Spine Stabilization Articles & Analysis
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"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. ...
The device may offer a minimally invasive way to stabilize the spine yet preserve motion. Many patients are extremely interested in less invasive stabilization options that avoid the complications of fusion, so they are attracted to LimiFlex. ...
The device may offer a minimally invasive way to stabilize the spine yet preserve motion. Many patients are extremely interested in less invasive stabilization options that avoid the complications of fusion, so they are attracted to LimiFlex." ...
“We believe LimiFlex is an exciting advancement in stabilization surgery that uses a completely different concept for durable motion preservation to better meet the pressing need for improved outcomes with a lower cost of care,” says Richard Treadwell, President and CEO of Empirical Spine. ...
This creates elastic resistance to flexion and maintains lordosis, giving patients the stabilization their spines need while preserving normal motion. The Dynamic Sagittal Tether is intended to be an alternative to spinal fusion, which has persistent and well-documented drawbacks, including being highly invasive and expensive and carrying a high risk of ...
The initiative for the update was led by the International Society for the Advancement of Spine Surgery (ISASS), with support and participation from other spine surgery societies and Empirical Spine. ...
LimiFlex does not involve any screws or bone grafts, which eliminate the natural motion between spine segments. Instead, LimiFlex is designed to stabilize the spine without fusing it, thereby preserving motion. The device works by supporting and enhancing the spine’s natural biomechanics with stabilizing ...
Empirical Spine, Inc., maker of the LimiFlex Paraspinous Tension Band, today announced the closing of a Series B financing of $10 million. ...
(HBI), a Nova Scotia-based company specializing in precision assessment of spine and joint-replacement micro-instability, is pleased to announce that Sharp HealthCare (Sharp) will be implementing HBI’s innovative Implant Stability Assessment Kit at their Coronado, California facility. ...
The following procedures codes that relate to HBI’s products and services were addressed in this payment update: 0347T Placement of interstitial device(s) in bone for radiostereometric analysis (RSA) 0348T Radiologic examination, radiostereometric analysis (RSA); spine, (includes, cervical,thoracic and lumbosacral, when performed) 0349T Radiologic examination, ...