NuVasive introduces its new Precept posterior fixation system in Japanese patients, hoping to use the device to break into the country’s spinal market. California medical device company NuVasive Inc. (NSDQ:NUVA) debuted its Precept spinal implant in Japan, treating the 1st patients with the posterior fixation system. The device, which won Japanese regulatory approval in July, is…
Researchers at the Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute have reported the first experimental evidence that supports the theory that a soccer ball-shaped nanoparticle commonly called a buckyball is the result of a breakdown of larger structures rather than being built atom-by-atom from the ground up. Technically known as fullerenes, these spherical carbon molecules have shown…
Just a reminder… next week we will be hosting: Multidisciplinary Orthopedic Care Symposium — An Interactive Seminar and Live Surgery Demonstration
Titan Medical touts the 1st working prototype of its robot-assisted SPORT Single Port Orifice Robotic Technology, which allows surgeons to conduct surgeries using only instruments inserted in a 25mm-diameter opening in the abdomen. Titan Medical (CVE:TMD) now has a functioning prototype of its Single Port Orifice Robotic Technology (SPORT), a robot-assisted surgical system that precisely matches a…