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.

NuVasive posted net sales of $291.8 million in the fourth quarter, a 6 percent decrease compared to the same period in 2019.

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.

NuVasive made its first transaction of 2021, acquiring Simplify Medical in a multimillion dollar deal.

U.K.-based Axis Spine Technologies closed a $3.1 million (£2.2 million) funding round, Finsmes reported Feb. 24.

Ortho Regenerative Technologies has welcomed Patrick O' Donnell, president and CEO of HD LifeSciences, to its board of directors.

From the latest surgical robots receiving FDA approval to a new training program for oblique lateral interbody fusions, here are seven device company updates:

Here's how Medtronic, Stryker and Johnson & Johnson's shares have fluctuated over the last five days.

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.

Spine device company MiRus said Feb. 23 that it will offer a lifetime limited warranty on its Molybdenum-Rhenium superalloy rod technology.

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.

Zimmer Biomet President and CEO Bryan Hanson will replace non-executive chair of the board Larry Glasscock, who is retiring in May.

Here are four devices launched in January:

SeaSpine, a global spine device company based in Carlsbad, Calif., launched a 3D-printed interbody implant system Feb. 22.

The FDA cleared 17 spine devices in January.

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.

For 2020, Globus Medical, developer of the ExcelsiusGPS spine robot, reported net sales increased 0.5 percent to $789 million year over year.

Smith+Nephew reported a double-digit drop in 2020 revenue, but aims to return to top-line growth this year.

Mainstay Medical raised $108 million to fund the launch of its ReActiv8 implant in the U.S. and pursue post-market clinical studies.