In Brief: Advanced Spine Fixation
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
Advanced Spine Fixation: Cypress, California-based firm receives FDA 510(k) clearance to market its titanium posterior lumbar sacral screw for a limited pedicle fixation indication. The pedicle indication for ASF's screw system is the same as the one gained by Sofamor Danek in January for the TSRH pedicle spinal screw system ("The Gray Sheet" Jan. 23, I&W-1)...
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