Salt Lake City, Utah-based Amedica Corporation has received patents for its total disc replacement technology that features silicon nitride in the construction of the complete implant, according to a news release.
The total disc replacement is made entirely of silicon nitride and is designed to maintain a substantially full range of natural motion after implantation while providing resistance to extreme rotation of the spine, according to the release.
Amedica is a spinal and orthopaedic implant and instrument company focused on silicon nitride ceramic technologies and develops spinal, hip and knee implant devices.
Read Amedica's news release on Amedica's patented total disc spine implant (pdf).
The total disc replacement is made entirely of silicon nitride and is designed to maintain a substantially full range of natural motion after implantation while providing resistance to extreme rotation of the spine, according to the release.
Amedica is a spinal and orthopaedic implant and instrument company focused on silicon nitride ceramic technologies and develops spinal, hip and knee implant devices.
Read Amedica's news release on Amedica's patented total disc spine implant (pdf).