TREATMENT OF SPINAL DISORDERS
Innovations and Clinical Trials

Dr Pradhan has been involved in the following US FDA Clinical Trials, and initial research to develop the following spine surgical technologies:

1. LUMBAR ARTIFICIAL DISCS - US FDA Clinical TrialsProDisc-L (Synthes Spine)
- Charite (DePuy Spine)

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2. CERVICAL ARTIFICIAL DISCS - US FDA Clinical Trials               
- ProDisc-C (Synthes Spine)               
- Mobi-C (LDR Spine)               
- Prestige (Medtronic)

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3. KYPHOPLASTY AND VERTEBROPLASTY - US FDA Clinical Trials                
- CORTOSS bone filler (OrthoVita)               
- STAXX Fx (Spinewave)
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4. NON-FUSION LUMBAR DYNAMIC STABILIZATION - US FDA Clinical Trials               
- DYNESYS (Zimmer Spine)

- PEEK rods (Medtronic)

- DTO dynamic hybrid device (Zimmer Spine)
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5. INTERSPINOUS PROCESS TECHNOLOGIES - US FDA Clinical Trials               
- CoFlex (Paradigm Spine)

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6. NUCLEUS/DISC REGENERATION/AUGMENTATION TECHNOLOGIES - US FDA Clinical Trials               
- OP-1  Injections (Stryker Spine)               
- NuCore Injections (Spinewave)               
- HydraFlex implants (Raymedica)               
- Dascor total nucleus replacement (Disc Dynamics)
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7. MINIMALLY INVASIVE LUMBAR DECOMPRESSION AND FUSION TECHNOLOGIES - US FDA 310K Trials and Post-Marketing Trials               
- Extensure bone graft (Nuvasive)               
- Affix posterior spinal plate (Nuvasive)               
- L-Plate Aspen device (LANX)
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8. ANTERIOR LUMBAR FUSION TECHNOLOGIES - US FDA 310K Trials and Post-Marketing Trials                
- Solitaire stand-alone fusion device (Biomet Spine)               
- Independence stand-alone fusion device (Globus Medical)               
- ROI stand-alone fusion device (LDR Spine)

- Lanx stand-alone fusion device (LANX)