Author: Carly Behm

ZKR Orthopedics earned the FDA's Breakthrough Device Designation for its LIFT implant technology for knee care, according to an Oct. 9 news release. 

Anchorage-based OrthoAlaska suffered a data breach that affected 176,203 individuals, JD Supra reported Oct 6.

DePuy Synthes, Johnson and Johnson's orthopedic company, earned FDA 510(k) clearance for the TriALTIS spine system.

Bethesda, Md.-based Centers for Advanced Orthopaedics added the PatientIQ platform for outcomes data collection and analysis, according to an Oct. 5 news release. 

Artificial intelligence may impact orthopedics in many ways. It may be used to read X-rays, plan surgery, make diagnosis and "read" charts and literature using natural language processing.

Here are five developments in sacroiliac joint spine devices since June 1.

Here are eight places that added spine and orthopedic robots in the third quarter of 2023:

Medtronic named Paolo Di Vincenzo as president of the company's neuromodulation business starting Oct. 30.

Amid economic headwinds, spine surgeons are exploring different ways to reduce costs in their practices.

Andrew Hecht, MD, is chief of spine surgery at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City.