The versatility of the Proficient® Posterior Cervical Spine System gives surgeons the confidence to treat standard degenerative or complex posterior cervical spine cases from a traditional open or muscle sparing approach.
Benefits:
- Simplified Rod Placement: The system offers three unique screw designs to ease rod placement: polyaxial tri-lobe screws, translational screws, and extended tab screws. The proprietary polyaxial tri-lobe screw design offers 120° of polyaxial angulation and features a freely-functioning tensioned tulip head. The translational screw offers 80° of angulation and allows for 5 mm of medial to lateral translation. The extended tab screw option helps guide rod placement with 3 mm of reduction.
- Designed for Complex Constructs:The comprehensive screw offering includes 3.8 mm, 4.2 mm, 4.6 mm, and 5.5 mm screw diameters that accept 3.5 mm or 4.0 mm rod sizes, to simplify longer complex constructs. The implant offering also includes smooth shank screws, low profile cross connectors, titanium and cobalt chrome rod options, and various configurations of offset, parallel, and axial connectors.
- Muscle Sparing Approach:The extended tab screw design, complimented by streamlined instrumentation, is designed to ease rod placement through a smaller incision than the standard open approach.
Features:
- Proprietary tri-lobe screw design allows for 120° of polyaxial angulation
- Freely-functioning, tensioned tulip head is designed to accept 3.5 or 4.0 mm rod diameters
- Comprehensive screw offering includes a 5.5 mm dual lead diameter screw to accelerate insertion
- Extended tab screw offering provides 3 mm of reduction
- Translational screw offering allows for 5 mm of medial to lateral translation
- Various configurations of cross connectors, offset connectors, parallel connectors, and axial connectors
About Posterior Cervical Fusion
Posterior Cervical Fusion is a procedure intended for the stabilization of the cervical spine through a posterior approach. The procedure is commonly performed using hooks, plates, screws and rods as an adjunct to the fusion. Posterior cervical fusion is performed to treat instabilities which arise from: degenerative disc disease, spondylolisthesis, spinal stenosis, fracture/dislocation, atlantoaxial fractures with insatiability, occipito-cervical dislocation, revisions of previous cervical spine surgery and tumors.(Source: Depuy Synthes)
About Spine Wave
Spine Wave was founded in February 2001 by former Sofamor Danek executives Mark LoGuidice and John Pafford. Since then, the Company has grown by delivering meaningful solutions to real clinical challenges. As a result, Spine Wave has become the innovation leader in expandable and less-invasive spinal technologies with a broad and differentiated product and intellectual property portfolio.Today, the Company continues that tradition of focused development and commercialization of clinical solutions for large fast-growing spinal market segments.http://www.spinewave.com