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Alight Solutions is an information technology and consulting company based in Chicago, Illinois. The company provides cloud-based digital business and human capital service solutions [ clarification needed ] ; particularly within the areas of wealth and health resources. [ 1 ]
An interbody fusion cage (colloquially known as a "spine cage") is a prosthesis used in spinal fusion procedures to maintain foraminal height and decompression. They are cylindrical or square-shaped devices, and usually threaded.
Instrumented posterior lumbar interbody fusion (iPLIF) is a common spinal fusion surgical technique for addressing low back pain resulting from degenerative lumbar spine disorders. [1] It involves fusion of two or more levels utilizing screws, rods, and an interbody graft.
TTOT is a provider of human tissue products including bone allografts, biomaterials, and soft tissue products for spine, orthopedics, sports medicine, dental, and wound care markets. [ 9 ] In February 2015, Globus Medical acquired Branch Medical Group, a third-party manufacturer of high-precision medical devices.
Professor Moshe Shoham invented the SmartAssist platform that was the basis for the company’s initial technology. With the company’s first product, SpineAssist, challenges included: matching of the pre-operative images to the intraoperative CT scan and customizing the technology for different spine applications, such as deformity and minimally-invasive degenerative repair.
In January 2012, the company acquired Reno, Nevada-based Synvasive Technology, Inc. [3] On June 29, 2015, the company changed the ticker symbol to "ZBH" to reflect its acquisition of Biomet. [ 4 ] On January 12, 2017, Zimmer Biomet announced a resolution with the DOJ and the SEC in which it agreed to pay a fine of approximately $30.5 million ...
The Charité, a mobile core device for use in the lumbar spine, was approved first, in 2004, but is no longer in use. prodisc, the longest continually used disc replacement device in the US, is a fixed core device manufactured by Centinel Spine and was approved in 2006 for the lumbar spine with a cervical device approved in 2007.
The three categories treated for types of spinal cord deficiencies are massive fusion of the cervical spine (Type I), the fusion of 1 or 2 vertebrae (Type II), and the presence of thoracic and lumbar spine anomalies in association with type I or type II Klippel–Feil syndrome (Type III). [citation needed]