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Global Device Approvals, Weekly Snapshot: Spine Device Duo

 
• By David Filmore and Reed Miller

A snapshot of global medical device approvals captured during the past week in Medtech Insight's Approvals Tracker. This week, two spine device approvals from US FDA, and a CE mark for a new drug-eluting stent.

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Four novel device or indication approvals were added to Medtech Insight's Approvals Tracker last week, including two spine device approvals at US FDA.

Intrinsic Therapeutics Inc.'s Barricaid Anular Closure Device gained a PMA approval; it's a permanent implant intended to reduce the risk of reherniation for patients undergoing a discectomy procedure for...

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