Sarasota (Fla.) Memorial Hospital hosted the first U.S. surgery using Signus USA’s VertaConnect spinal implant system. The procedure was performed July 3 by spinal surgeon Ngoc-Lam Nguyen, MD. The VertaConnect system is an expandable transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion implant designed…
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When Paul McAfee, MD, plans a week of spine surgery, he does not do it at a console in the operating room. He does it on his phone. Every cut, every decompression, every screw trajectory, mapped from a kitchen table…
VB Spine has agreed to acquire the exclusive rights to Augmedics’ CT-Fluoro technology for spine applications, expanding its augmented reality navigation portfolio. The acquisition follows VB Spine’s April purchase of the exclusive rights to the Augmedics xvision spine system platform,…
The spine device industry spent the first half of 2026 selling surgeons on smaller, smarter and more autonomous tools. It spent that same six months fielding a harder question from the hospitals buying them: does any of it actually pay…
Spine surgeons see real upside in the newer biologics, from faster fusion to fewer failures and less hardware lucency, but the long-term evidence behind many of these products has not kept pace with their adoption. The osteobiologics category now accounts…
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Elevation Spine’s Saber-C Anterior Cervical Fusion System has surpassed 5,000 implants. The system supports both spike and screw fixation options and offers seven total points of fixation, according to a June 25 news release from Elevation Spine. Saber-C is a…
The first patient worldwide has received Spinal Alignment Solutions’ PI-Rod spinal fixation system, the company said in a June 9 release shared with Becker’s. Micah Smith, MD, performed the procedure in Fort Wayne, Ind. The PI-Rod system features pre-contoured spinal…
Life Spine received FDA 510(k) clearance for its VersaLift Expandable Interbody System, a device designed for transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion and posterior lumbar interbody fusion procedures. The system features a 6-millimeter starting height, which is among the smallest available for…
From navigation tools to surgery systems, here are eight orthopedic and spine systems, devices and implants that have received FDA clearance, as reported by Becker’s since April 27:
Amplio Spine has finalized its acquisition of the KeyLift expandable interlaminar stabilization system from FloSpine and launched national commercialization of the device. The transaction included KeyLift’s intellectual property portfolio, FDA 510(k) clearance, finished inventory and distributor relationships. Financial terms were…