Spinal Tech

The global orthopedic devices market report is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate of 3 percent between 2017 and 2024, based on a MarketStudyReport.com analysis, according to medGadget.

Cambridge, Mass.-based MIT's Center for Extreme Bionics is launching a five-year project to create advanced bionics, according to Futurism.

The FDA approved Medtronic's Intellis platform.

A Transparency Market Research report analyzed the vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty market, according to Find Market Research.

TransEnterix submitted the FDA request for additional information to receive clearance for the company’s Senhance Surgical Robotic System.

Asif Ilyas, MD, of Philadelphia-based The Rothman Institute, became the first surgeon to use Globus Medical's Anthem Distal Radius Fracture System to treat traumatic wrist fractures.

Here are 10 key notes on orthopedic and spine device companies from the past week.

Steven Yang, MD, of BrizBrain and Spine in Australia became the first surgeon in the country to perform disc replacement surgery using AxioMed's visceolastic Freedom Lumbar Disc.

Xtant Medical received FDA clearance for product line extensions for the Irix-A interbody spacer.

Lawrence Dickinson, MD; Jeffrey Randall, MD; and Ronnie Mimran, MD, of Pacific Brain and Spine Medical Group in Castro Valley, Calif., are the first neurosurgeons in Northern California to undergo training in the BrightMatter Neurosurgical Robotic System.