Stryker’s Spine Division Debuts 3D-Printed Tritanium® Posterior Lumbar Cage at AANS Meeting (press release)
ALLENDALE, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Stryker’s Spine division will introduce the Tritanium Posterior Lumbar (PL) Cage, a 3D-printed intervertebral body fusion device that aids in lumbar spinal fixation for patients with degenerative disc disease, at the American Association of Neurological Surgeons Annual Meeting April 30–May 4, 2016, in Chicago (booth No. 3611).
“Spine surgeons need a cage that has the capability of bony integration or bony in-growth, as well as radiolucency so that we can evaluate the fusion long term”
The Tritanium PL Cage is manufactured with Stryker’s innovative additive manufacturing process, also known as 3D printing. The cage is constructed using Stryker’s Spine division proprietary Tritanium technology, a novel, highly porous titanium alloy material designed for bone in-growth and biological fixation.1 Stryker’s 3D-printing process allows for the creation of porous structures that are designed to mimic cancellous bone, a type of spongy bone tissue.
“We are pleased to bring this technology advancement to spine surgeons and their patients,” said Stryke...
