One-year data on a spinal facet replacement system and four more updates from spine devicemakers in the last week:
1. One-year data published in Clinical Spine Surgery found Premia Spine's Tops facet replacement system was effective across all patient-reported outcome measures.
2. DePuy Synthes received FDA 510(k) clearance for its minimally invasive spine platform, Teligen.
3. The first surgical cases with Life Spine's ProLift Micro endoscopic expandable spacer system were completed.
4. Genesys Spine enrolled the first two patients in a study for the SIros system.
5. Medtronic plans to separate its combined patient monitoring and respiratory interventions businesses, which are part of the company's medical surgical portfolio.