Spinal Tech

UC San Diego Health invested in robotic technology for spine surgery, according to a Newswise report.

The robotic surgical systems market will undergo significant growth in the next decade, and Intuitive Surgical will be the company to beat, according to The Motley Fool.

Spine surgery solutions provider Alphatec Holdings promoted David Sponsel to executive vice president of sales and secured $30 million in financing.

SI-Bone received FDA clearance for a new device, the iFuse Bedrock technology, according to a press release published by Seeking Alpha.

NuVasive's manufacturing facility in West Carrollton, Ohio, achieved several milestones in 2018 and plans to continue building upon those wins, General Manager Dale Wolf told the Dayton Business Journal.

Members of the U.S. House of Representatives are making another attempt to repeal the 2.3 percent medical device excise tax levied with ACA implementation, according to The Journal Gazette.

Medacta celebrated its 20th anniversary this week.

Plano-based Texas Back Institute researchers found Centinel Spine's ProDisc-C device is generally safe for use in spine surgery procedures, Spinal News International reports.

NuVasive will introduce new technology for lateral single-position spine surgery.

A federal jury convicted four physicians and three others in a $40 million bribery and kickback scheme related to a physician-owned hospital in Texas; now, the Assistant U.S. Attorney Katherine Pfeifle requested the physicians be taken into custody, according to…