Lumbar Spine Articles & Analysis: Older
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Regional anesthetics are more likely to cause issues with the spine and lumbosacral nerve root. Nerve root injury usually causes a lot of pain, most often resulting from subtly shifting vertebrae, which can only occur in the cervical and lumbar spinal regions. ...
"Our receipt of the Breakthrough Device Designation is a welcome milestone in realizing our mission to improve the quality of life of patients receiving spine surgery," said Richard Treadwell, CEO of Empirical Spine. "We appreciated the collaboration with FDA as we identified and addressed the key questions required to secure this designation. ...
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. ...
Empirical Spine, Inc., maker of the LimiFlex Paraspinous Tension Band, today announced completion of enrollment in the investigational arm of its U.S. IDE trial studying the use of the LimiFlex with a decompression for patients suffering from degenerative spondylolisthesis with lumbar spinal stenosis. The trial compares outcomes of patients who receive ...
Empirical Spine, Inc., maker of the LimiFlex Paraspinous Tension Band, today announced completion of enrollment in its U.S. IDE trial studying the use of LimiFlex with a decompression for patients suffering from degenerative spondylolisthesis with lumbar spinal stenosis. The trial compares outcomes of patients who receive either LimiFlex or ...
Centers for Disease Control noting inadequate effectiveness and inherent risks,6 and only 5% utilizing minimally invasive lumbar decompression treatment options which are now considered appropriate for earlier use.7 Other key findings (Click here for Executive Summary and here for Presentation) include: CLBP Has Significant Impact on Mobility and Long-term Negative Impact on ...
” Flexion, or forward bending, is the primary motion of the lumbar spine. Many common activities, including sitting, bending over to pick up an object and many manual tasks, put the lumbar spine into flexion. ...
As an Advanced Practice Provider (APP), you are an integral part in helping patients with lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS) get on the path to lasting relief. In this webinar workshop, led by our panel of mild® experts, APPs Ashley Comer, NP, Marie Zambelli, NP, Kelsey Kimball, PA, Lauren Cote, NP, Patrick McGinn, PA, Kristen Klein, NP, discuss how patient education and proper outcomes assessment ...
Interventional Pain Management is a fast-growing specialty. As new lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS) procedures become available, practices are evolving the way they collaborate and work together to optimize patient care. The mild® Procedure’s patient selection process is quite simple, but requires imaging review, which is often not a part of Advanced Practice Providers’ (APP) ...
Salt Lake City, UT – February 25, 2022 – DiscGenics, Inc., a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing regenerative cell-based therapies that alleviate pain and restore function in patients with degenerative diseases of the spine, today announced the presentation of positive interim data from its ongoing Phase 1/2 clinical trial of IDCT ...
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Investigational Device Exemption (IDE) study, to evaluate the safety and efficacy of P-15L Bone Graft for use in transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (TLIF) surgery in patients with degenerative disc disease (DDD). ...
” The Accuro spinal navigation system is designed to improve the efficiency of spinal needle guidance procedures using groundbreaking technology, including Multi-Frequency BoneEnhance® Image Reconstruction, which provides enhanced visualization of lumbar and thoracic bony anatomy, and SpineNav3D™ AI-Based Spine Recognition, which provides ...
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. ...
Empirical Spine, Inc., maker of the LimiFlex Paraspinous Tension Band, today announced the closing of a Series B financing of $10 million. ...
It is approved for general orthopedic use and spine procedures. “In spine procedures, the transverse processes and facet joints may now be targeted in a more efficient and effective surgical technique pioneered by SurGenTec,” says Founder and CEO Travis Greenhalgh. The 3D GraftRasp System is ideal for use in posterolateral or intertransverse ...
“DDD is a complex medical condition characterized by inflammation and breakdown of intervertebral disc tissue, making it a highly complicated environment to heal,” said Domagoj Coric, M.D. of Carolina Neurosurgery and Spine Associates and Spine Division Chief of Atrium’s Musculoskeletal Institute as well as the study’s principal ...
Charles Gordon, the inventor of the PrimaLOK SP System, and founder of the Texas Spine & Joint Hospital, commented, “I am pleased that Wenzel Spine has added the PrimaLOK Systems to their product portfolio. We are very happy to be partnered with a Spine focused company and believe Wenzel Spine is the ideal partner to ...
“Science has shown that in many unilateral posterior lumbar interbody fusion procedures, less than 50 percent of the disc area is actually grafted,” said Zach Sowell, President of Pinnacle Spine Group. ...