The StaXx® IBL Expandable Interbody Device’s low profile, expandable design, is designed to mitigate subsidence and maximize indirect decompression. The StaXx® IBL Expandable Interbody Device is intended to be introduced to the disc space via the lateral approach.
Benefits:
Mitigate subsidence (reduced endplate stress/micro fracturing); maximize indirect decompression:
• Atraumatic implant insertion, low profile
• Optimal implant fit (no over/under sizing)
• Vertical distraction vs. linear insertion/distraction
• Reduced trialing for implant height
Attributes of StaXx® IBL Expandable Interbody Device System:
• Low profile 8mm starting height
• Controlled, in situ distraction in 1mm increments
• Central graft chambers
• PEEK with 6% barium & 4 tantalum markers
• Pyramidal teeth
About LLIF
The Lateral Lumbar Interbody Fusion (LLIF) procedure is a minimally disruptive surgical technique in which the surgeon approaches the spine from the side of the patient’s body, rather than the front or back as in traditional spine surgeries. This side (lateral transpsoas) approach can reduce the risk of injury to muscles, nerves, and blood vessels.
The XLIF and DLIF are types Lateral Lumbar Interbody Fusion, or LLIF, which is a category of fusion in which the disc in the front of the spine is removed and replaced with an implant containing a bone graft to set up the condition for the two vertebrae to fuse together through the disc space.
XLIF uses a minimally invasive, transpsoas approach to the spine. The surgeon uses his or her finger to perform blunt dissection through a posterior paraspinal incision to escort dilators and a guide wire into position directly over the psoas muscle. Using his or her finger the surgeon is able to create a retroperitoneal space and protect the viscera and prevent possible injury.
With the DLIF technique, some surgeons have chosen to perform this procedure through a single miniopen lateral approach without the use of the posterior incision to create the retroperitoneal space. With the single incision, the layers of the abdominal wall are directly visualized, and the retroperitoneal space is created under direct vision with passage of instruments through the psoas. In addition, the use of electrophysiological monitoring, including triggered and freerunning electromyography (EMG), reduces the likelihood of injury to the lumbosacral plexus when accessing the disc space through the psoas muscle. Dilators, which contain insulated tips allow for EMG monitoring as they are introduced via the transpsoas approach to the disc space. If a dilator passes in proximity to the lumbosacral plexus, the surgeon is warned both visibly on a graphic display and also via auditory feedback. The surgeon can then adjust his or her trajectory to reduce the likelihood of neural injury.
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