MEDICREA Offers Lifetime Warranty on Spinal Implants

[Clare S]

Earlier this year, MEDICREA announced that they had received FDA approval for the world's first patient-specific cervical rod, UNiD. The implants carried the promise of dramatic change in spinal alignment surgeries by replacing traditional one-size-fits-all rods with implants designed to perfectly aligned the the individual patient's spine. The UNiD spinal rods have shown themselves to be overwhelmingly successful thus far - so much so that MEDICREA is offering a lifetime warranty on the implants, the first company to do so. Read more at 3DPrint.com: https://3dprint.com/153662/medicrea-...inal-implants/

[Talon 3D]

I have a double spinal fusion that was done just 2 years ago. My surgeon had a hard time getting the right sized rods. I was over 6'3" prior to the surgery, I wonder how having this available will alter surgeries and recoveries for people. I know that in about 8 years or so this set will have to be replaced. It is good to see progress like this .