Additive manufactured titanium spinal implant surfaces may create a more osteogenic environment than titanium plasma spray-coated surfaces, according to a study in the International Journal of Spine Surgery.

Greg Kowalczyk is the president of Additive Orthopaedics.

Innovasis launched the TxHA transforaminal interbody fusion device.

Nanovis entered a licensing agreement with Reno-based University of Nevada to receive a patent for its nanotechnology implant.

Amedica Corporation received a U.S. patent for its silicon nitride technology.

4WEB Medical reported double-digit growth compared to this time last year in revenue, users, cases and units sold of its Lateral Spine Truss System.

Captiva Spine earned FDA 510(k) clearance for its TirboLOX-L 3D-Printed Titanium Lumbar Cages.

Vallum Co. received FDA clearance for its PEEKplus nanotextured surface for spinal interbody fusion devices.

Eden Spine received FDA 510(k) clearance for its titanium Sphynx implant.

Nanovis generated $5.5 million during a funding round managed by Commenda Securities.

Emerging Implant Technologies is a spinal fusion technology company.

An article in Advanced Materials highlighted applications for titanium fiber plates in bone repair.

A study in The Spine Journal identified risk factors associated with cage migration and cage retropulsion following transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion.

Stelios Koutsoumbelis, MD, was among the surgeons who completed the first cases using Centinel Spine's FLX Platform of 3D-printed titanium interbody devices.

Osseus Fusion Systems earned FDA 510(k) clearance for five 3D-printed, titanium lumbar interbody fusion devices, according to TCT Magazine.

Tarek Elalayli, MD, was the first surgeon to perform a spinal fusion using Amedica's Valeo C+CSC with Lumen Interbody Fusion Device.

CoreLink received FDA clearance to market its Foundation 3D Anterior Lumbar Interbody device.

Christopher Dale, MD, used a custom, 3D-printed implant for a knee replacement surgery at Aurora Medical Center in Summit, Wis., according to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

Invibio Biomaterial Solutions' partnership with Beijing-based Fule Science & Technology Development developed a new hybrid PEEK-titanium expandable cage.

Vadodara, India-based orthopedic surgeon Dr. Rajiv Shah performed the world's first 3D-printed talus replacement in an orthopedic trauma patient, 3Dprint.com reports.