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Hubly Surgical Auto-Stop Drill Receives FDA 510(k) Clearance for Spinal Decompression Surgery: Laminectomy and Laminotomy

LISLE, Ill., Nov. 12, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Hubly Surgical today announced FDA 510(k) clearance expanding Hubly Auto-Stop Drill indications to include spinal decompression procedures. To date, many thousands of neurosurgical patient lives have been saved using Hubly Auto-Stop Drills; the device’s SMART auto-stop halts rotation and prevents forward plunge at the instant of skull penetration, preventing over-drilling into patients’ brains. The new clearance expands use to laminectomy and laminotomy for spinal decompression to drill through the vertebral lamina and protect patients from damage to the spinal cord.

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MedCAD’s AccuStride™ Fixation Plates Receive 510(k) FDA Clearance to Complete Foot and Ankle System Offering

DALLAS, Nov. 6, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Dallas-based MedCAD has been awarded 510(k) FDA clearance for its AccuStride fixation plates, part of a patient-specific solution available to surgeons as a complete foot and ankle (F&A) system. The company received 510(k) FDA clearance for its foot and ankle guides and planning system in March 2025. The AccuStride implant and surgical guide system coupled with the company’s proprietary planning software will enable foot and ankle surgeons to correct multiple related pathologies in a single procedure.

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Patients Enjoying Faster Recoveries thanks to Optimotion Implants

ORLANDO, Fla., Oct. 29, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Optimotion Implants, a medical device company that designs and manufactures total knee replacement implants and associated surgical instrumentation is expanding operations in the Tampa Bay area. Optimotion Implants is the only company in the world utilizing the revolutionary Lateral Approach technique in total knee replacement. Participating surgeons are highly trained on the Lateral Approach which allows them to do what others cannot, leading to better outcomes for patients.

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Onkos Surgical® Receives FDA 510(k) Clearance for ELEOS™ Proximal Tibia with NanoCept® Antibacterial Technology

PARSIPPANY, N.J., Oct. 21, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Onkos Surgical, a leading provider of innovative solutions for complex orthopaedic procedures, announced that it has recently received a 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its ELEOS Proximal Tibia with NanoCept Antibacterial Technology. This marks the first 510(k) clearance for the NanoCept Antibacterial Technology since the original De Novo authorization was granted in April of 2024.

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Centinel Spine® Receives Two-Level FDA Approval for prodisc® C Vivo and prodisc® C SK Match-the-Disc™ Cervical Total Disc Replacement Devices

WEST CHESTER, Pa., Oct. 14, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Centinel Spine®, LLC (“the Company”), the leading global medical device company focused exclusively on treating cervical and lumbar spinal disease with the most complete and clinically-proven total disc replacement (TDR) technology platform in the world (prodisc®), today announced U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Premarket Approval (PMA) for 2-level indications for the prodiscC Vivo and prodisc C SK Cervical TDR devices. Since receiving FDA approval for 1-level indications in July 2022, nearly 20,000 prodiscC Vivo and prodisc C SK spinal levels have been implanted in the U.S. by over 1,100 surgeons.

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