Spinal Tech

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…