Hard on the heels of its just-released new product line Lucent Ti-Bond PEEK interbody implants, Spinal Elements Inc. announces completion of its first series of surgeries using its new Minimally Invasive Surgery (MIS) lumbar system. The system includes a series of towers that connect to the company’s Mercury Classic spinal system and other enabling instrumentation. This device allows the surgeon to deliver pedicle screws and rods in either percutaneous or mini-open procedures.
Spinal Elements Tests New LumbarSystem
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The development of the towers enables the Mercury Classic system, which has been successful and on the market since 2009, to be used in MIS procedures. Spine surgeon Douglas Musser, of Youngstown Orthopaedic Associates, said in the August 15 press release, “The fact that the Mercury Classic system has been designed to work well as a conventional or MIS system is very beneficial to me. No matter what my surgical plan, I know that the implant system will be the same.”
Todd Andres, CEO and co-founder of Spinal Elements, says that his firm has prepared an aggressive product launch schedule which will introduce “amazing solutions” to the spine market over the coming months. The company plans to introduce its first allograft product in October and has recently initiated clinical use of its Lotus Posterior Cervical/Thoracic System. Spinal Elements, Inc. is headquartered in Carlsbad, California.
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This is a fascinating development. In my practice we've seen similar outcomes with the revised protocol. The key differentiator seems to be patient selection criteria. Has anyone else noticed the correlation with BMI thresholds?
Great point. I'd push back slightly on the conclusion, the sample size in the cited study is too small to draw population-level inferences. That said, the directional signal is compelling and worth a larger RCT.
We implemented a similar approach last year. Early results are promising but we're still gathering 12-month follow-up data. Happy to share our protocol if anyone is interested.
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