Spine device company NuVasive posted a $2.7 million loss in the fourth quarter of 2012, an improvement from the same time frame in 2011 when the company lost $10 million.

Salt Lake City-based Amedica received a patent for its artificial disc implant that uses its proprietary Silicon Nitride ceramic material.

San Francisco-based SpineGuard has received approval from the Russian healthcare agency to market its PediGuard device in Russia.

Tel Aviv-based Premia Spine has developed an implant to treat spinal disorders without fusion, according to Reuters.

Zimmer Spine launched its Zimmer DTO 5.5 System for disc degeneration with fusion and non-fusion treatments.

The FDA approved Surgical Theater’s Selman Surgery Rehearsal Platform, one of the only patented and approved platforms for cerebral and spine pre-surgery rehearsal, according to Today’s Medical Developments.

Here are seven things for spinal surgeons to know for Feb. 21, 2013.

St. Louis-based ulrich medical USA released its flamenco Universal Spinal Fixation System for decompression and stabilization of thoracic and lumbosacral spine in U.S. markets.

An independent study of 168 patients suffering from vertebral compression fractures was conducted to compare the efficacy of the KIVA VCF Treatment System by Benvenue Medical and balloon kyphoplasty, according to the article published in Spine.

Medical device company Medtronic's third quarter fiscal year 2013 net earnings increased by 5.7 percent over the same period in 2012 to $988 million, due in part to growth in cardiac and restorative therapies technology.