Tag: TLIF

Theradaptive secures US FDA approval to begin enrolment in Phase I/II...

Theradaptive has gained approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its investigational device exemption (IDE) submission to begin enrolling patients into...

Cerapedics files final module of PMA application for new P-15 peptide...

Cerapedics has today announced that it has filed the final module in a premarket approval (PMA) application with the US Food and Drug Administration...

TOPS facet joint replacement demonstrates significant improvements versus fusion in IDE...

Premia Spine has announced the publication of two-year outcomes from the TOPS facet joint replacement system’s clinical trial in the Journal of Neurosurgery Spine, which...
minimally invasive surgery

Unilateral pedicle screw fixation as effective as bilateral for TLIF, new...

Unilateral pedicle screw fixation (UPSF) is just as effective as bilateral pedicle screw fixation (BPSF) in transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (TLIF) and may even...

AR has the potential to improve workflow for minimally invasive transforaminal...

Augmented reality (AR) has the ability to improve the surgical workflow during minimally invasive transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (MIS-TLIF) procedures, new research, published in...

NuVasive launches Tube System and Excavation Micro for posterior spine surgery

NuVasive has announced the commercial launch of the NuVasive Tube System (NTS) and Excavation Micro, a new minimally invasive surgery (MIS) system that the...
Life Spine receives approval from FDA

Life Spine announces FDA 510(k) clearance for its GHOST 3D-printed titanium...

Life Spine has received clearance from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to market the GHOST 3D-printed titanium spacer system, which includes new...

Unilateral pedicle screw fixation with TLIF can achieve similar results to...

Transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (TLIF) is an appropriate procedure for the treatment of lumbar foraminal stenosis (LFS) and, with balanced intervertebral support using a...

SeaSpine announces full commercial launch of the WaveForm TA interbody system

SeaSpine has announced the full commercial launch of the WaveForm TA (transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion articulating) interbody system. The WaveForm TA Interbody isystem is...

Kleiner Device Labs completes first surgery with KG2 Surge flow-thru interbody...

Kleiner Device Labs has announced that its new KG2 Surge flow-thru interbody system was used in its first surgical procedure. Anders Cohen performed a...

Nexus Spine announces beta launch of Stable-C cervical interbody system with...

Nexus Spine has announced the beta launch of its Stable-C cervical interbody fusion implants featuring integrated anchoring blades. The limited release adds to the company’s growing...

SeaSpine announces full commercial launch of the WaveForm TO 3D-printed interbody...

SeaSpine has announced the full commercial launch of its 3D-printed WaveForm TO (transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion oblique) interbody system which has been designed...

SeaSpine announces full commercial launch of Explorer TO expandable interbody system

SeaSpine has announced the full commercial launch of its Explorer TO (TLIF Oblique) expandable interbody system. The system provides a posterior interbody solution that offers two...

Accelus launches TiHawk7 expandable interbody cage to support endoscopic and MIS...

Accelus has announced both the launch and first procedures performed utilising its TiHawk7 expandable interbody cage—the latest addition to its FlareHawk interbody fusion system portfolio...

Cerapedics completes enrolment of pivotal IDE study for P-15L bone graft

Cerapedics has announced that it has completed enrolment of the ASPIRE study—a pivotal US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) investigational device exemption (IDE) study—which...

Cortical bone trajectory technique shows “remarkable superiority” compared with traditional trajectory...

The use of the cortical bone trajectory (CBT) technique has not only shown similar intra-pedicular accuracy compared to traditional trajectory (TT) but also “remarkable...

Long-term outcomes for minimally invasive TLIF in elderly patients are comparable...

Elderly patients undergoing minimally invasive (MIS) transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (TLIF) not only had similar perioperative outcomes compared to younger patients, but also achieved...

Lateral lumbar interbody fusion is associated with lower adjacent segment motion...

The choice of lumbar interbody fusion approach influences adjacent segment motion in a cadaveric model, according to new research published in the journal Spine,...
Life Spine receives approval from FDA

Life Spine receives FDA 510(k) clearance for ProLift micro expandable spacer...

Life Spine has received clearance from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to market the ProLift micro Expandable Spacer System. ProLift micro is designed...

Camber Spine launches SPIRA-P and SPIRA-T implants for national distribution

Camber Spine has initiated the full US launch of its SPIRA-P posterior lumbar spacer and SPIRA-T oblique posterior lumbar spacer devices. News of launch comes...

Camber Spine receives FDA clearance for SPIRA-P and SPIRA-T lumbar spacer...

Camber Spine has received US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) clearance for both its SPIRA-P posterior lumbar spacer technology and SPIRA-T oblique posterior...

High BMI has ‘no significant effect’ on outcomes following minimally invasive...

A high body mass index (BMI) has no significant bearing on functional and clinical outcomes for patients treated by minimally invasive transforaminal lumbar interbody...
Life Spine receives approval from FDA

Life Spine completes first surgical cases with TRULIFT Expandable Spacer System

Life Spine has announced the completion of the first surgeries with the TRULIFT Expandable Spacer System–a micro-invasive technology for use in transforaminal lumbar interbody...

SeaSpine announces full commercial launch of the Reef TO TLIF oblique interbody system 

SeaSpine has announced the full commercial launch of the Reef TO transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (TLIF) oblique interbody system.  According to a company press release, the Reef TO interbody system is designed for posterior lumbar interbody procedures and...

Spinal Elements receives FDA clearance for Lucent XP-Curved expandable TLIF device

Spinal Elements has announced that it has received clearance from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its Lucent XP-Curved expandable interbody device....

First surgical use of TheraFuze DBF Fiber Bullets in an interbody...

TheraCell has announced the first surgical use of TheraFuze DBF Fiber Bullets. According to a press release from the company, the DBF Fiber Form...

Alphatec announce commercial launch of IdentiTi TLIF posterior oblique porous titanium...

Alphatec Holdings announced today the commercial release of its IdentiTi TLIF Posterior Oblique Titanium Interbody Implant System (IdentiTi PO) for transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion...

Nexxt Spine increases Nexxt Matrixx offerings with Lordotic TLIF Oblique

Nexxt Spine has released their Lordotic TLIF Oblique interbody into the market.  The product is designed for transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (TLIF), the most...

TLIF IdentiTi posterior curved porous titanium interbody implant system launched

Alphatec Holdings recently announced the commercial release of its IdentiTi-PC porous titanium interbody implant system for transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion procedures (TLIF). “The commercial launch...
IDE

Cerapedics announces first patients enrolled in IDE clinical trial of P-15L...

  The first patients have been enrolled in an investigational device exemption (IDE) clinical trial evaluating the safety and efficacy of the next-generation P-15L peptide...

icotec receives FDA clearance to market BlackArmor® Carbon/PEEK interbody cages

The latest line of icotec interbody cages, designed to optimise bony integration and post-operative visualisation, has received US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k)...

Fortilink-TS and –L IBF systems with TETRAfuse 3D technology launches commercially

The commercial launch of Fortilink-TS and –L IBF systems (RTI Surgical) with TETRAfuse 3D technology has added to a growing series of interbody fusion...

CoreLink acquires medical device company Expanding Orthopedics

CoreLink, a manufacturer of spinal implant systems, acquired Israel-based Expanding Orthopedics, a privately held medical device developer. Along with the FDA cleared expanding and articulating...

Disability scores improve for all patients undergoing surgery with a Luna...

Positive interim results of a retrospective analysis of the Luna 3D multi-expandable interbody fusion system were announced by Benvenue Medical at the Annual Meeting...

First clinical use of SENTRY 2 lateral plating system announced by...

Life Spine, a privately held medical device company based in Huntley, Illinois, has announced the first clinical use of SENTRY 2 lateral plating system,...
Nuvasive

Research shows NuVasive porous PEEK structure maintains high porosity after impaction

The NuVasive porous polyether-ether-ketone (PEEK) material shows minimal surface damage upon impaction compared to titanium-coated devices, concludes a study recently published in The Spine...

Cerapedics receives FDA approval to initiate IDE study of P-15L bone...

Cerapedics, a privately-held orthobiologics company, has announced the company received approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to initiate an investigational device...
Zimmer Biomet

Zimmer Biomet launches Avenue T TLIF cage

Zimmer Biomet has officially launched the Avenue T transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (TLIF) cage in the USA. Avenue T incorporates VerteBridge plating. This is...
Expanding Orthopedics FLXfit

US FDA clears EOI’s FLXfit15 expandable cage

Expanding Orthopedics Incorporated (EOI) has received US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) clearance for the FLXfit15. The device offers infinitely adjustable expansion, and...

First patient enrolled in long-term Infuse posterolateral fusion study

Medtronic has announced the launch of a long-term clinical study programme to collect prospective data on rhBMP-2 (Infuse) bone graft in posterolateral fusion (PLF)...

First clinical use of Life Spine’s TiBow expandable spacer system

Life Spine has announced the first clinical uses of its TiBow minimally invasive transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (TLIF) expandable spacer system featuring Osseo-Loc surface...

CE mark for EOI’s FLXfit cage with 15 degrees of lordosis...

Expanding Orthopedics Incorporated (EOI) has received CE mark for the FLXfit 15, an enhancement to the existing FLXfit 3D expandable cage. The FLXfit 15...

OLLIF procedure cuts procedure time in half, Inspired Spine reports

Inspired Spine recently presented on the oblique lateral lumbar interbody fusion (OLLIF) procedure at the International Society for the Advancement of Spine Surgery (12–14...

First implantation of Spine Innovation’s expandable interbody fusion cage takes place

The first implantations of Spine Innovation’s expandable transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion device have taken place. The first surgery was performed by James Bruffey and Robert...

Life Spine introduces two new TLIF products at NASS 2016

Life Spine has introduced two new transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (TLIF) products at the 2016 annual meeting of the North American Spine Society (NASS;...

First US surgeries performed with 4Web Medical’s curved posterior spine Truss...

4Web Medical has announced that the first surgeries using the company's Curved Posterior Spine Truss system (PSTS) for transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion procedures have...

Kern Singh to lead clinical study of the FLXfit 3D expandable...

Kern Singh, Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush University Medical Center, and his team have started to enrol patients for a clinical study on the FLXfit articulating...

US FDA clears Spineart Juliet Ti lumbar interbody devices

Spineart has received 510(k) clearances from the US Food and Drug Administration to market its new Juliet Ti lumbar interbody systems in the USA....