From quarterly financial updates to new FDA clearances, here are seven developments from spine and orthopedic medtech companies since July 17.
1. Smith+Nephew earned 501(k) clearance from the FDA for its Catalystem Primary Hip System.
2. Johnson & Johnson posted its second quarter financial results which included $2.3 billion in orthopedic sales, up 2.1% year-over-year.
3. ECential Robotics, a company specializing in surgical robots to improve bone surgery outcomes, named Clément Vidal as its new CEO.
4. ECential Robotics earned FDA 510(k) clearance for a device to help plan and instrument spinal fusions.
5. Think Surgical earned FDA 510(k) clearance for its Tmini 1.1 software for knee replacements.
6. Centinel Spine posted its financial results for the second quarter. Read more here.
7. Alphatec launched EOS Insight, an end-to-end platform for spine surgery.