Alphatec Spine Announces New Products at Upcoming North American Spine Society (NASS) Meeting in Chicago
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Alphatec Holdings, Inc. (MM) (NASDAQ:ATEC)
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Today : Tuesday 1 November 2011
Alphatec Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq:ATEC), the parent company of Alphatec Spine, Inc., a medical device company that designs, develops, manufactures and markets products for the surgical treatment of spine disorders, with a focus on treating conditions related to the aging spine, announced today that it will be introducing three new products at the upcoming North American Spine Society (NASS) meeting in Chicago, IL, which will be held from November 2nd to 4th, 2011
The Company is pleased to make the following new product introductions, and to announce the release of Alphatec Solus to its international beta sites:
-- The Trestle LuxeTM Anterior Cervical Plating System is the Company's next-generation anterior cervical fixation system. It combines a proprietary zero-step locking mechanism, low-profile flush-fit design, large graft window, and a comprehensive offering of implants and instrumentation to provide the surgeon with confidence in the system's performance and comfort to their patients.
-- The AvalonTM Occipito-Cervico Plating System, which is used in connection with the Solanas® Posterior Cervico-Thoracic Fixation System, provides the surgeon with an innovative and comprehensive posterior solution for occipito-cervico-thoracic fixation. The unique buttress design of the Avalon plate allows the surgeon to ideally place and secure bone graft in the optimal midline location to help promote fusion and improve graft stability without adding profile to the overall surgical construct.
-- The Epicage® Minimally Invasive Posterior Interbody Spacer can be used for either TLIF or PLIF procedures. In its resting state the cage has a crescent shape; but due to its unique geometry and design, it can be flexed into a straight and narrow shape. The cage can be delivered in a minimally invasive, low- profile manner, which upon delivery reshapes to cover a large surface area. Additionally, it is delivered through a portal that is designed to reduce the potential of nerve injury to the patient, and to ensure that the cage is delivered to a precise location upon each implementation.
-- The Alphatec SolusTM Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion (ALIF) System provides a biomechanically proven, industry leading design in treating spinal column stability for internal fixation ALIF devices. Four points of fixation combined with what we believe is the largest competitively available graft volume support rapid and robust arthodesis potential. Deployment of the internal fixation blades is performed in one step, and is designed to decrease incision size, operative time and blood loss.
"Alphatec Spine is extremely proud to have designed, manufactured and introduced each of these products to the US and international markets", said Dirk Kuyper, President and CEO. "These products are on the cutting edge of spinal instrumentation and implants. Each incorporates our philosophy of being focused on the aging spine, being minimally invasive in their approach and compatible with Biologics solutions. Each of these systems is in a significantly sized market segment, and as next-generation designs, each has the potential to impact our future positively".
