Empirical Spine Advances LimiFlex™ as a New Motion-Preserving, Minimally Invasive Standard in Spine Surgery — Empirical Spine

2021 Brought Breakthrough Device Designation and PMA Process Initiation

San Carlos, Calif. (February 1, 2022) – Empirical Spine, Inc., a medical device company creating a new class of spinal implant that works in parallel with the natural structures of the spine to restore functionality and optimize quality of life, achieved several clinical, reimbursement and regulatory milestones in the past 12 months that are moving its LimiFlex™ Dynamic Sagittal Tether™ (DST) closer to market in the US. The company also recently initiated several key pre-commercial/market readiness projects.

LimiFlex is an investigational device targeting grade 1 lumbar degenerative spondylolisthesis patients with spinal stenosis, designed to restore natural segmental motion and stability after an open lumbar decompression by augmenting the posterior tension band. This creates elastic resistance to flexion…

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