Training Facility Opened for Minimally Invasive Lumbar Decompression Procedure to Treat Lumbar Spinal Stenosis

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Vertos Medical, Inc., a privately held medical device manufacturer that developed the proprietary mild® (Minimally Invasive Lumbar Decompression) procedure to treat patients with lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS), announced the opening of its new physician training facility and headquarters in Aliso Viejo, Calif.

“Numerous physicians are trained and now doing the mild procedure, and there is a growing interest in training from the physician community. To support this effort, we’ve opened a new state-of-the-art training facility,” said James M. Corbett, president and chief executive officer of Vertos. “This better enables Vertos to train large groups of doctors efficiently and effectively.” The San Jose operations have been converted to the Vertos Technology Center where research and development and manufacturing will remain.

About Vertos Medical, Inc.

Vertos Medical was founded in 2005 to develop a percutaneous method for lumbar spine decompression to treat patients with lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS), a degenerative, age-related narrowing of the lower spinal canal. Its first proprietary platform technology, called mild® (Minimally Invasive Lumbar Decompression), is the least invasive surgical procedure for treating LSS, with no implants left behind. *

mild is market cleared by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for decompression of the lumbar spine.

More than 1.5 million Americans suffer from chronic pain and immobility caused by lumbar spinal stenosis. Approximately 700,000 of them are in some form of treatment for LSS every year (Source: CMS database). Treating LSS patients earlier and least invasively, which mild provides for, reduces overall health care costs. For more information, visit www.vertosmed.com.