Stryker has acquired 46 companies in its 81-year history, including 14 in the last five years. Its most recent acquisition, Vocera Communications, was finalized in February for $3.1 billion. But what does Stryker have planned for the health IT company?
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Louisiana neurosurgeon Sebastian Koga, MD, has completed the world's first surgeries using Aurora Spine Corp.'s Dexa-C implant, the devicemaker said March 3.
SeaSpine has launched its NorthStar cervical facet fusion and Flash Navigation lumbar facet fusion devices.
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.
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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.