The FDA granted clearance for Austin, Texas-based Wenzel Spine's new stand-along expandable lumbar interbody fusion device.
Here are four points:
1. Surgeons implant the device in a unilateral or bilateral capacity through a PLIF or TLIF approach.
2. The VariLift-LX has four fenestrations and a bone graft chamber to enhance vertebral fusion.
3. Wenzel Spine plans to begin the limited release of the device in a few weeks, and a wide release in the spring.
4. "The new implant lengths and heights will allow surgeons to optimize use of the system for a larger portion of lumbar fusion patients," said Bryan Wohlfeld, MD, of North Texas VA Medical Center in Dallas.