Johnson & Johnson reported orthopedic sales dropped 1.6 percent year-over-year during the second quarter to $2.2 billion. But the company remains excited about technology and robotics for the future, according to Executive Vice President and CFO Joe Wolk and Vice President of Investor Relations Chris DelOrefice, who spoke during the company's second quarter earnings call.

Dover, Del.-based Bayhealth Hospital, Kent Campus installed Globus Medical's ExcelciusGPS robotic guidance and navigation system for spine surgery, reports Sussex Countian.

NuVasive launched its Pulse system, which is designed to feature multiple technologies to assist surgeons in adopting more efficient and less disruptive surgical methods in spine procedures.

Revenues from Intuitive Surgical's da Vinci system could reach $1.5 billion by 2021, according to a Trefis market research report.

The global orthopedic surgical robots market will be valued at more than $4.1 billion by the end of 2029, according to a Persistence Market Research report.

Fusion Robotics closed a financing round with investments from former NuVasive CEO Alex Lukianov and Kevin Foley, MD.

MiRus, a medical device company focusing on spine and orthopedic devices, acquired a 50,000-square-foot facility to dramatically increase production.

Medtronic, Globus Medical, Zimmer Biomet and NuVasive all have spinal robotic technology either on the market or set to launch later this year.

Smith & Nephew acquired an optical tracking technology company to enhance its robotic platform.

TransEnterix's robot-assisted surgery device, Senhance Surgical System, has been cleared by Japanese regulators.

Mazor reported a 1.1 percent decrease in fourth quarter spine revenue, but when combined with the spine division of the brain therapies capital equipment, including Mazor X, spine revenues were up 5.6 percent.

Circleville, Ohio-based Adena Health System is planning its largest main campus expansion to date: a $70 million robotics and orthopedic center, the Circleville Herald reports.

Globus Medical reported its U.S. spine business grew by more than 8 percent, adjusting for the negative impact of its biologics business, and the international spine business was up 25 percent in the first quarter of 2019. 

Novant Health's orthopedic program includes 55 surgeons and musculoskeletal service providers dedicated to growing the program.

Dave Anderson, vice president and General Manager of Enabling Technologies at medical device company Medtronic, reveals how the Mazor X Stealth surgical robot can improve spine surgery outcomes, according to The Robot Report.

UnityPoint Health - Methodist Medical Center in Peoria, Ill., installed the new Mazor X Stealth Edition Spinal Robot that will increase the precision of spinal fusions, reports GateHouse Media affiliate Journal Star.

Zimmer Biomet reported net sales dropped 0.7 percent in the first quarter, but CEO Bryan Hanson was optimistic about several aspects of the company heading into the future.

Mike Lobinsky, CEO of EOS imaging, discusses the key trends in the orthopedic imaging space and where EOS is headed in the next year.

Despite reporting worldwide declining sales for the first quarter of 2019, Johnson & Johnson executives were optimistic about the future of orthopedics during the financial progress conference call, as transcribed by Seeking Alpha.

Smith & Nephew is moving its Pittsburgh location to a new site, opening a research and development as well as education training facility for robotics in 2020, according to The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.