Spine Wave Introduces Exceed Biplanar Expandable Interbody Device

Spine Wave has bolstered its posterior interbody fusion offering with the launch of the Exceed Biplanar Expandable Interbody Device featuring TiCell Nano Advanced Surface Technology.

The Exceed Biplanar Device is an interbody implant for transforaminal (TLIF) and posterior (PLIF) lumbar interbody fusion with all-titanium construction, biplanar expansion, easy and fast post expansion grafting, and advanced surface technology. 
 
The Exceed Biplanar Device is ideal for TLIF and PLIF procedures, the company claims. The all-titanium implant features simple and easy to use instruments and a biplanar taper to ease insertion. The implant expands in both cephalad to caudal and medial to lateral planes to maximize endplate to implant surface apposition and provide a wide-open space for grafting and radiographic visibility. The system integrates with Spine Wave’s GraftMag Graft Delivery System for fast, easy, and voluminous post-expansion grafting.

“Spine Wave’s launch of the Exceed Biplanar Expandable Device continues and strengthens the company’s leadership position in the market for expandable devices,” said Laine Mashburn, Spine Wave’s executive vice president of Global Marketing and Business Development. “The Exceed Biplanar Expandable Device addresses important clinical needs very well and offers appealing features that are appreciated by spine surgeons. The TiCell Nano Advanced Surface Technology featured on the Exceed Biplanar Expandable Device is an important and promising platform technology for Spine Wave.”
 
The Exceed Biplanar implant features TiCell Nano Advanced Surface Technology, which is Spine Wave’s patented, proprietary advanced surface design. The TiCell Nano surface is produced using both nanosecond and femtosecond lasers to form a hierarchical surface structure. The nanosecond laser produces a roughened, microporous texture intended to enhance implant-to-vertebral endplate fixation, while the femtosecond laser produces sub-micron and nanoscale features designed to replicate the natural geometry within osteoclastic resorption pits. The TiCell Nano technology can be applied to any titanium implant substrate, including machined and 3D printed designs. The Exceed Biplanar Expandable Interbody Device is the first Spine Wave implant to feature TiCell Nano Advanced Surface Technology and more are planned.

“I have been impressed with Spine Wave’s laser surface technology,” stated Professor Barbara Boyan Ph.D., executive director of Virginia Commonwealth University’s Institute for Engineering and Medicine, “particularly in its ability to mimic the topography left by osteoclast cells in preparation for bone growth.”
 
“Exceed Biplanar Expandable Interbody Device together with GraftMag Graft Delivery System is a great procedural solution for my TLIF and PLIF procedures,” commented Christopher P. Gallati, M.D., a board-certified neurological spine surgeon practicing with The University of Tennessee Medical Center’s Brain and Spine Institute in Knoxville. “The system completely addresses my clinical requirements, and I use it with confidence because the dual taper design is easy to insert, the biplanar expansion ensures secure fit and fill of the interbody space and helps me achieve the desired amount of lordosis. The GraftMag Graft Delivery System makes grafting fast and easy and the TiCell Nano Advanced Surface Technology is appealing because it facilitates near-term fixation and is designed to provide an excellent setting to achieve bony fusion.”

Spine Wave develops minimally invasive spine surgery solutions and expandable interbody devices. The Shelton, Conn.-based company offers a broad portfolio of advanced spine implant and biologic products.