From two spine companies breaking ground on corporate headquarters to spine devices earning international nods, here are seven updates to know from the last week:
1. Spine device company ZygoFix earned a CE mark of approval from the European Union for its minimally invasive screwless spinal fusion system, zLock.
2. Robbie Robinson has been appointed president of Stryker's spine division after 17 years with the company.
3. Orthopedic device maker Exactech has launched a series of updates to its Active Intelligence technologies to help surgeons plan, perform and better predict outcomes in shoulder replacement surgery.
4. Neurosurgeon Joel Siegal, MD, performed the first procedure with Orthofix's 3D-printed implant for posterior lumbar interbody fusions.
5. Medtronic on June 29 broke ground on a 400,000-square-foot innovation campus in Lafayette, Colo.
6. Spine device company Nexxt Spine broke ground on its corporate headquarters expansion in Noblesville, Ind.
7. NuVasive's spine imaging platform, Pulse, received a CE mark of approval from the European Union, the spine device company said June 30.