Medtronic launches Synergy TLIF lumbar spine surgery workflow

Medtronic (NYSE:MDT) said today it launched the Synergy TLIF workflow procedural solution for navigated minimally invasive lumbar spine surgery.

The newly launched SynergyTLIF system combines the company’s O-arm system imaging and StealthStation imaging guidance, the Fridley, Minn.-based company said.

“This new workflow is another example of how our portfolio breadth enables us to transform spine outcomes for patients, surgeons, and hospitals. Patients are top of mind when we develop our state-of-the-art minimally invasive technologies, but creating operating room efficiencies is also at the forefront of our innovation,” Medtronic spine division prez Doug King said in a press release.

The system provides guidance for navigated minimally invasive access, screw preparation with the navigated Stealth-Midas drilling system, interbody disc preparation instruments, interbody placement of the Elevate spinal system and screw placement for the CD Horizon Solera Voyager 4.75 and 5.5 ATS screws.

Medtronic said the CD Horizon Solera Voyager 5.5 system features percutaneous and mini-open rod insertion options, and features cannulated and non-cannulated screw options.

“The advanced SynergyTLIF workflow allows me to see every step of the patient’s minimally invasive procedure through real-time 3D imaging. The ATS screw technology provides procedural efficiency by eliminating guidewires and reducing the number of surgical steps thanks to a uniquely designed awl-tipped screw that can penetrate cortical bone without the need for a separate drill or tap,” Dr. Jean-Pierre Mobasser of Indiana University said in a prepared statement.

Yesterday, Medtronic said it launched a 3D-printed line of titanium spinal implants called Tionic.

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