NuVasive Inc. (NSDQ:NUVA) rode a nearly 50 percent increase in 2009 sales to turn a $27 million loss in 2008 into a $5 million profit last year.
The San Diego-based company, which is developing what it calls “minimally disruptive” spine surgery techniques, said its sales for the three months ended Dec. 31, 2009, were $107 million, a 43 percent increase from the $75 million the company posted for the fourth quarter of 2008.