SpineGuard received regulatory clearance to market PediGuard products in China.
"This regulatory clearance is the result of a diligent collaborative process with General Care International," said Co-Founder and CEO Pierre Jerome. Here are five things to know:
1. The China spine market is the second largest in the world, following the United States.
2. The China spine market is expected to reach $1 billion by 2019.
3. An increased aging population, increasing disease, treatment improvement and growing affordability is driving the China spine market.
4. SpineGuard was co-founded in 2009 and its primary objective is establishing the proprietary Dynamic Surgical Guidance technology as a global standard of care.
5. The technology is designed for safer screw placement and nearly 40,000 procedures have been performed using PediGuard worldwide.