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Amedica Receives FDA 510(k) Clearance for Valeo(TM) Pedicle Screw System

Published in Medical Device Business Week, December 5th, 2007

Amedica Corporation, an orthopedic implants company focused on silicon nitride ceramic technologies, announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted 510(k) marketing clearance to Amedica's Valeo(TM) Pedicle Screw system.

The Valeo Pedicle Screw system is a low profile and modular pedicle screw system incorporating features that are aimed at allowing surgeons greater flexibility in the positioning of these spinal implants. The Valeo Pedicle Screw system is intended for non-cervical pedicle fixation from the T1 through L5 vertebral bodies of the spine as an adjunct to fusion. The implant and related instruments are designed to facilitate greater...

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