3D printing is growing in the spine device space, and companies have been capitalizing on the technology in recent months.
Here are six notes on 3D-printed devices so far this year:
1. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office provided Camber Spine a notice of allowance for its Spira Lateral 3.0 interbody fusion implant.
2. SeaSpine, a global spine device company based in Carlsbad, Calif., launched a 3D-printed interbody implant.
3. The FDA provided clearance for Orthofix's Construx Mini Ti Spacer System, a 3D-printed device designed for anterior cervical discectomy and fusion.
4. SeaSpine's 3D-printed WaveForm TO transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion system was released in a limited commercial launch.
5. The FDA gave 510(k) clearance for Orthofix's 3D-printed Forza Ti TLIF spacer system.
6. Spinal Elements got FDA 510(k) clearance for its Lucent 3D interbody device.