VB Spine acquired exclusive rights to the xvision Spine System platform from Augmedics in April of this year. Augmedics CEO Paul Ziegler framed the sale as sharpening the company’s focus “to expanding our reach into adjacent surgical indications.”
“We are pleased to complete this transaction and continue building on the momentum of our technology portfolio,” said Marc Viscogliosi, co-CEO of VB Spine, speaking on behalf of his brothers, Anthony and John Viscogliosi, in a press release. “The addition of CT-Fluoro technology to xvision reflects our commitment to equipping surgeons with advanced navigation solutions that support a wide range of spine procedures.”
CT-Fluoro technology uses a patient’s preoperative CT scan together with fluoroscopic images from a standard 2D C-arm to support augmented reality (AR) during spine procedures. With xvision, it adds a registration method that expands the imaging options available to surgeons.
“Incorporating CT-Fluoro technology into spine surgery workflows gives more surgeons in more settings the opportunity to adopt AR navigation as a standard for their practice, particularly in regional hospitals and ambulatory surgery centers where traditional intraoperative 3D imaging and navigation systems are cost-prohibitive,” said Frank Phillips of Midwest Orthopedics at Rush University Medical Center and the first surgeon who completed the world’s first AR-navigated minimally invasive spine surgery. “In my own ASC practice, the ability to use AR off a preoperative CT has been game-changing. After two standard intraoperative fluoroscopic images and a minute or two of registration, I’m able to proceed directly with AR-guided surgery.”
VB Spine and Augmedics are working together to facilitate the transition of the technology.
VB Spine was spun out from Stryker and sold to the Viscogliosi Brothers in 2025. The deal gave VB Spine exclusive access to Stryker’s Mako Spine and Copilot robotic technologies for use with its implants.
In January 2026, VB Spine acquired the SpineHawk intraoperative spinal visualization platform from Robotron Surgical Technologies, which Marc Viscogliosi characterized as aligning with VB Spine’s “strategy to expand VB Spine’s portfolio with differentiated technologies that support surgeons in the operating room.”
