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Artificial Spinal Discs Developed by More Companies

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A second type of artifical spinal disc, made by Synthes Inc., is set to hit the market, awaiting final FDA approval. Medicare and insurance coverage for this type of procedure is slow in coming, however, because of reports of complications from the existing Johnson & Johnson Charite disc, and uncertainty whether disc replacement is a superior treatment to fusion. 
 
Medtronic Inc. and Stryker Corp. are also developing similar devices.

Competition about to heat up for J&J spine disc

Reuters - 5/16/2006 7:31 PM

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Promising data for an artificial spinal disc from Swiss maker Synthes Inc. suggest the device will give Johnson & Johnson's disc a strong run for market share, analysts said on Tuesday.
 
Artificial spinal discs have been heralded as a step forward in the treatment of degenerative disc disease because they are designed to preserve greater range of motion than traditional back surgery, which fuses together two bones in the lower spine
 
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