Friday, January 29, 2010

How Do You Pull a Rabbit Out of Your Hat?

On January 28th, 2010, RSB Spine LLC (aka Robert S Bray) announced that the FDA had issued clearance on the company's 510(K) filing to commercially market the InterPlate C-PS and L-PS interbody spacers.

Mike O'Neal, President of Paradigm Devices (the real Paradigm) stated that RSB now provides distributors with a full-line of modular interbody implants offering a complete array of material and mechanical loading options that are code compliant. Available in titanium and PEEK, RSB now provides independent distributors with an opportunity to compete in an ever increasing market segment. When one analyzes the Zero-P market it is obvious that many companies are moving at the speed of light. What was once a barren landscape has become promiscuous, multiplying faster than a rabbit. Bang, Bang, Bang one after another there is a glut of Zero-P products. Products like the InterPlate are rounding out the distributors product portfolio enhancing their ability to spark interest in another option for cervical and lumbar devices. As Rocky once said, "Hey Bullwinkle, you wanna see me pull a rabbit out of my hat? Presto! The RSB InterPlate. TSB wants to know what our readers think of this product.

7 comments:

  1. Never heard of the the RSB InterPlate. However, Zero-P as a concept is very attractive.

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  2. I have.. in fact I know Mike O'Neal. He is an industry stud. This guy is a fighter, He made Stalif which VB bought. He manages to come up with cool unique stuff. He'll make this thing a winner too

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  3. Good for Mike O'Neal, after his fiasco with SurgiCrap, or was it SurgiCraft, he deserves to come up a winner.

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  4. The problem with the RSB Interplate is that you have to remodel the endplates to make it zero profile. I don't know why anybody would think that is a good idea. At the very least, it is an extra step. There are other, better devices available, e.g., Synthes SynFix and Zimmer's Stalif.

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  5. Thats not correct. Stalif requires nibbling at endplate at every screw (3-4 screws) so that you can access the screws through the PEEK. Synfix has the titanium cover.
    The Interplate requires only one small nibble for the distal screw resulting in much less boney prep. You should try it. I think you'll be surprised.

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  6. The Interplate Lumbar Device is a good option
    versus just a peek spacer with screws within the disc space.

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