Spinal Tech

Xtant Medical appointed Ronald Berlin as vice president and COO, effective Jan. 1.

Within the spine surgery products market, spinal fusion devices hold 58 percent of the market share, according to a GYResearch report.

Digital surgery company HoloSurgical performed its first spine procedure with the company's augmented reality and artificial intelligence-based surgical navigation system ARAI.

Globus Medical issued its preliminary 2018 fourth quarter and full-year financial results.

At Nottingham Trent University in England, researchers developed a new robotic system to "semi-autonomously" operate on vertebrae, according to CNBC.

The FDA cleared 36 orthopedic- and spine-related devices in December 2018.

After Medtronic CEO Omar Ishrak gave a presentation at the 37th JP Morgan Healthcare conference in San Francisco Jan. 7, a Barclays analyst lowered her price target, according to CNBC.

Medtronic recalled the Synergy Cranial Software and Stealth Station S7 Cranial Software.

Integra LifeSciences signed an agreement to develop a short stem and stemless shoulder system.

CMS issued new Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System codes for Relievant Medsystems' Intracept Procedure, effective Jan. 1.