AUSTIN, Texas–(BUSINESS WIRE)–LDR, a privately held
medical device company offering innovative spinal implants for both non-fusion
and fusion applications, announced that it has received approval to market two
innovative spine device systems in China. The ROI-C® Cervical Cage and
the ROI-A® ALIF Cage, both featuring VerteBRIDGE® Plating Technology, and with
over 17,000 implantations combined worldwide, are now available to Chinese
surgeons.
Christophe Lavigne, CEO of LDR, observes, “China is one of
the fastest growing device markets today and represents a significant
opportunity for LDR. Following the successful launch of the Mobi-C® Cervical
Artificial Disc into the China
market in 2009, these new product approvals allow LDR to provide our surgeon
customers in China
with the best technology on the market today. LDR China has direct offices in Beijing and Shanghai
to support the needs of our Chinese surgeon customers.”
The ROI-C Cage for the cervical spine and the ROI-A ALIF
Cage for the lumbar spine address the growing interest in the market for
stand-alone fusion technology that may reduce the need for additional anterior
or posterior instrumentation. Both cages, when used with the companys
integrated VerteBRIDGE plating technology, offer a zero profile, stand-alone
fusion construct.
Prof. Nie Lin (Qi Lu hospital of Shangdong
University) comments, “The curved plating technology allows me to work very
effectively through a small, straight anterior incision. The zero profile
design assures that there is no hardware protruding anterior of the vertebral
bodies, which I see as a real benefit for both single and multi-level
indications.”
LDR was founded in 2000 by partners Christophe Lavigne,
Hervé Dinville and Patrick Richard in Troyes,
France.
Currently headquartered in Austin,
TX, LDR has experienced rapid
growth through product portfolio expansion and an increasingly global presence.
LDR develops unique implantable spine devices and instrumentation designed to
support the clinical goals of surgery while making procedures easier to
perform. More information is located at www.ldrholding.com.
Posted by Sean Fenske, Editor-in-Chief, MDT
