Nunec Cervical Arthroplasty Device

Question:

The Nunec Cervical Arthroplasty Device was used for the first time recently in China. What are the benefits of this new system?

Answer:

Pioneer Surgical Technology, Inc. announced the first human implantations of its next generation cervical total disc replacement (TDR), NuNec Cervical Arthroplasty Device, earlier this month. The surgeries were performed on patients with degenerative disc disease.

Dr. Yuan, a designing surgeon team member for NuNec said, “This (NuNec) . . . features a unique cam locking mechanism which provides optimum fixation without keel cutting as well as an HA coating on the outer surfaces of the PEEK plates to facilitate consistent biological fixation.” Yuan added, “Unlike many cervical disc devices, the radiolucency of the PEEK material in NuNec causes no artifact in MRI or CT imaging.”
The NuNec device includes Pioneer’s articulating P3. The device is manufactured from ‘PEEK’ (poly-ether-ether-keton), which has shown long term durability and resistance to the effects of accelerated aging. P3 Technology is also used in other Pioneer products, including NuBac(TM) Intradiscal Arthroplasty System, NuNec(TM) Cervical Arthroplasty System, and BacJac(TM) Interspinous Decompression System.

Source: Pioneer Surgical Technology

Filed Under Total Disc Arthroplasty, Degenerative Disc Disease, What's New 

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