Stratasys introduced its J750 Digital Anatomy 3D Printer to help improve orthopedic surgical preparedness and training, reports Thomas Net.

Here are seven key developments in 3D printing for spine and orthopedics.

Spine surgeon Steven Garfin, MD, joined the board of directors at 3D printing company PrinterPrezz.

Thinking Robot Studios, a Nova Scotia, Canada-based 3D printing company, is planning to open a $84 million manufacturing plant in Buffalo, N.Y., reports Buffalo News.

DePuy Synthes launched its new Conduit Interbody Platform at the North American Spine Society meeting, Sept. 25-28 in Chicago.

Precision ADM recently received private investment from two 3D printing veterans, Andy Christensen and Joe Allison, reports 3D Printing Industry.

Andy Christensen, former founder and president of 3D printing company Medical Modeling, joined the board of directors at Precision ADM.

Fort Wayne, Ala.-based DeKalb Orthopedics & Sports Medicine recently partnered with biomedical startup ActivArmorTM in an initiative that will bring the company's 3D-printed casts and splints to the practice, reports Times-Journal.

Spine surgeons at Barrow Neurological Institute in Phoenix use 3D-printed models of patients' spines to practice procedures prior to surgery, reports WFMZ.

Orthopedic surgeons Amiethab Aiyer, MD, and Stephen Quinnan, MD, recently performed an ankle replacement with a 3D-printed talus bone at the University of Miami (Fla.) Miller School of Medicine.

Global Regenerative Group partnered with Kanfit3D to distribute its medical devices in the U.S., Eastern Europe, Russia and the Balkans.

Evonik Venture Capital invested in Meditool, a Chinese 3D printing company creating implants for spine and neurosurgery, reports European Plastic Product Manufacturer.

NuVasive launched Modulus Cervical, a porous titanium interbody implant for cervical spine applications.

Orthopedic device company MedShape launched its DynaNail Mini platform for subtalar fusion.

Nexxt Spine launched its Lordotic TLIF Oblique interbody.

Orthopedic and spine surgeons are working with axial3D to install an in-house 3D printing facility to serve hospitals in Newcastle, England, reports 3D Printing Media Network.

NuVasive launched Modulus TLIF-A, a porous titanium spine implant for use in transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion procedures.

Researchers at the Barrow Neurological Institute in Phoenix are 3D printing replicas of patients' spines to allow surgeons to practice complex procedures, reports Fox 10 Phoenix.

Nanovis launched its bioceramic nanotube enhanced FortiCore interbodies.

ZygoFix's 3D-printed implant for spinal fusions zLOCK was one of the 10 winners at the 2019 MassChallenge startup competition, according to The Jerusalem Post.