BOCA RATON, FL — FloSpine, a medical device company that designs, develops and manufactures spinal implants and instruments for the surgical treatment of spinal disorders, announced today the commercial launch of its CANAVERAL®Minimally Invasive Pedicle Screw System.
The Canaveral Minimally Invasive Screw (MIS) System is a thoracolumbar posterior stabilization system featuring extended modular screw heads. This allows the surgeon to select the various modular screw head options to a wide range of screw offerings. This includes the option of 30mm reduction and a selection of closed or open style headbodys. The CANAVERAL® MIS system is an extensive and customizable solution for all surgical cases.
Two surgery’s using the FloSpine CANAVERAL® MIS Pedicle Screw System were performed by Texas Back Institute surgeons Dr. Richard Guyer, MD and Dr. Jack Zigler, MD at the Presbyterian Plano Center for Diagnostics & Surgery in Plano TX. Both surgeons were impressed with the instruments and the various implant options available.
“I was very impressed by the ease of insertion, and also gratified to see how many of our recommendations that were used in the progressive refinement of the system” said Jack Zigler, MD, Orthopedic Spine Surgeon at Texas Back Institute and Co-Director of the Center for Disc Replacement.
Richard Guyer, M.D. the Co-founder of the Texas Back Institute and Director of their Spine Fellowship Program said “FloSpine a great job engineering a very slick, surgeon-friendly system. It is also a scrub tech friendly system and they felt it was one of the easiest systems to put together” Dr. Guyer is also Co-Director for the Center for Disc Replacement at Texas Back Institute.
“The CANAVERAL® Minimally Invasive System also reduces the number of implants that need to be present in the operating room and thereby reduces unnecessary clutter in the surgical area.
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About FloSpine
FloSpine, LLC is a privately held US medical device company offering products for addressing complex deformity spine problems, minimally invasive spine surgery and thoracolumbar degenerative conditions. For more information please visit FloSpine at http://www.flospine.com
About Texas Back Institute
Texas Back Institute is one of the largest multidisciplinary spine centers in the world. Using the latest technology and medical advances, Texas Back Institute is dedicated to helping patients get back to life. For more information please visit Texas Back Institute at https://www.texasback.com
