Devicemaker Empirical Spine initiated the premarket approval process for use of the LimiFlex paraspinous tension band with a decompression for patients suffering from degenerative spondylolisthesis with lumbar spinal stenosis.
Device company Aurora Spine said Feb. 24 that it received loan proceeds of $350,140 under the second round of the Paycheck Protection Program, as part of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act.
Medtronic Chair and CEO Geoff Martha was optimistic about sales of its spine surgery robot increasing in the coming year during the company's Feb. 23 third-quarter conference call, as transcribed by The Motley Fool.
From the latest surgical robots receiving FDA approval to a new training program for oblique lateral interbody fusions, here are seven device company updates:
Medtronic saw sales growth in its Mazor robotics, O-arm imaging and Midas-Rex devices, but an overall decrease in its cranial and spinal technologies revenue during the third quarter.
The FDA approved two Brainlab surgical robots: the Loop-X Mobile Imaging Robot and Cirq, a robotic surgical system for spine procedures, the company announced Feb. 22.
Device company Camber Spine is launching a multicity surgical training series for oblique lateral interbody fusion, beginning Feb. 27 at the Miami Anatomical Research Institute.