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Candidates Sought for Artificial
Lumbar Disc Clinical Trial.

Dr. Kenneth Pettine from The Spine Institute is now enrolling candidates for an artificial lumbar (back) disc investigational device clinical trial. The clinical trial will be used to help support an application to the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) that could allow the approved future use of the device. more…

Investigational Artificial Disc is
Implanted for the First Time

Dr. Kenneth Pettine of Rocky Mountain Spine Arthroplasty Associates implanted his first investigational artificial lumbar (back) disc. The disc is currently being studied in a national clinical trial. The clinical trial will be used to help support an application to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that could allow the approved future use of the device. Approximately 200,000 lumbar surgeries are performed in the United States every year. more..