Spinal Tech

Birmingham, Ala.-based Princeton Baptist Medical Center reportedly is the first hospital in the state to implement the Flash navigation system for spine and cranial procedures, CBS affiliate WIAT reported May 14.

Shalby Advanced Technologies, a subsidiary of Mars Medical Devices that is part of the Ahmedabad-based Shalby hospital system, spent $11.45 million to buy California-based Consensus Orthopedics.

The M6-C artificial cervical disc was designed by Spinal Kinetics and acquired by Orthofix in April 2018.

Orthofix has released three- and four-year preliminary outcomes from its M6-C artificial cervical disc single-level clinical trial.

In the first quarter, Bioventus saw year-over-year net income growth and a $45 million acquisition. 

Think Surgical and Ortho Development have received FDA clearance to use Ortho Development's knee system and implants with Think Surgical's total knee active robot system. 

Here are six updates from spine and orthopedic device companies over the last week:

Richard Weiner, MD, a spine surgeon in Dallas, and John Czerwein, MD, a spine surgeon in Providence, R.I. were among the first to debut Life Spine's Trulift expandable spacer system.

Surgalign's gross profit and revenue decreased in the first quarter of this year compared to the same period last year.

Here are six executive appointments from spine and orthopedic device companies in the last two months.