Spinal Tech

Vuze Medical's spine imaging system received patents in China, Europe and the U.S., according to a March 8 news release.

CoreLink's Fusation cervical anchor received FDA 510(k) clearance, the devicemaker said March 8.

Frank Vizesi, PhD, has been appointed chief scientific officer of SeaSpine after seven years with the company.

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?

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.

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.