HUNTLEY, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Life Spine, a medical device company that designs, develops, manufactures and markets products for the surgical treatment of spinal disorders, announced today that it will be showcasing ProLift® Expandable Spacer System and SImpact® Sacroiliac Joint Fusion system in multiple upcoming events this year. Life Spine will be participating in the 33rd North American Spine Society (NASS) Annual Meeting, taking place in Los Angeles on September 26-29th, 2018 and will be showcasing both systems. The meeting is expected to attract over 3,000 surgeons and other healthcare professionals from across the globe.
They will also be hosting “Physician’s Ultimate Life Spine Experience”, or PULSE® cadaveric labs on August 18th and November 10th at their corporate headquarters in Huntley, Illinois. These PULSE Labs will demonstrate SImpact. Life Spine is excited to increase their global surgeon education programs with a key focus on micro-invasive expandable technologies.
Both ProLift and SImpact are part of Life Spine’s micro-invasive procedural solutions product portfolio. ProLift is Life Spine’s Expandable TLIF/PLIF Spacer System which expands cephalad/caudal for maximum disc height restoration and decompression of neural elements, The SImpact Sacroiliac Joint Fusion System, features a self-drilling, self-tapping screw design that reduces surgical steps potentially reducing OR time. The system also has fenestrations that allow bone growth through the implant.
PROLIFT and SImpact incorporate OSSEO-LOC™ Titanium Surface Treatment Technology that creates a unique osteophylic surface architecture designed to maximize boney on-growth potential1. OSSEO-LOC is featured on other key Life Spine implants including TIBOW®, PLATEAU®-C Ti, PLATEAU-Z Ti, PRO-LINK® Ti, and PLATEAU Ti, providing surgeons with a full portfolio of titanium solutions.
About Life Spine
Life Spine is dedicated to improving the quality of life for spinal patients by increasing procedural efficiency and efficacy through innovative design, uncompromising quality standards, and the most technologically advanced manufacturing platforms. Life Spine, which is privately held, is based in Huntley, Illinois. For more information, please visit http://www.lifespine.com.
1Feighan, J.E., Goldberg, V.M., Davy, D., Parr, J.A., Stevenson, S. “The Influence of Surface Blasting on the Incorporation of Titanium-Alloy Implants in a Rabbit Intramedullary Model.” The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery 77.9 (1995): 1380-96. Web.
