Vertera Spine, a spinal implant developer base on Duke and Georgia Tech research, has been picked up shortly after receiving regulatory approval for two products.
US-based spinal implant spinout Vertera Spine has been acquired by medical device developer Nuvasive for an undisclosed sum, allowing Duke University and Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) to exit.
The spinout is based on research by Ken Gall, a specialist in materials science, mechanical properties, metals and polymers, who started at Georgia Tech but now chairs Duke University’s Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science.
Both Georgia Tech and Duke University played a role during the intellectual property’s development…
