1. A judge for the U.S. District Court of the District of Massachusetts awarded NuVasive $1.6 million in damages after finding a former employee of the devicemaker breached his noncompete and nonsolicitation clauses.
2. ZimVie, Zimmer Biomet’s spine and dental spinoff company, cracked $1 billion in third-party revenue and is on track to see similar results in 2022.
3. Stefan Renaud, DO, performed the first case with Amplify Surgical’s 15-degree lordotic DualX interbody fusion implant.
4. SpineGuard’s PediGuard threaded instrument was cleared by the FDA for anterior approach spine procedures.
5. A third-party payer established positive coverage for one- and two-level lumbar disc replacement with Centinel Spine’s Prodisc L, the devicemaker said April 5.
6. Restor3d, a musculoskeletal devicemaker, raised $23 million to expand the delivery of personalized 3D-printed implants and to develop software for engineers.
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