Spinal Tech

Xtant Medical appointed Kevin Brandt as chief commercial officer, effective July 9.

After receiving FDA approval earlier this year, NuVasive plans to unveil its XLIF Lordotic Expandable (XLX) Interbody System at the International Meeting on Advanced Spine Techniques, July 11 to 14 in Los Angeles.

The rise of value-based care is placing additional economic pressure on surgeons to deliver the highest standard of treatment for less. Medicrea is focusing its efforts on integrating predictive analytics into a system that actively drives preoperative planning, intraoperative confirmation…

Surgeons are accustomed, in various degrees, to identifying a plan of action for their surgeries. However, there has never been a way to physically manifest the preoperative planning in the operating room, until now.

Here are five key notes for orthopedic and spine device companies in the past week.

Medicrea released its first half and second quarter of 2018 financial results.

A significant number of screws, artificial knees and pacemakers have bacteria or fungi living on them after being implanted in patients, according to a Danish study published in APMIS and reported by the Daily Mail.

Globus Medical added two new systems to its trauma portfolio.

CMS released 2017 Open Payments Data June 29, showing the volume of physicians receiving payments and amount paid out dropped from 2016, according to Policy & Medicine.

SeaSpine appointed Dennis Cirino as senior vice president of spinal systems, effective immediately.