Sam Brusco, Associate Editor10.11.22
Nexus Spine has announced its Tranquil interbody fusion tech has reached 5,000 implantations. The milestone covers the company’s entire Tranquil portfolio of cervical, cervical with integrated fixation, ALIF, ALIF with integrated fixation, PLIF, TLIF, Steerable TLIF, and DLIF configurations.
Tranquil interbodies are composed of titanium and engineered with proprietary compliant mechanism principles to flex and match stiffness of the spinal trabecular bone to promote rapid integration and stability, while minimizing risk of subsidence. The matched stiffness is consistent throughout Tranquil implants because of a lack of outer frames and/or teeth commonly found on competitive devices.
“Existing interbody fusion devices are too stiff,” David Hawkes, president of Nexus Spine told the press. “An overly stiff interbody creates areas of stress shielding that impede bone development and delay healing. Others seem to be focused on surface technology, but surface topography is meaningless if the stiffness of the implant is wrong. Through compliant mechanism engineering, we are able to appropriately, and precisely match the stiffness of Tranquil™ to cancellous bone. This creates a safe zone of mechanical loading that promotes bone formation and stability through more rapid implant integration with the vertebral endplate. Our proprietary surface treatment also plays a role, but it takes a back seat to matched stiffness. We are excited that more than 3,000 patients have benefited from Tranquil™.”
The Tranquil line will be featured at North American Spine Society (NASS) booth #4233 along with its PressON posterior fixation. Interactive demonstrations will show advantages of the company’s technologies, compliant mechanisms, and shortcomings of competitive systems.
Tranquil interbodies are composed of titanium and engineered with proprietary compliant mechanism principles to flex and match stiffness of the spinal trabecular bone to promote rapid integration and stability, while minimizing risk of subsidence. The matched stiffness is consistent throughout Tranquil implants because of a lack of outer frames and/or teeth commonly found on competitive devices.
“Existing interbody fusion devices are too stiff,” David Hawkes, president of Nexus Spine told the press. “An overly stiff interbody creates areas of stress shielding that impede bone development and delay healing. Others seem to be focused on surface technology, but surface topography is meaningless if the stiffness of the implant is wrong. Through compliant mechanism engineering, we are able to appropriately, and precisely match the stiffness of Tranquil™ to cancellous bone. This creates a safe zone of mechanical loading that promotes bone formation and stability through more rapid implant integration with the vertebral endplate. Our proprietary surface treatment also plays a role, but it takes a back seat to matched stiffness. We are excited that more than 3,000 patients have benefited from Tranquil™.”
The Tranquil line will be featured at North American Spine Society (NASS) booth #4233 along with its PressON posterior fixation. Interactive demonstrations will show advantages of the company’s technologies, compliant mechanisms, and shortcomings of competitive systems.