ulrich medical release titanium spine fusion implant for US market

ulrich medical USA Inc. has released its tezo spine implants for the U.S. market which are used for lumbosacral interbody fusion with multiple surgical approaches, according to a press release.

“We are experiencing a segmental market shift in the degenerative spine sector: A growing number of U.S. surgeons are switching back to interbody devices that are made from titanium materials versus polyetheretherketone (PEEK)," Erika Laskey, Vice President of Sales and Marketing at ulrich medical USA, stated in the press release. “Titanium implants have a long and proven clinical history versus plastic implant technologies. And for many of our U.S. surgeons, the originally perceived imaging benefits of PEEK material implants are proving to be less important than the osseointegration qualities and overall implant strength and stability that titanium devices afford.”

The tezo implants are available for posterior lumbar interbody fusion, transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion and anterior lumbar interbody fusion. They maintain a porous structure on their inner surfaces that promotes integration of bone for enhanced fusion and have retroserrated toothing on the caudal and cranial surfaces for improved primary stability, according to the release.

The implants are available in numerous heights and angles to allow for intraoperative anatomical adaptation, from 7-mm height to 34-mm width in multiple lordotic angles.

“We believe that every patient deserves the best possible solution for their individual clinical needs, and there are benefits to both titanium and PEEK interbody technologies,” Laskey stated. “As a result, we will continue to offer our wide range of tezo interbody implants (PEEK) in addition to the new tezo implants, which will give surgeons access to one of the broadest product portfolios in both PEEK and titanium interbody devices available in the U.S. spine market today.”