Aurora Spine posted its highest first-quarter revenue in its history, according to financial results released by the devicemaker May 24.

The former CFO and top scientist of DiscGenics are suing the spinal medtech company for alleged misconduct from top leadership.

Spinal Simplicity, the devicemaker behind the minimally invasive Minuteman procedure, hired a senior principal scientist.

Accelus' Toro-L interbody fusion system was cleared by the FDA.

The first spine surgeries with Globus Medical's Excelsius3D three-in-one imaging have been completed with the ExcelsiusGPS robot, the company said May 18.

CTL Amedica was recently granted FDA 510(k) clearance for its Navigation Instrument System. 

Medtronic finalizes a $1.1 billion acquisition and five more updates from spine and orthopedic device companies in the last week:

Zimmer Biomet Executive Vice President and CFO Suketu Upadhyay was elected to Vertex's board of directors.

Viseon's MaxView intraoperative spinal imaging system surpassed 1,000 cases in the U.S., the company said May 18.

Hartford (Conn.) Healthcare added the Prodisc L artificial disc to its services.

CMS has granted its new technology add-on payment to SI-Bone's iFuse Bedrock Granite implant, which received the FDA's breakthrough device designation in November and is designed for sacroiliac fusion and sacropelvic fixation.

Zimmer Biomet appointed Paul Stellato as vice president, controller and chief accounting officer.

Stryker, Johnson & Johnson and Zimmer Biomet all saw first-quarter revenue increases. The devicemakers also saw overall growth in their spine and orthopedic segments year over year.

Synchron, a company developing brain implants, has begun clinical trials in humans ahead of Elon Musk's Neuralink.

Medtronic completed its acquisition of Intersect ENT.

Amplify Surgical recently completed the first training on the dualPortal endoscopic technique.

The first spine surgery in Connecticut using Augmedics' XVision system and the Airo TruCT Mobile Imaging System was performed at the UConn Health Spine Center in Farmington.

Accelus' TiHawk 11 interbody device was cleared by the FDA.

ZimVie's first-quarter spine sales and six more updates from spine device companies in the last week:

Globus Medical on May 10 posted $230.5 million in sales during the first quarter of 2022.