Spinal Elements®, Inc. Announces Launch of Ti-Bond™, Titanium Porous Coating for its Lucent® PEEK Interbody Implants (press release)
Spinal Elements, a spine technology company, today launched its Lucent® Ti-Bond™ line of PEEK interbody implants with a plasma-sprayed titanium porous coating. Ti-Bond titanium porous coating, combined with the outstanding clinical history of the company’s Lucent PEEK interbody implants, creates the ideal environment for bone healing during fusion.
Spinal Element’s Ti-Bond coating consists of random, unconnected titanium pores, that are biomechanically adhered through a plasma vacuum spray process to the superior and inferior surfaces of its PEEK-OPTIMA® interbody implants. This results in an ideal bone-opposing surface while allowing for direct visualization of the fusion mass through the radiolucent PEEK material.
Many experts believe that Ti-Bond coating, with its strong bond, creates the ultimate marriage between PEEK and titanium. Plasma-sprayed titanium porous surface coatings have been used on orthopedic implants for over 30 years with excellent long-term clinical outcomes.
Spinal surgeon Dr. Scott Kitchel comments, “This is an exciting new tec...
