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New Cervical Disc Approved by FDA

cervical disc device approved fda

Medtronic's newly approved Prestige LP Cervical Disc.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved a new artificial cervical spinal disc in late July to be used in disc replacement surgery to treat radiculopathy and/or myelopathy. The Prestige LP Cervical Disc can replace one diseased disc in the neck and is a titanium-ceramic alloy that fits between the top and bottom of the cervical vertebrae. Read more