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Available Now! Biocompatible Stabilization Rods for Spinal Implant Surgery
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 20, 2010: Again leading the medical device market in plastics processing is IDEX Health & Science with their capability to customize and package spinal stabilization rods of biocompatible PEEK-Optima®. Available in an array of lengths, curvatures, and diameters, the implantable rods feature excellent mechanical performance as well as repeat sterilization capability.
PEEK-Optima stabilizing rods can be customized with the surface finish, cleanliness, and precision specified by spine-device manufacturers. In a class 10,000 cleanroom, the rods are finished and packaged for consistency and sterility, batch to batch.
IDEX Health & Science expanded its core manufacturing capabilities in anticipation of market need for an alternative to titanium stabilizers. With special capabilities in machining, heating, bending, marking, cleaning, and packaging—all to exacting standards of sterility and validation—IDEX Health & Science is equipped and trained to meet the immediate delivery needs for curved PEEK-Optima rods.
IDEX Health & Science designs, develops, and manufactures liquid subassemblies, gas management systems, ultra-high quality optical filters, and precision components for a wide range of applications requiring precise control and measurement. We specialize in component integration that results in innovative and optimized OEM fluidic systems. IDEX Health & Science is the synthesis of leading component and technology suppliers to the Analytical Instrument, Diagnostics, Biotechnology, Industrial, and Semiconductor markets. Our brands include Eastern Plastics, Gast Manufacturing, Innovadyne, Ismatec, Isolation Technologies, Jun-Air, Micropump, Rheodyne, Sapphire Engineering, Semrock, Systec, Trebor, and Upchurch Scientific.
For more information, visit www.idex-hs.com.
PEEK-Optima® is a registered trademark of Invibio Ltd.
Contact:
Karen Boldra
Tel: +1 360 679 2528
E-mail: kboldra@idexcorp.com