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32 DEVICES & IMPLANTS Former Zimmer Biomet spine president named Aspen Medical CEO By Alan Condon A spen Medical Products has appointed Zimmer Biomet's former president of global spine as president and CEO. Jim Cloar left his Zimmer Biomet post after 18 months to lead operations at Aspen, which develops spinal brac- ing technology, according to a Nov. 10 news release. Mr. Cloar has vast experience in the spine and orthope- dic device industry. He has held executive leadership positions at Medtronic, DePuy, Smith+Nephew and Syn- aptive Medical. He succeeds Dan Williamson, Aspen's founder, who will stay on as a member of the board of directors. n Stryker completes acquisition of Wright Medical By Carly Behm S tryker completed its anticipated acquisition of Wright Medical, according to a Nov. 11 press release. The deal was closed Nov. 11, the release said. Stryker received regulatory approvals for the acquisition earlier in November. "This acquisition enhances our global market position in trauma and extremities, providing significant opportu- nities to advance innovation and reach more patients," Kevin Lobo, Stryker chair and CEO, said in the release. "We welcome the Wright Medical team to Stryker and look forward to growing the combined business by de- livering solutions that improve patient outcomes." n Medtronic spine veteran takes advisory role at imaging company By Alan Condon T ommy Carls, former vice president of research and development at Medtronic Spine and Biologics, has joined Proprio as an adviser. Mr. Carls brings insight into the "development of therapies surgeons use to perform spine surgery and deep relation- ships with top surgical leaders," CEO Gabe Jones said in a Dec. 2 news release. At Medtronic, he led the engineering activities for the spine and biologics business unit. He has more than 80 industry patents. Proprio, a computational imaging company, recently add- ed two spine surgeons and one neurosurgeon to its newly created medical advisory board. The company is developing a navigation platform that combines robotics, computer vision and graphics process- ing technologies for spine surgery. n NuVasive launches cervical spine line By Alan Condon NuVasive unveiled its C360 cervical spine portfolio and launched a new device on Nov. 30. The C360 line "is key to our long-term strategy and rep- resents a significant opportunity for growth," said Massimo Calafiore, executive vice president of global business units at NuVasive. NuVasive also launched the Anterior Cervical Plating sys- tem, which aims to reduce post-op complications such as dysphagia, malalignment and adjacent level ossification. The C360 portfolio also includes Reline Cervical, a poste- rior fixation system expected to be commercially available in 2021. n