Zimmer wins FDA clearance for updated knee robot
November 17, 2025
Competing with companies including Stryker and J&J, Zimmer has moved to strengthen its position by developing an updated robot.
Competing with companies including Stryker and J&J, Zimmer has moved to strengthen its position by developing an updated robot.
FLOWOOD, Miss., Nov. 15, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Zavation Medical Products, LLC (“Zavation”), a leading innovator in spinal device technology, announces the first successful implantations of the Varisync® ALIF NanoPrime™ System, a next-generation stand-alone ALIF system featuring Zavation’s proprietary titanium ion bond technology.
WARSAW, Ind., Nov. 14, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. (NYSE and SIX: ZBH), a global medical technology leader, today announced U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) clearance of ROSA® Knee with OptimiZe™, an enhanced version of its ROSA® Knee System that offers a more customized experience for surgeons to help deliver accurate and reproducible outcomes1 in robotic-assisted total knee replacement surgery.
The company will introduce the headset at the North American Spine Society Annual Meeting in the US on 14 November.
ALTSTÄTTEN, Switzerland and BOSTON, Nov. 13, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — icotec, the pioneer of implantable devices made from BlackArmor® Engineered Carbon/PEEK, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared the CMORE® CT System for use in the cervicothoracic spine.
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.
There’s a new tool in the hands of surgeons making waves in the world of hip arthroscopy.
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.
Microbot Medical (Nasdaq:MBOT) announced today that it began the U.S. commercial launch of its Liberty endovascular surgical robot.
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.