PARIS and SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 31, 2015 – SpineGuard (FR0011464452 – ALSGD) announced today that W. Daniel Bradley, MD, Spine Surgeon at Texas Back Institute (TBI), Denton, Texas, has adopted the PediGuard probes designed to enhance spine surgery by improving the accuracy of pedicle screw implantation.
“TBI has pioneered many innovative spine technologies and is one of the first academic spine centers in Texas to adopt the PediGuard probes. I am excited about this device and technology since it reduces radiation exposure for everyone involved while significantly improving the accuracy of the pedicle screws that I implant. And I can achieve all of this without changing my surgical practice,” said Dr. Bradley.
Pierre Jérôme, CEO and Co-founder of SpineGuard, added: “TBI, of course, is one of the preeminent academic spine centers in the world, and Dr. Bradley’s adoption of PediGuard with DSG™ technology bears strong testimony to its clinical value. Indeed, our smart probes have now been adopted by nearly one-third of the US institutions teaching spine surgery.”
About SpineGuard®
Co-founded in 2009 in France and the USA by Pierre Jérôme and Stéphane Bette, SpineGuard’s mission is to make spine surgery safer. Its primary objective is to establish its proprietary Dynamic Surgical Guidance (DSG™) technology as the global standard of surgical care, initially for safer screw placement in spine surgery and then in other surgeries. PediGuard®, the first device designed using DSG was co-invented by Maurice Bourlion, Ph.D., Ciaran Bolger, M.D., Ph.D., and Alain Vanquaethem, Biomedical Engineer. It is the world’s first and only handheld device capable of alerting surgeons to potential pedicular or vertebral breaches. Over 40,000 surgical procedures have been performed worldwide with PediGuard. Numerous studies published in peer-reviewed medical and scientific journals have demonstrated the multiple benefits that PediGuard delivers to patients, surgical staff and hospitals. In 2015 SpineGuard started to expand the applications of DSG into pedicle screws through partnerships with innovative surgical companies in France and the US. SpineGuard has offices in San Francisco and Paris. For further information, visitwww.spineguard.com.