Disc
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Regulatory
Simplify Medical Receives FDA Approval for 1-Level Simplify Disc PMA
SUNNYVALE, Calif., Sept. 21, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Simplify Medical, a privately-held company focused on cervical spinal disc arthroplasty and…
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Spine
Emergency Discectomy for Lumbar Disc Herniation: High Recurrence Rate Found
by Elizabeth Hofheinz, M.P.H., M.Ed. In some situations, say the authors of a new retrospective cohort study, emergency surgery for…
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Spine
Indication Stretching in Cervical Disc Arthroplasty: A Problem?
by Elizabeth Hofheinz, M.P.H., M.Ed. Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion How far can you stretch indications before they “break?” A…
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Spine
Aesculap Implant Systems Announces New Positive Third-Party Clinical Guidelines that May Introduce Access for More than 8.5 Million Commercially Insured Americans to the activL® Artificial Disc
CENTER VALLEY, Pa., July 7, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Aesculap Implant Systems, LLC today announced that National Imaging Associates (NIA), a Magellan Health…
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Regulatory
Simplify Medical Completes PMA Submission for 1-Level Simplify Disc IDE Study
Sunnyvale, CA – April 21, 2020 – Simplify Medical Pty Ltd., maker of the Simplify® cervical artificial disc, announced today…
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Regulatory
Centinel Spine Announces FDA Approval for Two-level prodisc® L Total Disc Replacement
NEW YORK, April 14, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Centinel Spine®, LLC, the largest privately-held spine company focused on anterior column reconstruction, today announced…
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Spine
The 20th Anniversary of Artificial Disc Replacement at Texas Back Institute: What This Means for the Future
March 25, 2020 / by Texas Back Institute Anniversaries serve an important function. They allow us to reflect on how far…
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Spine
Zimmer Biomet Spine Announces New Milestone for its Mobi-C® Cervical Disc
February 25, 2020 — Zimmer Biomet Spine today announced that over 150,000 MobiC® Cervical Discs have been implanted worldwide. Zimmer…
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Spine
Lanman Spinal Neurosurgery Opens Up 2-Level prodisc®Cervical SK and Vivo Clinical Trial in Los Angeles
(LOS ANGELES) – FEB. 24, 2020 –Those suffering from advanced neck and arm pain may find themselves to be candidates…
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Spine
First Implantations with MOVE-C Cervical Disc Prostheses from NGMedical, Germany
February 05, 2020 NONNWEILER, Germany–(BUSINESS WIRE)–NGMedical GmbH informs about the worldwide first implantations of its new MOVE-C disc prosthesis. After…
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Spine
University Orthopedics’ Dr. Kleinhenz Only Surgeon in RI Performing Breakthrough Surgery for Treatment of Cervical Disc Degeneration
EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. (FEBRUARY 12, 2020) — Continuing the tradition of using the latest and best technology to provide the…
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Spine
Life Spine Releases White Paper on Immediate Restoration of Disc Height and Lordosis With PROLIFT® Expandable Spacer System
January 28, 2020 HUNTLEY, Ill.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Life Spine, a medical device company that designs, develops, manufactures and markets products for the…
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Hospitals
Two of the first M6-C™ Artificial Cervical Disc Implantations Performed in the U.S. Take Place at Hudson Regional Hospital
SECAUCUS, NJ, November 18, 2019—Surgeons have performed only a few M6-C™ artificial cervical disc implantation surgeries in The United States…
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Spine
Nocimed: Moving Forward on Back Pain
By Elizabeth Hofheinz, M.P.H., M.Ed., October 4, 2019 If one of the most defining human traits is a need for…
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Spine
Jamaican doctor pioneers disc replacement procedure
Tuesday, February 14, 2017 A group of doctors has high hopes that an artificial disc, owned exclusively by a Jamaican-born…
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