DePuy Spine’s Charite Artificial Disc for Replacement of Spinal Discs
October 26, 2004 by admin · Leave a Comment
On October 26, 2004 DePuy Spine Inc. announced that the FDA had approved the Charite™ Artificial Disc. The Charite Artificial Disc, a device made of two metallic endplates and a movable high-density plastic center, is the first FDA approved artificial replacement for spinal discs. The standard surgical intervention for this indication is lumbar fusion surgery [...]