Sunday 17 August 2008

First FLEXUS(TM) Interspinous Spacer Surgeries For IDE Clinical Trial

�Globus Medical, Inc., the largest
privately held spinal anesthesia implant manufacturer in the world, proclaimed
that the first FLEXUS(TM) Interspinous Spacers have been implanted under an
Investigational Device Exemption ("IDE") recently granted to Globus by Dr.
Donald Johnson II and Dr. Rhett Murray.



The FLEXUS(TM) Spacer is placed with a unilateral approach betwixt two
spinous processes with minimal disruption to the surrounding muscle system
and tissue. FLEXUS(TM) is a unitary radiolucent implant that requires no
intra-operative assembly and a single incision to insert. It is
manufactured from PEEK radiolucent polymer rather than titanium to more
intimately match the biomechanical properties of