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Published January 2008 | Forecasts through 2013
U.S. Markets for Spinal Disc Repair and Replacement Technologies
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Overview
To date, the growth of the U.S. market for artificial disc replacements has been disappointing. Initially, these technologies were expected to rapidly penetrate the market for spinal fusion patients due to their potential to: preserve motion, limit further degeneration, and avoid the need for fusion. Since the approval of DePuy Spines' Charite for lumbar disc replacement in October 2004 however, growth has been restrained by reimbursement challenges, limited long-term data, and the need to use an anterior approach for lumbar disc replacement.

Despite these challenges, manufacturers continue to pursue the enormous opportunity in artificial discs, and by 2013, a number of products should be approved which will feature different designs and allow alternative approaches to the lumbar spine. According to this new report by Life Science Intelligence (LSI), growth in lumbar disc replacements will increase due to positive developments in reimbursement, favorable clinical results, and the use of alternatives to the anterior approach.

In the market for cervical disc replacements, where growth has also been limited by reimbursement challenges and clinical concerns, the introduction of devices with different designs, the use of a familiar approach, and the increasing performance of multiple-level replacements during a single procedure will drive greater adoption.

As analyzed in this report, emerging markets such as annulus repair and nucleus repair/replacement could begin to limit the growth of artificial discs towards the end of the forecast period. Annulus repair, which can be used as a simple adjunct to discectomy, will see rapid adoption through 2013, particularly among newer surgeons. The market for nucleus replacement products, which should see some steady growth after 2010, is expected to grow substantially after the introduction of biological repair products, which could occur as early as 2012. By reducing the need for total disc replacement, these technologies will contribute to slower growth in the market for artificial discs after 2013.
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Companies Covered
Arthro Kinetics
AxioMed Spine
Biomet
Cervitech
co.don
CryoLife
DePuy Spine
Disc Dynamics
Disc Motion Technologies
Eden Spine/FlexisMed
ErgoSpine
Gentis
Globus Medical
Intrinsic Therapeutics
ISTO Technologies
LDR Spine
Medtronic Sofamor Danek
Nexgen Spine
NuVasive
Orthofix/Blackstone Medical
Orthopeutics
Pioneer Surgical
Ranier Technology
Raymedica
Replication Medical
Scient'x USA
SeaSpine
Spinal Kinetics
Spinal Motion
SpineMedica
SpineSmith
Spine Wave
Stryker Spine
Synthes
Theken Disc
TranS1
US Spine
Vertebral Technologies
Vertebron
Zimmer Spine

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