The US market for orthopedic extremities and soft-tissue repair products will grow by $2.2 billion over the next five years, according to a global market report from Medtech Insight. Major factors contributing to the strong growth of this market include: the expanding elderly demographic, an increase in the number of active adults who are prone to physical injuries, and improvements in biological material and implants that reduce complications and improve quality of life.

At $1.8 billion, Q2 device financing nearly doubled the Q1 total, mainly from an increase in IPOs and early VC rounds, and acquisitions were slightly higher at $4.7 billion. Diagnostics funding also increased to $784 million from Q1's $597 million, and Danaher's monster $13.8 billion buy of life sciences company Pall headlined the second quarter's $15.6 billion total in diagnostics M&A activity.

The company's spine business will be established as an independent company, SeaSpine, within the year to improve growth prospects for all of Integra's businesses, officials say. Analysts say it will give Integra a slight boost but worry a spin-off is riskier than selling the division.