InSWing™ Interspinous Spacer is a decompression solution developed to relieve pain from lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS). This device offers the advantages of a reduced incision size, minimized muscle trauma and preservation of the supraspinous ligament.InSWing offers a less invasive surgical approach, requires minimal or local anesthesia, reduces blood loss, and results in shorter rehabilitation then alternative surgical procedures. Placed between the spinous processes of the lumbar spine using a unique unilateral approach, innovative InSWing is secured through the deployment of a proprietary double-wing structure resulting in the widening of the spinal canal and decompression of the symptomatic level.Additional stability can be obtained with the application of a band.
- Unilateral approach with optimal stability and decreases incision size
- Supraspinous Ligament is preserved
- Minimally invasive, shorter hospital stay and recovery, less pain
- Optional unilateral cord installation
- Radiolucent and preventing fatigue bone fractures
About Interspinous Devices
Interspinous spacers sometimes also called as Interspinous process decompression systems, are the devices implanted between vertebral spinous processes. These spacers are made up of a very strong but lightweight metal (titanium) which is biocompatible in the human body. These devices are imbedded in body to confine painful motion else enabling normal motion and to treat lumbar spinal stenosis, discogenic low-back pain, facet syndrome, disc herniations, and non-traumatic instability. Lumbar spinal stenosis is a thinning of the spinal canal in the lower back which causes compression on nerves and it is developed gradually with age. Radiology tests are used to confirm a diagnosis of moderate degenerative lumbar spinal stenosis. People with lumbar spinal stenosis experience pain but may also have weakness in their leg, lower back and buttocks, numbness, tingling.
The Interspinous spacer are implanted between those vertebrae in such a way that it prevents the patient from bending too far backward which causes pain by surgical procedure. The procedure is very small and sometimes patient can go home within a day.The increasing prevalence of spinal stenosis due to aging, arthritis, heredity and increased demand of surgical procedures that improved lifestyle and comfort will drive the Interspinous spacer market. The adoption of spacers are increasing due to low complication rate as compared to decompression and spinal fusion. The Interspinous spacers are widely used in geriatric population as per Medicare data due to old age patient are not comfortable with surgery due to their health conditions. Source:Transparency Market Research (TMR)
About Orthofix
Orthofix International began in a small farmhouse in Verona Italy in 1980 when orthopedic researcher Giovanni De Bastiani recognized the bone’s natural repair capability, a concept he called “dynamization” and with that in mind, he created the first external fixation device. Today, Orthofix has grown to more than 900 employees with locations in the U.S., Italy, Germany, France, the UK, Brazil, Australia and Puerto Rico. Our products help patients in 70 countries around the world. The company is comprised of four strategic business units; Biostim, Biologics, Extremity Fixation and Spine Fixation. Our products are widely distributed via the company’s sales representatives, distributors and subsidiaries. At Orthofix we are committed to clinical research and driven by new product introductions. We are proud of our strong partnerships with organizations such as the Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children in Dallas and the Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation. We take pride in developing superior products and providing world class education for surgeons and field-based Orthofix personnel supporting them around the world. Orthofix makes a difference in the lives of our patients by providing our surgeon customers with innovative medical devices to meet the needs of their patients. Every day we are optimizing our operations, improving efficiencies and examining our systems to provide the best support possible to our representatives, surgeons and patients. http://www.orthofix.com