ADVISORY/Sulzer Spine-Tech Receives FDA Approval for BAK/C Cervical Interbody Fusion System.Medical & Business Editors ADVISORY...for Monday (April 23) NOTE TO EDITORS: Multimedia Assets Available With This Story Include Logos, Photos, Text News Releases, Video --(BUSINESS WIRE) Sulzer Medica medica (māˑ·dē·k Ltd. announced that its subsidiary Sulzer Spine-Tech, based in Minneapolis, Minn., received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA FDA abbr. Food and Drug Administration FDA, n.pr See Food and Drug Administration. FDA, n.pr the abbreviation for the Food and Drug Administration. ) to begin commercializing the BAK/C(R) Cervical cervical /cer·vi·cal/ (ser´vi-k'l) 1. pertaining to the neck. 2. pertaining to the neck or cervix of any organ or structure. cer·vi·cal adj. Interbody Fusion System. The BAK/C device is the first cervical interbody fusion device to receive FDA approval. Approximately 150,000 cervical fusions are performed in United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. alone with a value of $150 million. The U.S. market is assumed to grow at a rate of about 20% annually. You can reach the story directly by going to http://www.newstream.com/cgi-bin/display_story.cgi?2722 This multimedia news story is for free and unrestricted use on your news information site (and for print or broadcast too). Visit http://www.newstream.com to download To receive a file transmitted over a network. In any communications session, "download" means receive, and "upload" means send. The download/upload often implies a big/little scenario, in which data is being downloaded from the "big" server into the "little" user's computer. video, audio, text, graphics and photos. If you have any questions about the story, or about Newstream.com, please write to us at info@newstream.com. |
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