From newly cleared products and implant studies, here are eight updates from spine and orthopedic medtech companies since April 2.
1. Native Orthopaedics earned FDA clearance for its Native root system powered by Dragonfly technology for meniscus root repair.
2. Medivis earned FDA clearance for its spine navigation platform, ahead of its commercial launch in the U.S. The platform can be used for both orthopedic and neurosurgery, utilizing augmented reality and artificial intelligence to provide surgeons holographic navigation across open and minimally invasive spine procedures.
3. Smith+Nephew and Enhatch, a provider of AI-powered preoperative planning options, partnered with 3D Systems, a 3D printing company. The workflows for Smith+Nephew’s total ankle patient-match guides, which are managed through Enhatch’s portal, will use 3D Systems’ designed guides during total ankle replacement procedures.
4. A new study found that Aurora Spine’s SiLO TFX sacroiliac fusion system saw stronger outcomes compared to traditional posterolateral transosseous techniques. SiLO TFX is a minimally invasive system with a transfixing-cone, an ilium screw, a sacrum screw and associated instrumentation.
5. Surgical technology company Proprio earned its second major FDA 510(k) clearance to include intraoperative measurements for its Paradigm platform.
6. OrthoPediatrics launched its VerteGlide system for scoliosis. The new spinal growth guidance system is the company’s 80th launch and is used for early onset scoliosis.
7. Ventris Medical earned FDA clearance to use its Backpack bone graft in intervertebral disc space.
8. Spine Wave released its Tempest demineralized cortical fibers in a full-market release. Tempest is made entirely of human allograft cortical bone with osteoconductive and osteoinductive potential.
