FDA clears surgical device intended to reduce infection risk — 5 insights

The FDA recently cleared Spinal Balance’s No-Touch Pre-Sterilized Pedicle Screw System, according to abc 13.

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Here are five insights:

 

1. The device is designed to reduce surgery infection risk.

 

2. Surgeons can remove the screw from its package with the pedicle screw driver without ever coming into direct contact with the screw.

 

3. Anand Agarwal, MD, serves as Spinal Balance’s president and CEO.

 

4. Spinal Balance is composed of University of Toledo (Ohio) researchers.

 

5. The company is currently developing comparable products and spine implants.

 

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