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Cardo Medical (OTC Bulletin Board: CKST), a company engaged in the development of orthopedic medical devices, announces the FDA 510k clearance of its Align 360 Total Knee System. The Align 360 Total Knee System is planned for commercial release during the second quarter of 2009. Cardo Medical’s innovative Total Knee System is the flagship product within its Align 360 platform which has already received FDA clearance for its Uni-Compartmental and Patello-Femoral systems.

A large scale study led by renowned osteoporosis researcher Dr. Jianhua Wang and presented at the recent 6th International Conference on Bone and Mineral Research in Hohhot, China affirms the precision and accuracy of CompuMed Inc.’s OsteoGram® system for low cost osteoporosis screening. Dr.

Centinel Spine, Inc. announced today that it has initiated US Alpha Site evaluation of the STALIF C™ NO PROFILE™ Stand Alone Cervical IBF Device for single level use in the treatment of cervical degenerative disc disease. The Company expects STALIF C™ to be available in early 2009, enabling spine surgeons to use the technology as an IBF device without supplementary fixation.

Pioneer Surgical Technology, Inc., a leader in innovative medical devices, announced the successful human implantation of its new biologic inter-body spacer. The nanOss(TM)- Cervical cage is machined from mechanically robust nano-crystalline hydroxyapatite (HA) and is designed to function as bone.

VertiFlex® Inc., a privately-held medical device company specializing in percutaneous, minimally invasive and motion preservation technologies for treating disorders of the spine, today announced the launch of Silverbolt™ Plus, a posterior fixation system designed to support all types of surgical approaches in the lumbar spine - percutaneous, mini-open, and open in one single instrument set.

US Spine® today announced that the FDA has cleared its Preference 2 Complex Spine System™ for use in the United States. The system features hooks, rods and screws designed to treat complex spinal conditions. Advanced correction instrumentation, Cobalt Chrome Rods, Lateral Offset Connectors, Hooks, Rod-to-Rod Connectors and a Low-profile Cross Connector are among the many new components that make up the system.

Amedica Corporation, an orthopedic and spinal implants company focused on silicon nitride ceramic technologies, announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted 510(k) marketing clearance to Amedica’s SEEplate(TM) Cervical Plate system.

Medtronic, Inc. (NYSE: MDT), today announced the U.S. launch of the X-STOP PEEK IPD System, the first interspinous process decompression (IPD) device approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that offers a PEEK-Bone interface for treating the symptoms of lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS). LSS is the most common reason for back surgery in people over the age of 65 in the United States.

A pioneering hip joint targeted at the growing number of younger patients requiring hip replacement surgery is set to take a substantial market share in the UK. Sheffield based B. Braun Medical’s Metha Total Hip Replacement (THR) prosthesis uses ceramic contact surfaces and offers long-term benefits over metal-on-metal re-surfacing procedures, often used in the UK for early hip replacement operations. B.

Archus Orthopedics, Inc. today announced the first human use of its facet replacement technology to complement an artificial disc. The landmark case was performed by Dr. Karin Buttner-Janz, Dr. Hansen Yuan and Dr. Friedrich Kleinod at the Vivantes Clinic in Berlin, Germany, and involved a patient who previously underwent disc replacement surgery and later developed symptomatic facet joint degeneration.