Orthofix posted $464.5 million in 2021 net sales, up 14 percent compared with 2020, and aims to continue its growth trajectory over the next couple of years.

Globus Medical, Smith+Nephew and NuVasive saw revenue increases in the fourth quarter of 2021.

Brad Prybis, MD, a surgeon at Carrollton, Ga.-based Tanner Medical Center, performed the first case with 4Web Medical's hyperlordotic lateral implant with Truss technology.

NuVasive's Pulse integrated spine surgery system launched in summer 2021, with the first commercial cases performed in July in Ohio and Texas.

Medtronic is allowing spine devicemaker Autocam Medical to lease its space in Warsaw, Ind., Ink Free News reported Feb. 24.

NuVasive saw increases in fourth-quarter and full-year revenue in 2021, according to financial results posted Feb. 23.

Motion-preserving devices are one of the most exciting technologies being developed in spine surgery. Cervical disc arthroplasty has taken off in recent years, with long-term data continuing to impress and lumbar artificial disc replacement also gathering momentum.

Here are six updates from spine device companies in the last week:

OrthoPediatrics has reached 1,000 cases completed with the Firefly pedicle screw navigation guides.

Stryker has completed its $3.1 billion acquisition of Vocera Communications, the devicemaker said Feb. 23.

About 60 percent of Medtronic's businesses held or won market share in the third quarter of fiscal year 2022, including the company's spine and cranial technologies, CEO Geoff Martha said during a Feb. 22 earnings call, as transcribed by Seeking Alpha.

Medical device company Implanet said its Origin cervical plate has now been used in surgeries completed in the U.S.

DeGen Medical has launched the first 3D-printed spinal implant made with Puri-Ti technology.

VySpine is partnering with Oxford Performance Materials to develop a spine implant line with poly-ether-ketone-ketone technology.

Despite the COVID-19 pandemic's effect on the spine industry, innovation and mergers and acquisitions activity continues to pick up steam among medtech companies in 2022.

Smith+Nephew reported a 14 percent increase in revenue for 2021 in its year-end financial results released Feb. 22.  

Medtronic saw increases in its worldwide revenue and neuroscience sales during the third quarter of fiscal year 2022, according to financial results posted Feb. 22.

Safe Orthopaedics has partnered with Brainlab to create navigable surgical tools, the devicemaker said Feb. 21.

Gramercy Extremity Orthopedics' distal fibular ankle fracture plating system and multi-application extremity plating system received FDA approval, the devicemaker said Feb. 21.

Globus Medical saw $250 million in sales in the fourth quarter of 2021 and $958.1 million in full-year sales, according to financial results posted Feb. 17.