Mainstay Medical has sold its first ReActiv8 neurostimulator implant in Germany. The implant was performed by an orthopedic surgeon at the Catholic Hospital Koblenz-Montabaur in Koblenz, Germany.

Starts & Stops is a regular feature highlighting the Medtech Insight editors' picks of noteworthy medtech clinical trial initiations, completions and suspensions from the previous month. August's selection includes a few emerging innovators advancing into large pivotal trials for their game-changing technologies.

Competition in the retinal implant market heats up as Pixium CE marks its second-generation bionic vision system, designed to offer key advantages including higher resolution and explantability.