NASS 2020 is about to end! Yesterday we talked about market trends and those products that the market leaders had highlighted. Today, before the end of this Congress, we wanted to point out some Virtual Booths that we find interesting for their content or for the products they present:
1.- Centinel Spine: Centinel Spine is the largest privately-held spine company focused on anterior column reconstruction. The company offers a continuum of trusted, brand-name motion-preserving and fusion solutions backed by over 30 years of clinical success — providing the most robust and clinically-proven Total Disc Replacement and Integrated Interbody™ portfolios in the world.
Why visit? Centinel Spine highlights its latest anterior column reconstruction technologies, as well as its recently announced partnership with one of the most winning professional athletes of all time, Tiger Woods.
Featured Products:
- prodisc CClinically Proven Motion Preservation for the Cervical Spine..
- prodisc LClinical Proven Total Disc Replacement System for the Lumbar Spine.
- STALIF MNO PROFILE® ANTERIOR LUMBAR INTEGRATED INTERBODY™ FUSION SYSTEM.
- STALIF CNO-PROFILE® ANTERIOR CERVICAL INTEGRATED INTERBODY™ SYSTEM.
- STALIF LNO PROFILE® MIS LATERAL LUMBAR INTEGRATED INTERBODY™ SYSTEM.
2.- 4WEB Medical: 4WEB Medical, founded in 2008 in Dallas, TX, is an implant device company. Thirty years of research in topological dimension theory led to the discovery of a novel geometry, the 4WEB, that can be used as a building block to create high-strength, lightweight web structures. The company leveraged this breakthrough, along with cutting-edge 3D printing technology, to develop 4WEB Medical’s proprietary truss implant platform.
Why visit? 4WEB Medical features many of their products including their Video Animations:
- 4WEB Stand Alone Anterior Spine Truss System,
- 4WEB Stand Alone Cervical Spine Truss System
- 4WEB Lateral Spine Truss System
- 4WEB Posterior Spine Truss System
- 4WEB Anterior Spine Truss System
3.-Kyocera Medical Technologies, Inc.
Kyocera Medical Technologies is a market leader in 3D-printed, porous titanium spinal implants and synthetic biomaterials. We launched our first 3D-printed interbody fusion cage in 2014 and have since developed a complete line of advanced, porous metal cervical & lumbar cages featuring our proprietary Tesera® porous titanium structure, which was specifically engineered for bone on-growth & ingrowth. With load sharing bone interfaces and bone-like modulus of elasticity, Tesera® cages create an optimal environment for rapid, solid fusion. Tesera® cages are offered in every approach and configuration, including lateral, all with multiple footprints and hyperlordotic angles.
Why Visit? They offer information about their main products including Video Animations, as well as the option to Chat or Meet with a Representative. The Products Featured are the following:
- ReBOSSIS®The only biosynthetic scaffold with electrospun microfiber construction.
- Standalone Anterior Lumbar Interbody FusionA significant leap forward in anterior standalone spinal implant design. It combines our high-performance Tesera Trabecular Technology® with a revolutionary manufacturing process to create a truly porous, optimized structure for biologic fixation.
- Standalone and Non-standalone CervicalCombining our most advanced material science and revolutionary manufacturing process into a cutting-edge standalone cervical interbody fusion system.
- PLIF/TLIF/Straight TLIFFeaturing our revolutionary Tesera Trabecular Technology® in posterior lumbar cage form.
- Lateral Lumbar Interbody FusionCombining the benefits of our proven Tesera® 3D-printed porous structure with the benefits of minimally invasive lateral fusion surgery.
4.-MiRus
MiRus was launched in 2016 bringing novel material, hardware and software solutions to spine and orthopaedic surgery. MiRus has created a comprehensive platform centered around our proprietary MoRe® alloy to create the world’s smallest, strongest and biologically superior implants. We also address the demands of today’s healthcare environment with an integrated platform of pre-operative planning and risk assessment tools, a breakthrough surgical navigation and robotics system and post-operative monitoring and risk mitigation.
Why Visit? They offer information about their main products including Video Animations, as well as the option to Chat or Meet with a Representative. The Products Featured are the following:
- EUROPA™ Open and MIS Pedicle Screw SystemWorld’s Smallest Open and MIS Pedicle Screw System MoRe®-inforced with Molybdenum-Rhenium.
- CYGNUS™ Anterior Cervical PlateLowest Profile and Smallest Footprint Anterior Cervical Plate on the market.
- 3DR™ Printed Lumbar and Cervical Interbody System3DR Interbody system with 3D organic structure that mimics cancellous bone with a stiffness of 0.53 GPa, superior radiolucency, large graft window and higher hydrophilicity facilitating boney in-growth and on-growth.
Why Visit? Spineology features their main products including OptiMesh (featured in the OptiLIF™ procedure).They also include offer information about their main products including Video Animations, as well as their recent press releases. The Products Featured are the following:
- OptiMesh Expandable Interbody Fusion SystemThe OptiLIF™ procedure employs Spineology’s proprietary OptiMesh® Expandable Interbody Fusion System to perform interbody fusion through an access smaller than any other fusion procedure.
- Duo Expandable Interbody Fusion SystemThe Duo™ Expandable Interbody Fusion System represents the latest advancements in lateral interbody fusion surgery.
- Elite Expandable Interbody Fusion SystemThe Elite™ Expandable Interbody Fusion System represents the next generation of expandable technology.
6.-Zavation
Zavation is an employee-owned medical device company that designs, develops, manufactures and distributes medical device products that provide comprehensive medical solutions to improve and enhance quality of life for patients around the world.
Why Visit? To know the featured Expandable Lumbar Cage-eZspand™ and the Cervical Plate-EZ Plate. They includes Video Animations of both.
7.-Intech
Founded in 2000, Intech is a global leading contract-manufacturer of surgical instruments, implants, cases & trays and silicone handles. Powered by 800 employees across the globe, Intech is a premiere engineering powerhouse, capable of delivering manufacturing solutions anywhere, at any time.As a healthcare technology innovator, Intech is renowned for its portfolio of turnkey designs as well as Wayvio® data-driven asset management solution. InTech Video Presentation
Spinal Elements is a leading designer, developer, and manufacturer of surgical solutions for spinal disorders headquartered in Carlsbad, California. Spinal Elements’ mission is to improve the lives of those who rely on our technology by being a trusted provider of innovation, quality, service, and value to those delivering care to spine surgery patients. We will continue to surround core differentiated technologies with supportive products and services to provide complete surgical solutions.
Why Visit? They feature many intersting products as the Katana retractor, their new Overwatch MIS system or the expandable cages. They also include video animations of the different products:
- Lucent® XP Expandable Lumbar Interbody System withThe Lucent XP Lumbar Interbody System features implants that are designed to increase concurrently in height and lordosis, and are used to restore height of the disc space and sagittal balance.
- Katana® Lateral Access SystemEstablishes and maintains position throughout procedure in One Pass by the Plexus. Nested design establishes operative corridor in 20% fewer steps.
- Sapphire® Confidence with Every TurnThe Sapphire Anterior Cervical Plate System features one of the lowest profiles on the market. Multiple screw options are designed to provide robust thread engagement and easy insertion with elegant instrumentation.
- Overwatch® MIS Thoracolumbar Fixation SystemThe Overwatch® MIS System was designed to powerfully correct and stabilize the posterior thoracolumbosacral spine percutaneously through its versatile collection of instruments and comprehensive implant offering.
- Magnum+® Stand-Alone, No Profile ALIF SystemMagnum+ is a stand-alone, no profile ALIF system with Ti-Bond® titanium porous coating. The advanced locking system’s design is intended to minimize complexity and coated with Ti-Bond® to maximize success.
9.-Spineart
Spineart is a privately held medical device company focused on simplifying the surgical act by designing, developing and promoting safe and efficient solutions to spine surgeons, operating room teams, and patients.
Why Visit? They feature mainly their range of 3D cages withTi-LIFE Technology including Video Animations:
- SCARLET® AL-TSECURED LUMBAR ANTERIOR CAGE.
- JULIET®Ti LLLATERAL Ti CAGE
- JULIET®Ti OL I/RINSERT ROTATE Ti CAGE
- PERLA®CERVICAL FIXATION.
- SCARLET® AC-TCERVICAL SECURED CAGE
Axis Spine Technologies has developed a platform technology of modular, anterior fusion cages. The first product, an ALIF will be available in November. Axis-ALIF atraumatic sizing & insertion technique protects the endplates to help prevent post-op collapse and loss of lordosis. Modular cores provide lordosis options from 10 to 40 degrees and a first in ALIF, coronal correction capabilities help addess coronal imbalance.
Why Visit? To know about their first product (ALIF Cage).They also include a Video Animation