Tuesday, April 17, 2012

Medtronic's Bryan Cervical Disc

New Cervical Disc Approved by FDA

The FDA has recently approved the Medtronic’s Bryan Cervical Disc. The Bryan Cervical Disc, designed to help to alleviate neck pain, finally will be put on the market, but their will be a post market study, including the tracking of patients' neck disability index scores, radiographic information, and neurological status.The Bryan is used to mimic natural disc shock absorption.

It is composed of titanium and polyurethane, and has a metal on metal like design. Its compostiton is what essentially raised awareness to the FDA panel on it's safety, however short term use is not the use, the are of long term use is of concern, and will be under surveillance for the next ten years or so.

The Bryan (Medtronic), Prestige (Medtronic) and ProDisc-C (Synthes) are currently the only cervical artifical disc replacements available in the U.S, Medtronic has not yet announced further details or information regarding the approval and commerical availability of Bryan yet.

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