Integra LifeSciences Launches a Series of PEEK-Optima(R) Interbody Spinal Implants

PLAINSBORO, N.J., Jan. 9, 2009 -- (HSMN NewsFeed) -- Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corporation (NasdaqGS:IART ) announced today the launch of a series of intervertebral body fusion devices (IBD), the Vu e-POD(TM) and Vu L-POD(TM) through the newly formed Integra Spine.
The Vu e-POD and Vu L-POD received clearance from the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to be marketed as a spinal IBD. Prior to receiving the IBD status, the devices were cleared by the FDA as spinal vertebral body replacement devices (VBR).The dual classification of the Vu e-POD and the Vu L-POD gives the surgeon a broader range of usages. As an IBD, they are used as an adjunct to fusion in patients with degenerative disc disease at one or two contiguous levels (L2-S1). As a VBR, they may be used to replace a collapsed, damaged or otherwise unstable vertebral body due to tumor or trauma (T1-L5).

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