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Vertebral Technologies receives 510(k) clearance for modular interbody fusion device
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Vertebral Technologies has received 510(k) clearance for the InterFuse L, which uses a specific modular insertion technique to provide the maximum lateral footprint with a smaller access channel.
According to a company press release, the interbody spinal fusion device is implanted through a lateral approach and assembled in the disc space using a proprietary rail and slot technology. Vertebral Technologies maintains this less invasive approach allows for optimal end plate coverage, customized to patient anatomy, and a smaller annulotomny, while reducing nerve root traction and surgical exposure.
“The InterFuse Lateral modular implant allows the surgeon to obtain the maximal footprint access the end plates allowing an access channel that can be as much as one half the size required for other lateral implants. This will result in much less traction being placed on the nerves of the lateral plexus and, thus, fewer patients with postoperative symptoms related to nerve root irritation,” Jeffrey C. Felt, MD, chairman and CEO of Vertebral Technologies, stated in the release.
The company expects for the device to launch in mid-November.