From Conmed's $145 million deal to Stryker's orthopedic sale, here are six medtech acquisitions that closed or were announced in the second quarter of 2022.

Medtronic named Lidia Fonseca as an independent director of its board of directors.

DOCS Health in Los Angeles is the first West Coast facility to add Globus Medical's Excelsius3D system.

Medtronic has received FDA 510(k) clearance and breakthrough device designation for its LigaPass 2.0 ligament augmentation system.

The FDA gave an investigational device exemption to spine devicemaker 3Spine.

SeaSpine released its WaveForm C interbody system in a full commercial launch.

A devicemaker's spine surgery milestone and four more updates from medtech companies in the last week:

Inspired Spine reached more than 1,500 oblique lateral lumbar interbody spinal fusion procedures.

Knoxville, Tenn.-based ChoiceSpine is partnering with France-based eCential Robotics to combine their technologies into one system.

From a spine-specific operating table to new navigation systems, here is what to know about five technologies that have recently debuted and cleared or approved by the FDA.

Medical device company Sure Retractors will showcase its new cervical and mini-open retractor during the Becker's Healthcare 19th annual Spine, Orthopedic and Pain Management-Driven ASC Conference June 16-18. 

VisAR, an augmented reality surgical guidance system, received FDA approval for intraoperative spine surgery.

SeaSpine's latest device launch and five more updates from spine medtech companies in the last week:

Accelus promoted three people to its sales team leadership, and all have backgrounds at large devicemakers.

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office gave Aurora Spine a patent for its interlaminar single implant technology for motion preservation or fusion. 

Zimmer Biomet is funding a $1.25 million fellowship grant in partnership with the American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons, the Times Union reported June 9.

Zavation Medical's EZspand lateral cage received FDA clearance.

Stryker opened a new research and development facility at the International Tech Park in Gurgaon, India on June 7.

SeaSpine's WaveForm TO was released in a full commercial launch.

CTL Amedica's honor and four more updates from spine companies in the last week: