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Amazon executive joins Medtronic to spearhead development in robotics and implantables
Medtronic has announced that Ken Washington has been appointed chief technology and innovation officer.
Washington joins Medtronic from Amazon where he served as vice president...
Medtronic names Laura Mauri as new chief scientific, medical and regulatory...
Medtronic has announced that Laura Mauri has been appointed as the company’s chief scientific, medical and regulatory officer. This appointment adds to Mauri's prior responsibilities...
Omar Ishrak to step down as Medtronic CEO next year
Omar Ishrak, Medtronic’s chairman and CEO is to retire on 26 April 2020, following the end of the company’s current fiscal year. Also, the...
IMAST 2019: Industry sponsored disc replacement trials should be treated with...
Fernando Techy (Johnstown, USA), speaks to BLearning at IMAST 2019 (17–20 July, Amsterdam, The Netherlands) about longer-term trials of disc replacement which, according to Techy, has shown...
Refining and defining outcome measures in spine surgery
Philip Sell (Leicester and Nottingham, UK) tells Spinal News International that as the field of spine surgery evolves from using generic to more specific...
Spinal fusion device industry to be worth US$11 billion by 2025
A report from Transparency Market Research estimates that the total value of the spinal fusion device industry will reach US$11.0 billion (£8.2 billion, €9.3...