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Last Fiscal Year Sales:$37.5M
- Private
- US
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Founded in 1996, Abbott Spine was built on a foundation of innovation. For inspiration, we have listened to surgeons and studied surgical indications, techniques and biomechanics. We have discovered innovations that deliver simplicity to the operating suite and successful clinical outcomes to patients. In addition to the enhancement of our core line of spinal fusion products, Abbott Spine is strategically focused on the establishment of a more diverse field of solutions for surgeons and patients. In collaboration with surgeon partners, we are dedicated to the exploration of art and science, developing therapies that are less invasive and intervene earlier in the continuum of care, as well as providing improvements for both surgeons and their patients.
Number of Employees 174
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NAICS Code Surgical and Medical Instrument Manufacturing: 339112
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An interview with Jeff Binder, president, Spinal Concepts: seeking to enter another high-growth sector, Abbott Laboratories purchased Spinal Concepts and made an impact on the spinal implant marketplace. This month's "View From The Top" interview offers i
- 2005-01-01
Abbott Laboratories certainly raised eyebrows when it acquired Spinal Concepts, a rapidly growing provider of spinal implant products, in 2003 for $170 million. No one had been aware of Abbott's interest in the spinal marketplace, including Spinal Concepts. However, it's no surprise that a company looking to enter...
Spinal Concepts fails to adequately validate thoracolumbar systems, vertebral replacement devices
- 2004-08-01
A June 21 warning letter cited Spinal Concepts, Austin, TX, for failure to establish and maintain device design validation procedures that ensured devices conformed to defined user needs and intended uses, and failure to include plans for testing of production units under actual or simulated-use conditions. For example, warning...
Wireless Verticals: Spinal Concepts Launches InFix Device for Spinal Surgery
- 2004-06-06
Wireless News 06-06-2004 Wireless Verticals: Spinal Concepts Launches InFix Device for Spinal Surgery WIRELESS NEWS-6 June 2004-Wireless Verticals: Spinal Concepts Launches InFix Device for Spinal Surgery C2004 10Meters - http:// www.10meters.com Spinal Concepts, an Abbott Laboratories...
Spinal fixation product line will soon be distributed by Abbott Laboratories. (Hospital Purchasing).(to acquire Spinal Concepts)(Brief Article)
- 2003-08-01
Hospitals now using spinal fixation products from Spinal Concepts, Austin, Texas, will be able to buy those products from Abbott Laboratories, Abbott Park, Ill., following the upcoming acquisition of Spinal Concepts by Abbott. In June, the companies agreed to the merger, a move which...
Spinal Concepts wins patent for spinal implant locking device
- 2002-03-01
Spinal Concepts Inc continues to stockpile its patents in the area of spinal implant technology, with the recent award of US patent 6 331 179 for its SecureLock mechanism. This is a fixation system that is integrated with the company's seven different anterior cervical plate designs. ...
Spinal Concepts devises minimally invasive approach for disc surgery
- 2001-12-01
A means of performing traditional spinal disc surgery with a minimally invasive approach has been developed by Spinal Concepts Inc. The US company has devised an access dilation port that is transparent, allowing the surgeon to see better. Access enables surgeons to use progressively larger dilators to...
Spinal Concepts moves into Japan
- 2001-02-01
US company Spinal Concepts Inc's anterior cervical plating system was implanted recently for the first time in a patient at the Ogikubo Hospital in Tokyo, Japan. This operation follows approval from the Japanese Ministry of Health and Welfare. The AcuFix system is used to treat degenerative disc...
Osteotech, Spinal Concepts enters into agreement for treatment of degenerative disc disease of lumbar spine
- 2000-02-16
Osteotech, Inc., Eatontown, NJ and Spinal Concepts, Inc., Austin, TX, announced they have entered into an agreement to co-promote Osteotech's Grafton Demineralized Bone Matrix DBM with Spinal Concept's InFix Interbody Fusion System for the treatment of degenerative disc disease of lumbar spine. The companies say the agreement provides for...
Spinal Concepts teams up with Selective Genetics
- 2000-01-01
An alliance that promotes the use of medical devices with biological therapies has been forged between Spinal Concepts Inc and Selective Genetics Inc. The two are in a joint development programme that will combine Selective Genetics' gene activated matrices (GAMtm) with Spinal Concepts' InFixr and other...
Spinal Concepts
- 1999-12-01
* Spinal Concepts (Austin, Texas) said the first implantation has been performed of its multi-segment AcuFix Anterior Cervical Plate System for fusing the anterior cervical spine. The procedure was performed without complications by Steve Courtney, MD, at the Medical Center of Plano (Plano, Texas). The spinal fusion system has applications...
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