitted to return to the trial for second treatments as the next cohort of patients, provided they meet inclusion...

SAN FRANCISCO, March 26, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Today Benvenue Medical, Inc., a developer of minimally invasive solutions for spine repair, launched the Blazer Vertebral Augmentation System for vertebral compression fractures (VCF) in the U.S. at the 2012 Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) annual meeting. Blazer is the first clinical product in Benvenue Medical's portfolio to be commercially available in the U.S., and it is designed for spine specialists to mechanically create...

HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill., Jan. 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Life Spine, a medical device company that designs, develops, manufactures and markets products for the surgical treatment of spinal disorders, announced record revenues and double digit growth of 29% following 14 new product introductions in 2011. The record revenue reflects a series of significant milestones achieved by the Company during 2011. "This has been an outstanding year for Life Spine. Our rapid growth is driven by the...

HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill., Nov. 4, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Life Spine, a medical device company that designs, develops, manufactures and markets products for the surgical treatment of spinal disorders, announced today amidst consolidations in the industry Life Spine has had its most profitable month in its history. As a full line spine company Life Spine continues expanding solutions from the occiput to the sacrum. Aileron(TM), a minimally invasive adjustable InterSpinous Fixation System and...

WARSAW, Ind., Nov. 3, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Zimmer Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: ZMH; SIX: ZMH) today introduced the inViZia Anterior Cervical Plate System at the 26th North American Spine Society Annual Meeting in Chicago, IL. The system features a generous graft window and narrow waist providing clinicians with clear and direct visualization during implant placement. The plate also has a low profile (less than 2mm) which clinical literature suggests is one of the factors that may reduce...

WARSAW, Ind., Sept. 14, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Zimmer Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: ZMH; SIX: ZMH) announced today that it has received an additional clearance for its proprietary Universal Clamp Spinal Fixation System. A first for the United States, the system is now indicated for treatment of idiopathic and neuromuscular scoliosis in patients eight years of age or older. The Universal Clamp Spinal Fixation System is used in conjunction with spinal fusion surgeries. Scoliosis is a debilitating...

BROOMFIELD, Colo., April 11, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Lanx®, Inc., a privately held medical device company focused on developing and commercializing innovative devices for spinal surgery, today announced it has reached 17,000 implantations of its flagship product, the Aspen(TM) Spinous Process Fixation System (Aspen), at the 2011 American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) Annual Meeting, Denver, CO. "This significant implant milestone is evidence that the Aspen system is gaining...

Mexican Implantable Device Market Open to Oxford Performance Materials, Inc. Enfield, CT (PRWEB) March 3, 2011 Oxford Performance Materials Inc. (OPM) is very pleased to announce that a spinal system manufactured with its OXPEKK®-IG long-term implantable biomedical thermoplastic has received COFEPRIS clearance. An entire spinal system has been manufactured and registered by Manufacturas Solco S.A. de C.V. from OPM's OXPEKK®-IG materials, the firm's long-term implantable grade...

HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill., March 2, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Life Spine announced today that the company has received CE Mark approval for its numerous spinal systems; pedicle screw systems (CONQUEST, PILOT, ARX, AVATAR), cervical plate systems (NEO, NEO-SL, KINETIC, KINETIC-SL), and interbody spacer systems (PLATEAU, PLATEAU-A), as well as its OCTAVE posterior fusion system. The CE Mark approval comes on the heels of the company's receipt of ISO 13485 certification achieved through demonstrating a...