ODT’s Most-Read Stories This Week—Sept. 10

The North American Spine Society’s 2022 Annual Meeting is a month away, but ODT website visitors are perhaps preparing themselves, as they favored mainly spine-related stories this past week. 

While outshined by lingering interest in Zimmer Biomet Holdings’ exclusive, multi-year co-marketing agreement with Surgical Planning Associates Inc. for commercialization of HipInsight, Life Spine, eCential Robotics, and new startup NANISX LLC each drove traffic with their respective news.

NANISX LLC garnered page views simply by its birth. Formed by KICVentures Group Founder/CEO and orthopedic spine surgeon Kingsley R. Chin, M.D., NANISX will be divided into two ASC divisions: NANISX Pain, focused on interventional pain management, and NANISX Ortho-Neuro. KICVentures Group recently merged its holdings in three of its portfolio companies into NANISX that are already gaining market adoption in outpatient spine surgery: NanoFUSE Biologics, InSpan and Sacrix.

French company eCential Robotics garnered reader interest by earning FDA 510(k) clearance for its 3D imaging, navigation, and robotics guidance system for spine surgery. The system is fully open, meaning it can be used with any manufacturer’s implants. The system is built around a range of Apps currently dedicated to spine surgery, but the company aims to extend the platform to multiple bone surgery applications.

Life Spine, meanwhile, enticed cybervisitors by marking more than 41,000 sales of its Micro Invasive Expandable Implants. 

The only non-spine item to drive website traffic this past week was news that DNA can spot the pathogens responsible for joint infections better than conventional methods. Results in the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery show that next-generation sequencing (NGS) reliably detected “opportunistic” pathogens in approximately two-thirds of culture-negative patients who met ICM PJI infection criteria. The study—which compared standard culture and NGS infection detection technologies—is the largest of its kind, with more than 300 infected participants across top orthopedic institutions that included the Rothman Institute of Orthopedics, Cleveland Clinic, and Rush University Medical Center. 

1. Zimmer Biomet, Surgical Planning Associates to Market THR Mixed Reality System

2. Dr. Kingsley R. Chin Forms New Spine Company NANISX LLC

3. Study Shows DNA Tech Can Help Detect Hip, Knee Implant Infections

4. eCential Robotics’ Spine Surgery Robot Earns FDA Nod

5. Life Spine Celebrates Rapid Adoption of Micro Invasive Expandable Portfolio