News and Notes

InstruSafe® by Summit Medical, an Innovia Medical Company, introduces the new InstruSafe® XL Transport Container — the first and only container of its size on the market — designed to accommodate da Vinci­® SP™, Xi™ Scopes, EndoWrist® and other long laparoscopic surgical instruments.

Barrett Hospital & HealthCare has invested in two Clorox Healthcare Optimum-UV Enlight Systems. The ultraviolet technology helps protect the hospital environment by killing pathogens that can cause healthcare-associated infections (HAIs).

Healthmark Industries, a family-owned healthcare supplier located in Fraser, Michigan, celebrates its 50th year in business in 2019.

Fortive Corporation (“Fortive”) (NYSE: FTV) announced today that it has completed the acquisition of the Advanced Sterilization Products (“ASP”) business from Ethicon, Inc., a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson, for approximately $2.7 billion in cash. ASP...

Awards to be presented at National Quality Forum’s 2019 Annual Conference

NuVasive Inc. has announced the first-case uses of Cohere XLIF, the first-of-its-kind lateral Porous PEEK implant for XLIF and lateral single-position surgery. The NuVasive Advanced Materials Science implant portfolio will be incorporating Porous PEEK technology into its implants for lateral single-position surgery and beyond.