Product Category: Spinal Implants , Historical Products
By Product Type: Artificial Disc (TDR)
Location: Cervical Disc Replacement
Insertion Approach: Anterior approach
TDR Characteristics: Spike/Tooth based
Disc Articulation Characteristics: Polymer-on-Polymer
By Location/Approach: Anterior Cervical
By Procedure Type: ACDA
By System Type: Degenerative , Motion Preservation
By Material: PEEK Solid block , HA (Hydroxyapatite) Coated
The NuNec Cervical arthroplasty device was originally produced by Pioneer Surgical Technologies. This company was then purchsed by RTI surgical in 2013. The disc replacement featured a poly-on-poly ball-in-cup design using PEEK and HA coating on the enplate surface. The disc entered FDA investigational study but never obtained final FDA approval. The disc feartured radiolucent endplates and articular surfaces with a rotating cam with bone anchors to hold the disc in place until bony integration occurs.