- First Aritifical Disc
- Aritifical Disc
- Artificial Disc Test
- Cerapedics
- Groundbreaking Technology
- K2M Launches Denali
- Medtronic Announce
- Medtronic Milestone
- Medtronic Aid Adults
- Medtronic TSRH
- Medtronic Sextant
- Minimally Invasive
- Spinal Implants
- Spine Staple Brain Cell
- Spain Cages
- Titanium Rib
- Titanium News
- Titanium Boy
- Medtronic - Kyphon
- Med-Tech
- Pedicle Screws
Scoliosis News - Technology
Medtronic Kyphon
MINNEAPOLIS - Medical device maker Medtronic moved to jump-start its spinal business on Friday, announcing a $3.9 billion purchase of spinal implant maker Kyphon.
Author: Joshua Freed
Date Posted: 31st July 2007
Med Tech
Deal gives Medtronic opportunity to treat young, old spinal patients.
Author: Christopher Snowbeck
Date Posted: 7th July 2007
Pedicle Screws
To analyze complications with thoracic pedicle screws in scoliosis treatment at our Department over a 3-year period (1999-2001).
Date Posted: July 2007
Spine Staple
A physician-designed device could potentially eliminate the need for thousands of invasive spine surgeries in children who are at high risk of needing surgery in adolescence.
Author: Doug Payne
Date Posted: 10th August 2004
Brain Cell
Transplantation of human brain cells corrected involuntary muscle spasms in rats with ischemic spinal cord injury, according to research published online October 12 and in print October 19, 2004 in the European Journal of Neurosciences by investigators at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) School of Medicine.
Author: University of California
Date Posted: 18th October 2004
Spine Cages
Introduction In recent years the excitement about the development and use of spine cages has escalated. However, unless you are a spine specialist, you may find it difficult to appreciate what all the commotion is about.
What is a Titanium Rib
Parents faced with caring for a child with restrictive lung growth deriving from congenital chest wall deformations such as scoliosis, kyphosis, Jeune syndrome (constricted chest), Jarcho-Levin syndrome (fused ribs), or missing ribs, the obstacles often seem overwhelming and mysterious.
Titanium Rib
STEVENS POINT - Kate Rueckert is pretty much like any other 2-year-old girl: She loves princesses and Barbie dolls, and enjoys watching the movie "Ice Age" and playing with her 5-year-old sister, Alexandra.
Author: Amy Olson
Date Posted: June 2005
Titanium Boy
A BOY of three has been saved from a fatal spine condition - by becoming the youngest person in Britain to have a titanium rib. Callum Read was born with four missing ribs, fused vertebrae, and a spine twisted and bent into an S-shape.
Author: BBC
Date Posted: 2005