Several surgeons debuted spine devices and other techniques during the first quarter from cervical discs to personalized implants.
Note: This is not an exhaustive list.
1. Randy Dryer, MD, Curiteva’s CMO, performed the first clinical case using the company’s Inspire standalone ALIF system.
2. Armen Khachatryan, MD, performed the first U.S. case with Dymicron’s Triadyme-C cervical disc replacement implant.
3. Claudio Tatsui, MD, a neurosurgeon in Houston, completed the first global case with icotec’s CMORE CT spine system.
4. Colin Haines, MD, performed the world’s first Bertolotti resection using augmented reality guidance.
5. Dr. Ardeshir Ardeshiri performed the first case using NGMedical GmbH’s Move-P motion preserving lumbar spine system. Move-P is a pedicle screw-based system designed to top off a spinal fusion. The implant was debuted in human patients as part of a multicenter trial in Germany.
6. Hao-Hua Wu, MD, performed with first case combining Orthofix’s Mariner deformity system with SMAIO’s KEOPS-4ME planning software and patient-specific K-rods, according to a Feb. 2 LinkedIn post. The Mariner deformity system is a pedicle screw platform with modular, threaded technology, and KEOPS-4ME uses radiographic analysis and 3D reconstruction to plan surgeries.
7. C.J. Kleck, MD, performed the first posterior lumbar spine system using Carlsmed’s aprevo lumbar bilateral posterior system.
8. Aaron Clark, MD, PhD, performed the first case with Carlsmed’s corra cervical plating system. The corra plating system is designed to stabilize the spine during fusions and is made with patient-specific plates.
9. Gregory Poulter, MD, a spine surgeon at Indianapolis-based OrthoIndy, has debutedSurgical Theater’s newly cleared SyncAR Spine platform.
10. The Activ-L lumbar artificial disc is back on the U.S. market under Highridge Medical, and its first cases under the company were completed in February, Scott Blumenthal, MD, told Becker’s.
11. The first clinical cases using VB Spine’s Vulcan Spinal System have been completed, marking the start of the system’s limited market release.
12. Spinal Elements earned FDA 510(k) clearance for its Ventana A anterior lumbar interbody fusion system, and A.J. Rush, MD, debuted the device.
13. Casey Davidson, MD, of the Bone and Joint Institute of Tennessee in Franklin, performed the state’s first case using Intrinsic Therapeutics’ new 6mm Barricaid narrow anchor.
14. Roger Härtl, MD, performed the first fully mixed reality transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion at New York City-based Weill Cornell Medicine. He used mixed reality guidance for pedicle screw placement and augmented reality overlays through a microscope during the decompression.
15. Inova Health in Falls Church, Va., became the first hospital system on the East Coast to use the newly branded ActiveL artificial disc.
16. Daniel Choi, MD, of Spine Medicine & Surgery of Long Island in Ronkonkoma, N.Y., became the first surgeon to use Medtronic’s O-arm system at West Islip, N.Y.-based Good Samaritan University Hospital.
17. Bayan Aghdasi, MD, performed the first spine surgery integrating both Apple Vision Pro and Stryker’s Q navigation in the San Diego region.
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