UAMS to offer SpineJack implant — 3 things to know

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University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in Little Rock is treating osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures using Stryker's SpineJack Implantable Fracture Reduction System, reports KATV.

Three things to know:

1. The SpineJack titanium implant is inserted and expanded and acrylic bone cement is injected at low pressure to stabilize the restored vertebral body.

2. The device has been available in Europe since 2008 and has over 70,000 units implanted across the globe.

3. Stryker received FDA 510(k) clearance to market SpineJack in September 2018 and executed a limited launch for the remainder of last year.

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