Oxford Performance Materials recently published a study in The Spine Journal comparing the characteristics of 3D-printed PEKK with PEEK and titanium-coated PEEK.

CTL Amedica was recently granted a patent for a screw offset blocking mechanism designed for its Monet anterior cervical fusion system.

German company Evonik recently unveiled its Resomer PrintPowder material to create 3D-printed implants for spine and orthopedics, reports 3D Printing Industry.

German company NGMedical on Feb. 5 reported the first implantations of its Move-C cervical disc prosthesis.

Joshua Rovner, MD, is the first spine surgeon to implant Globus Medical's Hedron IA, a 3D-printed anterior lumbar interbody fusion spacer.

Osseus Fusion Systems on Feb. 4 launched Aries-TS, its 3D-printed transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion device.

Conformis recently sold its 100,000th knee joint replacement implant.

Samuel Joseph Jr., MD, of Tampa-based Joseph Spine Institute recently performed the first procedure with Osseus Fusion Systems' Aries-L Titanium Spinal Implant.

Nexxt Spine continues to make additions to its 3D-printing fleet, installing its seventh laser beam printer.

Orthopedic implant company LimaCorporate is opening two facilities dedicated to 3D printing, according to 3D Printing Media Network.

Spine developer CoreLink recently surpassed 5,000 implants with its 3D-printed Mimetic Metal technology.

OrthoCarolina's first total talus replacement with a 3D-printed implant was recently completed by Kent Ellington, MD.

Orthopedic spine surgeon Edward Smith, MD, performed Mississippi's first surgery using a patient-specific spinal rod implant, according to a Jan. 2 press release from Rush Health Systems.

Startup device company FossiLabs is using a new form of 3D printing to create fully porous PEEK bone-like structures within implantable devices, Medical Plastics News reports.

The next decade of orthopedics will be defined by technologies like 3D printing and robotic navigation systems.

Life Spine received FDA 510(k) clearance Dec. 23 to market its Titanium Stand-Alone ALIF System.

In a 129-patient study, Australian device company Anatomics evaluated the efficacy of its 3D-printed SpineBox kit in transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion procedures, reports 3D Printing Industry.

SeaSpine reported the 25,000th implantation of its NanoMetalene interbody device Dec. 18.

An October study in The Spine Journal compared the in vivo characteristics of RTI Surgical's 3D-printed PEKK Tetrafuse 3D Technology with PEEK and titanium-coated PEEK.

The Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons recently published an article outlining key observations about 3D printing technology.