Lumbar Degenerative Articles & Analysis
6 news found
LimiFlex is poised to become a powerful new tool to treat degenerative spondylolisthesis in an effective and less invasive way than the current standard." LimiFlex, new to the US Market, is an investigational device designed as an alternative to spinal fusion for patients receiving surgical decompression for grade 1 lumbar degenerative ...
Empirical Spine, Inc., maker of the LimiFlex™ Paraspinous Tension Band, today announced initiation of the PMA process for FDA review and approval of the use of the LimiFlex with a decompression for patients suffering from degenerative spondylolisthesis with lumbar spinal stenosis. The Pivotal Trial supporting the PMA compares outcomes of patients ...
Currently, an estimated 140,000 patients, of which a disproportionate percent are women over age 65, receive lumbar fusion annually for degen spondy in the US alone. Despite reported results superior to standalone decompression, instrumented fusion remains an invasive surgical option not appropriate or desirable for many patients due to its longer recovery time ...
LimiFlex is an investigational device targeting grade 1 lumbar degenerative spondylolisthesis patients with spinal stenosis. It is designed to restore natural segmental motion and stability after lumbar decompression by augmenting the posterior tension band. ...
LimiFlex is an investigational device targeting grade 1 lumbar degenerative spondylolisthesis patients with spinal stenosis, designed to restore natural segmental motion and stability after an open lumbar decompression by augmenting the posterior tension band. ...
Empirical Spine, Inc., a Silicon-Valley based medical technology company, announced today that data from the IDE study of the company’s LimiFlex Tension Band for patients suffering from degenerative spondylolisthesis with lumbar spinal stenosis, was presented at the Society for Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery (SMISS) Annual Forum 2021. ...