Safe Orthopaedics SAS reported results from a biomechanical study comparing its new surgical technique Sycamore – a pedicle-anchored implant – with standalone balloon kyphoplasty. The results published in summer 2023 in the Journal of Experimental Orthopaedics showed a “significant increase” in compression strength with patients using Sycamore.
Agnovos Healthcare LLC, a company using regenerative medicine to treat localized effects of bone disease, has received the FDA’s nod for an IDE clinical trial to assess its AGN1 local osteo-enhancement procedure (LOEP) small-volume (SV) kit in patients with vertebral compression fractures (VCFs). The investigational device is intended to treat stable but painful VCFs via a minimally invasive procedure. The kit, which comes in the form of two single-use trays, contains a calcium-based, resorbable, triphasic implant material that is designed to align the pace of resorption with bone formation, providing treated vertebrae with immediate and durable protection.