NuVasive Receives 510(k) Clearance Of Cervical Corpectomy Cage - Quick Facts

(RTTNews) - NuVasive, Inc. (NUVA) announced the FDA 510(k) clearance of X-Core Mini Cervical Corpectomy System, an expandable titanium vertebral body replacement device designed to provide enhanced stability following a corpectomy procedure. X-Core Mini must be used with supplemental fixation cleared by the FDA for use in the cervical spine, which includes NuVasive's newly released Archon Reconstruction Corpectomy plate.

The NuVasive X-Core Mini Cervical Expandable VBR System (X-Core Mini VBR) is a vertebral body replacement device indicated for use in the cervical spine in skeletally mature patients to replace a diseased or damaged vertebral body caused by tumor, fracture or osteomyelitis, in addition to the reconstruction following a corpectomy performed to achieve decompression of the spinal cord and neural tissues in cervical degenerative disorders.