Surgical Technology

Fluidjet-based system for preparing spinal disc for fusion requires 65% fewer passes

Published in Biotech Business Week, March 13th, 2006

HydroCision Inc. announced that a multicenter cadaveric study demonstrated that the company's fluidjet-based platform for removing spinal disc material and preparing disc endplates for spinal fusion required 65% fewer passes into and out of the disc space than conventional surgical instruments.

HydroCision's HydroSurgery system, including SpineJet XL instruments, uses a high-velocity stream of water to simultaneously cut and aspirate tissue from the spinal disc space in preparation for fusion. The technique's advantages, illustrated by this study, include the safe removal of degenerated tissue and thorough endplate preparation that can lead to fewer instrument passes...

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Source: Biotech Business Week (2006-03-13)

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