Initial Procedures with the Spine Wave TP Pivoting Spacer

Spine Wave commenced initial surgical procedures using the Testa TP Pivoting Spacer System, featuring TiCell Nano Advanced Surface Technology. Testa TP is a pivoting interbody device for transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (TLIF), suitable for surgeons preferring symmetric interbody device placement with the TLIF approach.

The 3D-printed all-titanium implant features gyroid lattice endplates, allowing for bony endplate contact and communication with the bone graft within the implant’s large graft chamber. The implant’s bellowed side walls are designed to reduce implant stiffness and increase radiographic graft visibility. The Testa TP Pivoting Spacer is inserted using Spine Wave’s Center Pivot Point Technology to help ensure easy and accurate implant placement in each case. Surgeons can use the GraftMag Graft Delivery System for fast bone graft delivery.

TiCell Nano Advanced Surface Technology can be applied to any titanium implant substrate, including machined and 3D-printed designs.

“Spine Wave’s introduction of the Testa TP Pivoting Spacer System is an important company milestone because it is our first entry into the non-expanding TLIF interbody device market with an internally designed and developed product,” said Laine Mashburn, Executive Vice President of Global Marketing and Business Development. He continued, “the technology embedded in the system addresses important clinical needs, is appealing to surgeons, and is patented. Taken together, it provides Spine Wave with a promising technical platform for the development of other non-expanding interbody devices to complement Spine Wave’s strong positions in expandable device categories.”

Source: Spine Wave