Spinal Tech

The launch of Zimmer Biomet's spine and dental spinoff and four more key updates from spine devicemakers in the last week:

Regenerative medicine, patient-specific implants and artificial intelligence continue to gather momentum in the spine field, but robotics and augmented reality are the technologies surgeons expect to become more prominent in the next five years.

SurgGenTec's Ion implant received FDA clearance, the devicemaker said March 1.

Spine Care Technologies hired Jonathan Meehan as vice president and head of sales.

Augmented reality in spine surgery is taking off, and its growth could be exponential in the near future. With more and more places adopting the technology, many surgeons have a positive outlook for the technology.

Zimmer Biomet's spine and dental spinoff, ZimVie, completed its separation on schedule March 1.

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.