Canary Medical receives FDA breakthrough device designation for smart lumbar cartridge
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Key takeaways:
- Canary Medical received breakthrough device designation of its Canturio lumbar cartridge.
- The application features a smart sensor that displays kinematic data of patients undergoing spine surgery.
Canary Medical announced it received FDA breakthrough device designation of its Canturio lumbar spine cartridge for use with its implanted reporting processor system, according to a press release.
The Canturio lumbar cartridge is a smart sensor application that allows surgeons to view kinematic data to assess treatment and risk of degenerative disc disease, instability and non-fusion in patients who undergo spine procedures. The application is designed for use with a lumbar interbody system.
“The approval of [Canturio lumbar cartridge] is the fourth time in-a-row that a Canary Medical product has received breakthrough device designation from the FDA, an unparalleled accomplishment in our industry,” Bill Hunter, MD, founding member and CEO of Canary Medical, said in the release.
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