Amedica raises $13.2M for spine and joint implants
May 18, 2007 | David P. Hamilton
Amedica, a Salt Lake City maker of ceramic implants for spines and joints, raised $13.2 million in a fourth round of funding. Creation Capital placed the financing. The company had previously raised more than $30 million.
The company is developing a line of ceramic knee, hip and spinal-disk replacements, along with related ceramic spine implants. Its release is here.
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David Hamilton has been writing for VentureBeat LifeScience since April 2007. He formerly spent 14 years as a reporter for the Wall Street Journal in its San Francisco and Tokyo bureaus. Prior to that, he spent several years as a reporter at Science Magazine and as a reporter/researcher for the New Republic, both in Washington.
