SpineVision®
Continues to Innovate and Unveils Its Latest Breakthrough Technologies -
2 Level FlexPLUS™ Rod and PediGuard®
MIS Sleeves - at 'SpineWeek 2008', Geneva, Switzerland, May 26-31
SAN FRANCISCO and PARIS (Business Wire EON/PRWEB ) May 23, 2008 --
SpineVision®
announced today that the Company will present two of its latest
innovations at ‘SpineWeek 2008’,
the second edition of this major quadrennial event synchronizing the
annual meetings of leading scientific societies concerned with spine
disorders in one location.
These two products are being introduced six months after launch of the
Company’s FlexPLUS™(a)
system and 2.5mm-diameter PediGuard®
at EuroSpine 2007.
With the possibility to perform hybrid constructs combining up to
3-level fusion and 2-level dynamic stabilization, the 2
Level FlexPLUS™ Rod
will give even more versatility to the FlexPLUS™
system, which already offered selective options - from fusion to dynamic
stabilization - in a single, posterior lumbar pedicle screw system. The
new 2 Level FlexPLUS™ Rod can
be used with the screws and instruments of the FlexPLUS™
system, which has now been used in close to 500 surgeries, with no
adverse effects reported. The system can be used in combination with PediGuard®
for optimal pedicle screw placement.
PediGuard®
is the only wireless handheld pedicle preparation device to detect
inadvertent breach in the pedicle in real time, thus addressing the
well-documented challenge of placing vertebral screws safely within the
spine. “The positioning of pedicle screws
without fluororoscopy (based on tactile feeling) exposes the patient to
risks of misplacement and complications. Technologies such as
neuronavigation reduce this risk but are time-consuming and expensive.
Systematic use of per-operative fluoroscopic screw positioning control
during placement exposes patients and surgeons to high doses of
radiation. The use of PediGuard®
helps me to accurately place my screws while significantly reducing the
drawbacks of these techniques.” says Alphonse
Lubansu, MD, Head of Spinal Surgery, Dept. of Neurosurgery, ERASME
Hospital, Université Libre de Bruxelles,
Brussels, Belgium.
The current trend towards more and more MIS (minimally invasive
surgeries) procedures has led SpineVision to develop PediGuard®
MIS Sleeves, so that spine surgeons can now use PediGuard®
also in their MIS procedures and benefit from the significant
reduction of radiation exposure and surgery time potentially offered by
the device. “Thanks to the
PediGuard MIS sleeves I can use the device in percutaneous or mini open
procedures. The number of X-rays and C-Arm handling can be significantly
decreased, saving us a considerable amount of time and reducing
radiation exposure. I am now using PediGuard®
for all my MIS cases” says Lubansu.
Fluoroscopy is an imaging technique commonly used by physicians
to obtain intra-operative images of the internal structures of a patient
and monitor pedicle screw placement in spine surgeries, through the use
of a fluoroscope (C-Arm). Fluoroscopy involves the use of X-rays,
a form of ionizing radiation. Both patients and surgeons are exposed to
high doses of radiation, cumulative for spine surgeons, who may perform
hundreds of cases per year. Surgeons who use PediGuard®
may reduce radiation exposure by approximately 30 percent.
About SpineVision
SpineVision (www.spinevision.com)
is an innovative medical device company focused exclusively on
developing and marketing implants and instrumentation for application in
spinal surgery.
(a) Parts of the FlexPLUS™ system are
not available for sale in the USA
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