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News: Intellirod Spine Names Ric Navarro as New President and CEO
LOUISVILLE - Intellirod Spine Inc., a spinal implant diagnostic company focused on the
assessment of spine fusion, announced today that Ric Navarro has joined the Company as its President and
Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Navarro will also serve on the company’s Board of Directors.
Mr. Navarro has over 25 years of medical device and implant experience in artificial hearts, wheelchairs,
operating room equipment and spinal implants. Most recently he served as the VP and Site Manager for Integra
LifeSciences spine division in Akron, Ohio. Prior to that he was in senior management at Theken Spine and
was a co-founder and VP R&D; for Theken Disc, a company that developed the first lumbar artificial disc to
incorporate microelectronics. In addition he has held senior engineering, quality, and operations roles with
Integra, Biomec, Allen Medical Systems, AcroMed and the Cleveland Clinic.
"We are very excited to have Ric join Intellirod Spine to lead the company through its clinical development phase.
Ric’s experience in the orthopedics industry is a perfect fit with the product that is being developed by
OrthoData," said George Emont, chairman of Intellirod Spine
"It is a great opportunity for me to join the Intellirod Spine founders and to develop this revolutionary micro-sensor
technology that will change the way surgeons think about spine fusion postoperatively. The device is destined
to reduce the cost of unnecessary exploratory surgeries and has the potential to return patients to their daily
activities more quickly".
Mr. Navarro holds bachelors and masters degrees in Mechanical Engineering from the Ohio State University
and an MBA from Baldwin-Wallace College. He is also an inventor on 21 patents and has commercialized
numerous spine and operating room products.
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Latest News
Intellirod Spine Receives First Ever Spine FDA De Novo Approval (External Link)
Intellirod Listed as Top 10 Biomechanics Solution Provider (External Link)
Intellirod Spine's New High-tech Measurement of Spine Healing (External Link)
Intellirod Spine recognized as a leading HealthTech Innovator in the 2017 Global Digital Health 100 (External Link)
Intellirod Spine™ Acquires New IP, First patient with LOADPRO™, and over $1M in New Financing (External Link)
Look for our abstract accepted at the North American Spine Society 32nd Annual Meeting in Orlando, FL October 25-28, 2017. (External Link)
Intellirod Spine Raises Over $1M (External Link)
Intellirod Spine Receives $1.6 Million Ohio Third Frontier Award
An Orthopedic Sensor To Report Progress of Spinal Fusion Aims to Reduce Use of CT Scans (External Link)
City of Akron Backs Intellirod Spine with $1.1 Million (External Link)
JumpStart Invests $250,000 in Intellirod Spine (External Link)
Intellirod Spine Arrives in Ohio with a Sensor Device for Spine Surgeries & $1.1M in New Investments (External Link)
About Intellirod Spine
Intellirod Spine™ (formerly OrthoData Inc.) was founded by renowned spine surgeon Rolando M. Puno, M.D. and professors from the University of Louisville. The company is developing a wireless implantable microelectronic spinal rod strain sensor. This innovative strain monitoring system will allow spine surgeons to objectively assess the strain on implanted spinal fusion rods.
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