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38 Sign up for Becker's Orthopedic, Spine Business & Pain Management E-Weeklies at www.BeckersOrthopedicandSpine.com or call (800) 417-2035 folio includes the SpineFrontier Trio, Facet Infuse and Inspan. FacetFuse is a minimally invasive screw system designed for posterior surgical procedures including trauma and degenerative diseases. The Inspan Process Plate System is a posterior non-pedicle, supplemental system for the non-cervical spine. The S-Lift is designed for intervertebral fusion in patients with degenerative disc disease. All three systems are patented. Spineology, based in St. Paul, Minn., was founded in 1996 by spine surgeon Stephen Kuslich, MD. The company focuses on providing the spine industry with products for minimally invasive procedures. Spineology's first product was OptiMesh, a deployable mesh pouch that is designed to maintain the position of bone graft material within a vertebral defect and allow surgeons to treat these defects percutaneously or with minimal invasion. Since OptiMesh, the company has added the Threshold Pedicular Fixation System, Rampart Interbody Fusion System, SOAR Retractor System, Prime Liquid Tissue Matrix, Armor Amniotic Wound Covering, CapLOX Spinal System, MTF G2 Allograft and Capture Facet Fixation System to its line of minimally invasive minded products. Spine Smith Partners, based in Austin, Texas, brings together engineers and spine surgeons to design implants and biologics for the areas of spine correction, surgical fixation and tissue regeneration. The company has developed and marketed products such as the CYNCH TPLIF, CIMPLICITY and CEQUENCE-Plate. Last year Spine Smith Partners received a U.S. patent for the stand-alone ALIF device, VisuALIF. The company is currently in the process of developing, testing and introducing to regulatory agencies several new products including biologically enhanced implants, biologically active artificial discs, a soft tissue anchor and a facet fixation device. Spine Surgical Innovations, based in Easton, Mass., is a minimally invasive spine device company. The company centers on its Holmed Swivel Port System and a full line of spine surgery instruments, which can be used in lumbar and cervical spine procedures. The company's product portfolio includes general instruments, distractors and compressors, pedicle instruments, rod instruments, torque instruments and several MIS systems. In 2011, Spine Surgical Innovations launched the Hummingbird series, a series of minimally invasive surgery light tubes, which is designed to attach to the Swivel Port MIS Retractor and provide the best possible lighting without interfering with surgeons' movements. Spine View, based in Fremont, Calif., is a medical device company that focuses on the development and commercialization of devices and systems intended to for use in spine surgery. The company's systems include the enSpire Surgical Discectomy System, the Flex MIS Surgical Discectomy System, the enSpire Interventional Discectomy System and the SpineView MIS Decompression System. Spine View technologies are designed for use in minimally invasive procedures and treat conditions such as spinal stenosis, degenerative disc disease and herniated discs. Spine Wave, based in Shelton, Conn., is a medical device company concentrating on developing and marketing products in the spine field. The company offers the StaXx XD Expandable Device, StaXx XDL Expandable Device, Sniper Spine System, CapSure PS3 Spine System, Accent Cervical Spacer system and Ni-Lock Anterior Cervical Plate System to the U.S. market. The StaXx XD Expandable Device and the NuCore Injectable Nucleus are available outside of the U.S. In 2011, Spine Wave received FDA clearance for its StaXx XDL Expandable Device and launched its cervical product line. The StaXx Expandable Device is a vertebral body replacement device designed to minimize bone resection, nerve root retraction and soft tissue damage. TranS1, headquartered in Raleigh, N.C., is a medical device company that directs its energy towards designing, developing and manufacturing device solutions for degenerative conditions of the lumbar spine. The company's product portfolio includes AxiaLIF PLUS expandable implants, a presacral access kit and discectomy tools. The company also offers biologics, the VECTRE facet fusion system and the VEO Lateral System. The company's AxiaLIF system recently received a Category 1 CPT code beginning in 2013. The company also recently acquired the medical device company Baxano, based in San Jose, Calif. Wenzel Spine, based in Austin, Texas, is focused on providing the spine market with alternatives to traditional spine fusion techniques and devices. The company's key product is the VariLift L, which is a stand-alone FDA cleared device that once in position expands from a cylindrical shape to a wedge shape. The device is designed primarily for minimally invasive procedures. Last year, the company announced that 26,000 VariLift devices had been implanted across the world. Six clinical studies have been conducted to study the VariLift device and the most recent study found a fusion rate of over 90 percent. X-spine, based in Miamisburg, Ohio, is a spine implant company driven to create intuitive, nextgeneration devices. The X-spine line of spinal devices includes the AXLE Interspinous Fusion System, FIXCET Facet Fixation System, Calix and Calix PC Intervertebral Fusion Systems, Butrex Buttress Plating System, SPIDER Cervical Plating System, HGRAFT Spinal Allograft System and FORTEX and X90 Pedicle Screw Systems. In November 2012, the company gained FDA clearance for its Fortex CoCr Rod System and the Certex Cervico-thoracic Fixation System. X-Spine has received FDA clearance for six of its products within the past two years. Zyga Technology, based in Minneapolis, is a minimally invasive spine device development and marketing company. The SImmetry system and the GLYDER system are the company's chief products. The SImmetry is a sacroiliac joint fusion system. This system is designed to provide joint fixation, minimally invasive lateral access, bone graft delivery to the prepared joint and decortication and cartilage removal of the joint. Zyga Technology is currently developing the GLYDER, which is designed as a minimally invasive facet resurfacing system that will function as non-fusion therapy for painful facet joints. The GLYDER system is currently undergoing clinical investigation and has not yet been approved by the FDA. In 2012, Zyga Technology received $25 million in Series C financing. Versant Partners, Split Rock Partners and MB Venture Partners are the company's largest investors. n AccelSPINE is a forward thinking medical device company that strives to develop products and services that treat spinal disorders. The AccelSPINE portfolio showcases a wide range of complementary products that include a minimally invasive spine system, posterior cervical system, thoracolumbar system, anterior cervical plate system, interbody device options, biologics and P-STIM a non-narcotic pain management solution. Based on a creative collective, AccelSPINE works closely with our surgeons to imagine and construct multifaceted implants and instruments that become works of art. Join us as we share our story and learn more about how science, mathematics and the arts blend to masterfully create the AccelSPINE experience.