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news.Medtronic, a medical technology company, has launched the X-STOP PEEK IPD system, the first interspinous process decompression device approved by the FDA that offers a PEEK-Bone interface for treating the symptoms of lumbar spinal stenosis, in the US.
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According to the company, polyetheretherketone (PEEK) polymer, a biomaterial widely accepted for spinal applications, provides several benefits such as biocompatibility and radiolucency (allows the passage of X-rays).
The X-STOP PEEK system provides benefits comparable to the original X-STOP system, which was launched in the US in 2006, and also includes changes in material, shape and available sizes. The launch of the PEEK version, the second generation of the X-STOP system, gives spine surgeons the option of using this material in the interspinous process decompression procedures, the company said.
Medtronic has also said that it will continue to offer both the titanium and PEEK versions of the X-STOP system to accommodate the preferences of US spine surgeons.
Robert White, president of Kyphon products in the spinal and biologics business at Medtronic, said: “Many surgeons will welcome the properties of PEEK, the elliptical shape of the new device, and the addition of a 16 mm size implant to our X-STOP product line.”