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Articles for Commercial Affiliates

The following articles are available to NASS members and Commercial Affiliates, covering topics related to innovation, product development, and more.

June 2026

How Digital Technologies Are Reshaping Spine Care

Digital technologies are increasingly changing how spine care is delivered, evaluated, and commercialized. While innovation in spine surgery has traditionally focused on implants and instrumentation, the field now includes robotics, artificial intelligence (AI), predictive analytics, navigation systems, and software-driven surgical platforms. These technologies are contributing to broader shifts toward data-driven decision-making, workflow optimization, and procedural standardization across healthcare.
June 2026

Intellectual Property in Spine MedTech: Building and Protecting Competitive Advantage

Intellectual property (IP) is one of the most important strategic assets in spine MedTech. Beyond protecting inventions, IP influences company valuation, investor interest, partnership opportunities, and long-term competitive positioning. In an increasingly competitive industry, strong intellectual property strategies help companies protect innovation while creating meaningful barriers to entry.
June 2026

What Startups Get Wrong About Hospitals

Many spine startups assume that strong technology and FDA clearance will naturally lead to hospital adoption. In practice, hospital systems evaluate technologies through a much broader framework that includes financial impact, workflow implications, operational feasibility, and long-term strategic priorities. As a result, many promising technologies struggle not because the science is weak, but because innovators misunderstand how health systems make decisions.
April 2026

The 4 Dimensions of Value in Spine Innovation

As healthcare systems move toward value-based care models, demonstrating the value of new spine technologies has become increasingly important. Hospitals, payers, surgeons, and patients each define value differently, creating a complex environment for companies to navigate.
April 2026

The Role of Strategic Partnerships in Spine MedTech: Collaborating for Innovation and Growth

Innovation in spine technology rarely happens in isolation. While individual companies may drive product development, meaningful progress across the field is often the result of collaboration between multiple stakeholders including device manufacturers, surgeons, research institutions, distributors, investors, and large MedTech organizations.
April 2026

From Clearance to Adoption: Why Great Spine Technologies Still Struggle in the Market

For many companies, FDA clearance or approval feels like the finish line. In reality, it is only the starting point of the most unpredictable phase of innovation: market adoption. History across healthcare, and spine in particular, shows that technically strong products do not automatically succeed commercially.