Oxford Performance Materials recently published a study in The Spine Journal comparing the characteristics of 3D-printed PEKK with PEEK and titanium-coated PEEK.
German company Evonik recently unveiled its Resomer PrintPowder material to create 3D-printed implants for spine and orthopedics, reports 3D Printing Industry.
Samuel Joseph Jr., MD, of Tampa-based Joseph Spine Institute recently performed the first procedure with Osseus Fusion Systems' Aries-L Titanium Spinal Implant.
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.
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.
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.