Orthopedics & Spine
Implants, biologics, spine hardware and sports medicine. 6 companies listed.
Builds the Op.n surgical platform, which combines 2D and 3D imaging, navigation and robotic guidance for spine and orthopedic procedures, and is open to third party implants and applications. Enovis agreed to acquire the company in September 2026.
Empirical Spine makes LimiFlex, a tension band implanted after lumbar decompression to stabilize the segment without fusion. The device came out of Stanford Biodesign and has a 2009 CE mark.
Makes a flexible nitinol intramedullary implant for long-bone fracture fixation in adults and children. Cleared under K250316 in October 2025 and in a controlled alpha launch.
Builds spine and orthopedic implants from molybdenum-rhenium alloys, with 24 510(k) clearances, and is developing SIEGEL, a nickel-free balloon-expandable TAVR valve in the STAR trial. Boston Scientific owns about 34% after a $1.5B investment in May 2026.
Synergy Spine Solutions makes the Synergy Disc, a cervical artificial disc with a lordotic core meant to restore alignment while preserving motion. It has sold outside the US since 2009.
Makes a hydrogel coating applied to tendons during surgery to limit internal scarring after tendon and ligament repair.
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