Spinal Tech

Stryker has expanded MakoSmartRobotics across the VA hospital network, the company said Nov. 4.

Synthes GMBH, Johnson & Johnson's orthopedics company, has acquired 100 percent of OrthoSpin, an Israel-based robotics company.

From leadership changes to financial results, here are seven updates from spine and orthopedic device companies in the last week:

SeaSpine's Mariner MIS Wayfinder system is available in a limited launch, the devicemaker said Nov. 1.

Antonia Chen, MD, a surgeon at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, performed the nation's first total knee replacement with Pixee Medical's Knee+ augmented reality system, the company said in a Nov. 2 news release. The French company's surgery technology…

Kalamazoo, Mich.-based medical device company Stryker is closing its Lakeland, Fla., production facility over the next two years and laying off 532 employees, according to a Nov. 1 Business Observer report.

Medtech company SeaSpine reported $46.4 million in third-quarter revenue, a 7.5 percent increase compared to the third quarter of 2020 and a 16.4 percent increase for the same period in 2019.

Smith+Nephew introduced the Legion Conceloc cementless total knee system Nov. 2.

A jury found devicemaker Nevro infringed on two of Boston Scientific's patents related to spinal cord stimulation.

Despite COVID-19 spikes during the third quarter that delayed elective surgeries, medical technology company Stryker saw continued demand for its surgical robots and progress with its Wright Medical integration.