Inter Fix

Inter Fix™

Orthopedics An implantable threaded spinal fusion “cage” used for vertebral fusion in degenerative disk disease; the device is first packed with a previously harvested autologous bone graft and implanted between 2 vertebrae; spinal bone grows and fuses with the bone in the device to form a permanent fusion. See Spinal fusion.
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Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN, announced the Australian Therapeutic Good Administration (TGA) has approved Infuse Bone Graft/LT-Cage, Inter Fix and Inter Fix RP devices for spinal fusion.
Medtronic's Bone Graft/LT-Cage lumbar tapered fusion device, bone graft replacement approved for use in Australia
The use of INFUSE Bone Graft with INTER FIX and INTER FIX RP Threaded Fusion Devices required an FDA Premarket Approval (PMA) supplement and expands the use of this novel growth factor in treating back pain.
Using INFUSE Bone Graft with the INTER FIX and INTER FIX RP Threaded Fusion Devices reduces the pain and complications associated with treating degenerative disc disease by eliminating the second surgery required to harvest bone from a patient's hip for implantation in the spine, as is done in traditional spinal fusion procedures.
The sponges are inserted inside INTER FIX and/or INTER FIX RP Threaded Fusion Devices, a pair of which is then implanted between the vertebrae.
FDA APPROVES EXPANDED USE OF MEDTRONIC'S INFUSE BONE GRAFT
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