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Precision Spine announces development agreement for disc replacement device

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Precision Spine has entered into a development agreement with Stephen D. Cook, PhD, of the Fellowship of Orthopaedic Researchers, to design a disc replacement device for the cervical spine.

The goal of the collaboration is to create a motion-preserving design to better replicate natural spinal function, according to a company press release.

“I look forward to applying the resources of our Fellowship, which has a wealth of experience in motion preservation technologies, and leveraging that extensive background in a collaboration with the engineering team at Precision Spine,” Cook, executive director and chief scientist of the Fellowship in Metairie, La., said in the release.

“We anticipate that Dr. Cook’s involvement in this project from the outset will positively impact our goal of developing a device that offers preservation of natural motion in the cervical spine to allow patients to retain function while reducing pain,” Rich Dickerson, president of Precision Spine, said in the release.