Elaspine is a pedicle screw and polymer rod based Elastic Stabilization System, designed to add stability and support to the lumbar spine, unload the disc and facet joints, reduce stress of screw-bone interface and move the centre of rotation forward. Elaspine™ is not available in the U.S.
Spinelab Ltd., based in Winterthur, Switzerland, is developing and distributing innovative spinal treatment concepts. The feature product is the elastic stabilization system Elaspine™, which has been CE marked and implanted since 2009 and is currently being evaluated in a European multicentre study. Spinelab Ltd. is certified according to ISO 9001/13485 and strives to develop the best treatment concepts by using innovative materials and techniques in order to achieve the best clinical results for the patients.
Features:
- Elastic:The unique elastic characteristics of the Elaspine™ rod allow for compression and elongation of the rod, preserving a symmetric range of motion of the spinal segment in flexion, extension and lateral bending.
- StableThe Elaspine™ screw-rod interface is designed to enable an elastic stabilization of the spinal segment without a hard stop, minimising stress between rod, screw and bone. The system is intended to work like a damper, absorbing shocks, unloading the disc and facet joints.
About Pedicle Screw/Rod–Based Dynamic Stabilization Devices
Dynamic stabilization is a surgical technique designed to allow for some movement of the spine, while maintaining enough stability to prevent too much movement. Pedicle-based dynamic devices were first designed to stabilize the abnormal segment and to unload degenerated discs and facet joints, while maintaining the same level of normal motion.By unloading the pressure on the degenerated disc and facets, pedicle-based dynamic devices have the potential to reduce pain associated with these anatomical structures. Furthermore, these devices can be used to prevent adjacent-segment disease, either by replacing the whole construct with dynamic rods or by “topping off” the rigid instrumented segment with pedicle-based dynamic devices, avoiding an abrupt change from a rigid construct to the more mobile adjacent segment. It has also been argued that using pedicle-based dynamic devices can promote better fusion because of micromovements across endplates, and can protect from implant failure because of better load sharing through the implant. Finally, these devices can be used to stabilize posterior iatrogenic destabilizing surgery, such as wide laminectomy and facetectomy.
About Spinelab
Spinelab Ltd has sold all assets and was liquidated in 2014.http://www.spinelab.com