Surgical Dynamics' Fusion Cage gets US approval:
This article was originally published in Clinica
Executive Summary
Surgical Dynamics, a subsidiary of US Surgical, has received expanded FDA approval for its Ray Threaded Fusion Cage, for implantation as an open anterior lumbar body fusion. Previously the Ray Threaded Fusion Cage was approved by the FDA for open posterior lumbar interbody fusion, said the Norwalk, Connecticut, based company.
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