Thirteen months after establishing a strategic alliance to distribute 7D Surgical Inc.’s machine-vision, image-guided surgery platform, Seaspine Holdings Corp. (NASDAQ:SPNE) signed an agreement to acquire the Toronto-based company. 7D Surgical shareholders will receive $27.5 million in cash plus $82.5 million in Seaspine stock and will hold approximately 13% of Seaspine’s shares at completion. The deal is expected to close in the second quarter of 2021.
Keeping you up to date on recent developments in orthopedics, including: Examining the value of lumbar spine surgery; Hip fracture outcomes worse during busy periods; Predicting the likelihood of bone fractures in older men.
Keeping you up to date on recent developments in orthopedics, including: Injectable porous scaffolds promote better, quicker healing after spinal cord injuries; Researchers grow most lifelike bone yet from woven cells; Rapid 3D printing method moves toward 3D-printed organs; Study links kidney stones with bone problems.
Keeping you up to date on recent developments in orthopedics, including: Treating rheumatoid arthritis with micromotors; Bioengineered hybrid muscle fiber for regenerative medicine; Immunosuppressive cell and cytokine response linked to bone nonunion.
Keeping you up to date on recent developments in orthopedics, including: Scientists repair injured spinal cord using patients' own stem cells; ALS neuron damage reversed with new compound; Nexus Spine reports availability of implants for spine surgery.
The U.S. FDA has given a green light to Brainlab AG for two new additions to its robotic surgery systems. The agency granted 510(k) clearances for the Loop-X mobile imaging robot and the Cirq Robotic Alignment module for spine procedures, paving the way for U.S. market entry.
Keeping you up to date on recent developments in orthopedics, including: Radioactive bone cement may be safer in treating spinal tumors; Unlocking the mystery behind skeletal aging; Sweet coating for sour bones.
Blue Ocean Spine GmbH has won a major investment from SHS GmbH, also from Tuttlingen in Germany, to develop its next-generation functional spinal implant. The two companies are declining to disclose the size of the series A investment.
PARIS – Ecential Robotics SAS has just secured $120 million series C funding in equity and debt financing, to support the manufacturing and commercial development of its robotic platform for spinal surgery. This is the largest financial transaction undertaken by any med-tech company in France.
Keeping you up to date on recent developments in orthopedics, including: Hot nano-chisel used to create artificial bones in a Petri dish; A 'skeletal age' calculator to predict bone fracture risk; Fetal surgery for spina bifida leads to better mobility in school-age children.
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