Inter-body Spacer

Patient Specific Inter-body Spacer

This was the first description of an endplate conforming interbody device, manufactured in titanium alloy by selective laser melting (SLM) with a micro-porous structure.

Titanium alloy is an ideal material for this purpose given its rigidity, biological compatibility, corrosion resistance and MRI compatibility. Scaffold properties, such as porosity, porous size, permeability, stiffness and geometry can influence the success of bone in-growth.

Clinically proven in: ‘Instrumented cervical fusion using patient specific end-plate conforming interbody devices with a micro-porous structure in nine dogs with disk-associated cervical spondylomyelopathy’

Disk-associated cervical spondylomyelopathy is a degenerative disorder of the intervertebral disks, articular facet joints and supporting ligaments, which causes compressive myelopathy and/or radiculopathy in medium to large breed dogs. The disorder is typically expected to result in progressive clinical signs and surgical management appears to be of benefit in comparison to medical treatment.

• A patient specific, endplate conforming interbody device
• Featuring a micro-porous structure
• Used for the instrumented distraction and fusion of dogs with disk-associated cervical spondylomyelopathy
• Designed by our team of biomedical engineers and verified by specialists