Here are four notes:
1. Awarded Jan. 10, 2016, the $150,000 grant supports the development of enhancements to the company’s INDOS system of spinal instrumentation.
2. The INDOS system simultaneously facilitates both mechanical stabilization of the spine and osteogenic stimulation of new bone formation and bony fusion.
3. The present SBIR project will focus on optimizing electroactive INDOS pedicle screws to facilitate therapeutic DC electrical stimulation of the lateral gutter and zygapophyseal joints and encourage posterolateral spinal fusion.
4. OsteoVantage was formed in 2012 to commercialize patent pending spinal fusion technology exclusively licensed from Washington University School of Medicine.
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