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The Advocate Brain and Spine Institute at Lutheran General Hospital in Park Ridge, Ill., is the first hospital in the state to offer the Mazor X Robotic Guidance System for spine surgery, the Chicago Tribune reports.

Since its 2017 launch Globus Medical's ExeclsiusGPS has been used to place more than 3,000 screws.

Kyocera's Aquala artificial hip joint surface processing technology earned the "Prize of the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry" during the Japan Institute of Invention and Innovation's 2018 National Invention Awards in Tokyo June 12.

Several schools are exploring new policies following the sexual abuse scandals involving former university athletics team physicians Larry Nassar and Richard Strauss, NBC News reports.

Titan Spine sponsored Back Pain Centers of America's newly launched free e-book, "Critical Factors for Successful Spine Surgery."

Newport Beach, Calif.-based DISC Sports & Spine Center published a guide to treatments for back pain sufferers, including non-surgical and minimally invasive spine surgery options.

Exactech received the Second Place Best Clinical Podium Presentation Award for a research study presented on its ExactechGPS knee application at the International Society for Computer Assisted Orthopaedic Surgery annual meeting in Beijing, China from June 6 to June 9.

The Epstein Family Foundation donated $10 million to enhance sports medicine research and care with the Los Angeles-based University of Southern California Epstein Family Center for Sports Medicine.

Jessee Hunt is the founder and CEO of 4Web Medical, a company that designs 3D-printed titanium implants for the spine, foot and ankle.

Neil Malhotra, MD, led a team to perform the first robot-assisted tumor removal spine surgery at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, CBS Philly reports.