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...
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.
The Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN) published its updated Guideline for Sterilization in September 2018. The guideline covers recommendations for sterilization of reusable medical devices by steam, dry heat, as well as low-temperature methods (including ethylene oxide, hydrogen peroxide gas plasma or vapor, ozone combined with hydrogen peroxide, and peracetic acid).