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The Tennessee Orthopedic Alliance's 506 employees have been sidelined since March 23, when Gov. Bill Lee signed an executive order barring nonessential procedures during the COVID-19 crisis, Nashville Business Journal reports.

Stryker developed an Emergency Relief Bed for limited release during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to an April 3 announcement.

Ortho Clinical Diagnostics is releasing a SARS-CoV-2 antibody test it expects will be available in a few weeks.

The Spine and Orthopedic Center in Santa Barbara, Calif., is using telemedicine to continue seeing patients during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Santa Barbara News-Press reports.

The masks a Billings, Mont.-based neurosurgeon and dentist designed for 3D printers have gone global, with the open-source software file shared in 148 countries, according to the Billings Gazette.

Medacta reported a sales increase in 2019 and a strong start of the year before the coronavirus pandemic hit.

Rockford-based OrthoIllinois was already building up its telemedicine program before the COVID-19 pandemic hit, but the crisis "fast-forwarded everything," orthopedic surgeon Geoff Van Thiel, MD, told mystateline.com.

In an executive order issued March 19, Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey mandated that providers delay elective surgeries to conserve personal protective equipment for those treating COVID-19 patients.

Here are eight things for spine surgeons to know about the coronavirus this week.

Phoenix-based The CORE Institute is offering orthopedic urgent care services to support COVID-19 relief efforts.