FDA clears market’s 1st vertebral body replacement system with PEEK-OPTIMA HA Enhanced: 5 highlights

The FDA cleared the Omnia Medical VBR.

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Here are five highlights:

 

1. The system came to fruition out of a joint effort between Omnia Medical, JALEX Medical and Invibio Biomaterial Solutions.

 

2. This is the market’s first FDA-cleared vertebral body replacement system with PEEK-OPTIMA HA Enhanced polymer.

 

3. Omnia Medical VBR is designed to replace a collapsed, damaged or unstable vertebral body in the thoracolumbar spine.

 

4. The device has a hollow center for autograft or allograft placement and promotes new bone formation.

 

5. Omnia Medical VBR is single-use and surgeons can choose from two footprints.

 

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