Stryker to close Florida facility, Smith+Nephew's new knee system & more: 7 device company notes

Spinal Tech

From leadership changes to financial results, here are seven updates from spine and orthopedic device companies in the last week:

1. Jan De Witte was named Integra LifeSciences' new president and CEO.

2. Stryker shared its third-quarter financial results, including a 16.1 percent jump in orthopedic sales. Read details from the report here, and read takeaways from the earnings call here.

3. Smith+Nephew introduced the Legion Conceloc cementless total knee system.

4. SeaSpine reported $46.4 million in third-quarter revenue, a 7.5 percent increase compared with the third quarter of 2020 and a 16.4 percent increase from  the same period in 2019.

5. Stryker is closing its Lakeland, Fla., production facility over the next two years and laying off 532 employees.

6. Antonia Chen, MD, a surgeon at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, performed the nation's first total knee replacement with Pixee Medical's Knee+ augmented reality system.

7. SeaSpine's Mariner MIS Wayfinder system became available in a limited launch.

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