The mechanics of bipedalism—walking on two legs—is often cited as a factor in the development of degenerative disease of the lumbar spine. Over a normal lifespan, humans endure microtraumas and undergo bodily changes that either alter or redistribute biomechanical forces unevenly on the lumbar region, resulting in lower back pain. The stresses and microtraumas associated [...]
Below is an excerpt from "Spine Surgery: Products, Technologies, Markets & Opportunities, Worldwide, 2008-2017," report #M510 from MedMarket Diligence. Degenerative Disc Diseases The mechanics of bipedalism—walking on two legs—is often cited as a factor in the development of degenerative disease of the lumbar spine. Over a normal lifespan, humans endure microtraumas and undergo bodily changes [...]
One of the most exciting areas in spinal surgery today is the non-fusion area. Surgeons and engineers are creating devices that can be implanted to treatment various spine conditions without fusion, thus allowing the patient to retain at least some movement and flexibility that would otherwise be lost by fusing vertebrae together. Although fusion is [...]
Startups in the field of spine surgery and related technologies (neuromodulation, pain management, etc.) this decade cover a breathtaking number of new technologies seeking to address every possible improvement in restoring spine stability or preserving motion, reducing pain, reducing surgical invasivenes, improving long term outcomes and other improvements. (Note, data in table is drawn from [...]
[Having covered a very wide range of medical technology markets, spanning cardiology to gastroenterology, biotechs to devices and disposables/reusables/"reposables" to capital equipment, I have to note that the spine surgery market is really unique among all of them --- resistant to cost containment, persistently device-oriented, and subject to tremendous innovation all the same. In some [...]
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