LDR Launches verteBRIDGE? Anchoring Technology for Spinal Applications

LDR, a total spine solution company, introduced its verteBRIDGE? anchoring technology, which features innovative, zero-profile

self-locking anchoring plates designed for initial and long-term

stability. The technology will be incorporated into LDR´s

new stand-alone partial vertebral body replacement devices.
The surgical technique employs a minimally invasive direct anterior

approach, which allows insertion of the curved anchoring plates along

the sagittal plane thus requiring no additional exposure of the

vertebral bodies.
Christophe Lavigne, CEO of LDR, comments, "The

verteBRIDGEâ„¢ technology platform is a very

exciting and innovative achievement for LDR. The technology provides a

unique solution to some of the challenges faced by spine surgeons today.

We believe our verteBRIDGEâ„¢ anchoring

technology has advantages over screw-based systems and will provide

surgeons with a reliable and reproducible solution."
The technology was designed by a global team of surgeons that includes

Prof. Jerome Allain and Dr. Jean Lombard of France, and Drs. Charles

Gordon, Michael Hisey, Vincent Leone, Pierce Nunley, and Jeffrey Phelps

of the United States.
Dr. Pierce Nunley, of the Spine Institute of Louisiana in Shreveport

Louisiana, says "The direct anterior technique

using the curved anchoring plates provides minimal exposure to the

vertebral bodies and easy insertion and placement of the implant and

anchoring plates. With only 2 instruments and 2 steps for insertion of

the device, my time in the operating room is reduced and optimized."
Dr. Jeffrey Phelps, of the Orthopedic Spine Institute in Ft. Worth

Texas, comments "The instrumentation is

simple, easy to use, and is designed to protect vascular structures

during placement of the anchoring plates. In addition, the zero-profile

implant design assures that there is no hardware protruding anterior of

the vertebral bodies, a real benefit for single or multi-level

indications."
Professor Jerome Allain with the University hospital of Henri Mondor in

Paris, adds, "The real benefit of this

innovative technology is the ease with which I can perform the procedure

with minimal exposure and a direct anterior approach."
LDR works closely with surgeons to develop implantable spine systems and

instrumentation that restore optimum stability and mobility to patients

and to make spine surgery more reproducible and easier to perform. More

information on LDR is located at www.ldrholding.com.

Additional information on the verteBRIDGE technology can be found at www.vertebridge.com.