Medical device developer AnthroCare of Austin, TX, has received 510(k) clearance from the Food and Drug Administration for a new bone cement designed to be used during vertebroplasty or kyphoplasty procedures.
The company's Parallax acrylic resin with Tracers-Ta bone cement opacifier was cleared for the fixation of pathological fractures of the vertebral body using vertebroplasty or kyphoplasty procedures.
The product is designed to enhance the physician's ability to track the flow of bone cement under fluoroscopy guidance. It consists of premeasured polymethyl-methacrylate (PMMA), barium sulfate, and tantalum disk opacifiers that create visible dark dots that show cement flow and placement within the bone cavity, increasing patient and procedure safety, according to the company.
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
October 10, 2005
Copyright © 2005 AuntMinnie.com
