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January 6, 2009: Back in the industry - Spinal implant company boasts location, growth

As an increasing number of baby boomers age, so do the number of back pain sufferers. Enter Marty Altshuler and Rick Henson. The pair own ChoiceSpine, a Knoxville-based medical device company that manufactures spinal implant systems for orthopedics and neurosurgery, one of the fastest growing segments in the industry.

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June 2008: Surgeons Drive Innovation of Homegrown Spinal Implant Company

In 2006, business partners Marty Altshuler and Rick Henson had a few challenges before them. Separately, they had each left lucrative positions with national and international medical supply companies. They had just spent most of the business startup capital they had saved on a couple of medical product ventures, including buying the assets of Orthotec, a Los Angeles company, and buying the U.S. marketing rights to a European medical device company with a U.S. partner that had nearly $40M in U.S. sales two years prior.

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