Medical device maker X-Spine has obtained U.S. regulatory clearance of a new spinal fusion system.The Miamisburg, Ohio company’s AXLE-PEEK system is cleared for the treatment of degenerative disk disease and is able to be implanted through a smaller incision than competing systems, according to a statement from the company.The new system also allows surgeons to [...]

Spinal implants and surgical instruments maker X-spine Systems Inc. has received regulatory clearance to begin selling a spinal fusion system.

X-spine Systems Inc. has received Food and Drug Administration approval to sell its Fixcet spinal facet screw system.Fixcet is used to stabilize the spine during spinal fusion procedures, such as treatment of degenerative disk disease, the company said in a Business Wire release. Facets are the wing-like bones on the backside of spinal vertebrae.“We are [...]

Updated 8:40 p.m.X-spine Systems Inc., a maker of implants and instruments for spinal surgery, has agreed to an exclusive license with Gamma Spine to develop and distribute the minimally invasive spinal fixation technology invented by a professor of orthopedic bioengineering at the University of Toledo.The license spins out of the university the “interbody cage,” co-invented [...]