In short
ulrich medical USA, Inc., has announced the release of the Omni VBR™ Implant System, a new titanium vertebral body replacement device that is intended for use in the thoracic and lumbar spine (T1-L5) to replace a collapsed, damaged or unstable vertebral body due to tumour or trauma.
Background
ulrich medical USA, Inc. is a privately-held subsidiary of ulrich medical® Inc., an innovative medical technology company headquartered in Ulm, Germany. The Omni VBR implant joins a distinguished and growing portfolio of expandable cage technologies that ulrich medical USA currently has available for purposes of vertebral body replacement.
The Omni VBR features a large central lumen that allows for maximum bone grafting while maintaining the expandability that the company claims has made its cages market leaders.
This product currently has a variety of endplate angulation options, is sterile-packed and available in the following diameters: 19mm, 22mm, 26mm and 30mm with expansion ranges between 10 – 131mms.
Company comments
“We are very pleased to introduce our fifth expandable corpectomy cage to the US market with the introduction of the Omni VBR implant. Expandable VBR technology is our core competency and we will continue to support, develop and defend our market leadership position in this sector of the complex spine market moving forward,” said Tom Carter, Senior Marketing Manager, ulrich medical USA.
SOURCE ulrich medical USA, Inc. PR Newswire
published: April 24, 2012 in: Launches / Withdrawals, Spine