Life Spine is suing its former CEO, Michael Butler, alleging breaches of fiduciary duty, trade secret misappropriation and tortious interference. However, Mr. Butler described the litigation as ...

Carlsmed, the company behind aprevo spine implants, filed for an ​​Initial Public Offering, the company said June 26. The number of shares and price range are yet to be determined, according to a news ...

Private equity deals are in full swing in healthcare, and orthopedics is no exception. Between 2012 and 2021, orthopedic practices acquired by private equity saw a 7.1% increase in physician prices.

Value-based care has been an ongoing hot topic in healthcare, and more and more health systems are paying attention to the shift across the industry. Becker’s spoke with one surgeon about how ...

Bone Biologics filed a patent application with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for its NELL-1 protein, according to a June 27 news release. The patent applies to rhNELL-1 polypeptide and its use ...

A 93-year-old woman underwent a successful 2-level lumbar decompression with spinal anesthesia, according to a case study published June 23 in the Journal of Neurosurgery. She had laminectomies at L4 ...

NBA playoff rounds, three major athletes faced Achilles tendon injuries, on top of additional injuries occurring earlier in the season, according to a June 25 report from ESPN. Achilles tears are ...

Greg Merrell, MD, of Indianapolis-based OrthoIndy was named as the next editor-in-chief of The Journal of Hand Surgery, the practice said June 25. Dr. Merrell’s clinical focus includes wrist arthritis ...

OssDesign’s Catalyst nanosynthetic bone graft putty saw an 88.4% fusion rate in highly complex spine patients, according to results from its Propel study. The data comes from the first 108 patients in ...

University of Iowa Health Care opened its new orthopedic-focused hospital in North Liberty. Now, its chair is stepping down. J. Lawrence Marsh, MD, an orthopedic surgeon at the University of Iowa in ...

Long Branch, N.J.-based Monmouth Medical Center, an RWJBarnabas Health hospital, is celebrating 80 years of its orthopedic surgery residency program. The program is the oldest orthopedic surgery ...

Daniel Choi, MD, performed the first Barricaid annular closure implantation with an endoscopic approach, Intrinsic Therapeutics said June 26. Dr. Choi used Amplify Surgical’s dualPortal system for the ...