Spinal Column Articles & Analysis
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The biggest difference between spinal blocks vs epidurals is their amount of pain relief: spinal blocks provide total pain relief, while epidurals provide partial pain relief. The reason for this difference is that the former is an anesthetic, while the latter is an analgesic—no sensation versus no pain. But pain elimination comes with a total lack of feeling in the lower body, due to ...
Roughly 8% of U.S. adults suffer from persistent or chronic back pain. That’s around 65 million people who are prevented from engaging in daily activities. Many are forced to miss days of work due to injury. With rising healthcare costs, many back pain sufferers think that they are left without a real solution, until they try epidural injections. An epidural injection is the infusion of ...
Technology is a first-of-its kind molecular pathway designed to suspend cancer, inhibit pain, and regenerate bone Study will examine the safety and efficacy of ZetaMetTM in the treatment of metastatic bone lesions as part of advanced stage cancer therapy Study is targeting Stage 4 breast cancer patients who have metastatic lesions in their spinal vertebrae Zetagen Therapeutics, a private, ...
Today the governing Board of the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) awarded $3.9 million to Ankasa Regenerative Therapeutics for a promising approach to treat a degenerative condition that can cause chronic, progressive back pain. As we get older, the bones, joints and ligaments in our back become weak and less able to hold the spinal column in alignment. As a result, an ...
Halifax Biomedical Inc. (HBI) has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its HALIFAX RADIOSTEREOMETRY UPGRADE (K182880). The HALIFAX UPGRADE technology adds to GE Healthcare’s Discovery XR656/XR656 Plus x-ray imaging units to provide ultra-high precision in vivo 3D measurements. The HALIFAX RADIOSTEREOMETRY UPGRADE is the first product to be launched ...
Halifax Biomedical Inc (HBI), a leading provider of orthopedic diagnostics using ultra high precision stereo x-ray imaging technology, and GE Healthcare have entered into a collaboration to provide HBI’s stereo x-ray based orthopedic clinical measurements to GE’s existing customers. Under a joint development agreement, HBI and GE have created a Halifax imaging upgrade for existing GE ...
Signature Orthopaedics, an Australian-based designer and developer of innovative medical devices and instrumentation, has teamed up with Canadian-based Halifax Biomedical Inc to offer HALIFAX monitoring to patients who receive Signature joint replacement implants. HALIFAX monitoring includes the implantation of small markers into the patient’s bone during surgery and uses HALIFAX stereo ...
Halifax Biomedical Inc. (HBI), a Nova Scotia-based company specializing in precision assessment of spine and joint-replacement micro-instability, is pleased to announce that Sharp HealthCare (Sharp) will be implementing HBI’s innovative Implant Stability Assessment Kit at their Coronado, California facility. Sharp HealthCare is a not-for-profit integrated regional health care delivery ...
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) in the United States have issued an update to payment policies and payment rates for services furnished to Medicare beneficiaries in hospital outpatient departments and Ambulatory Surgical Centers (ASCs) beginning January 1, 2015. The following procedures codes that relate to HBI’s products and services were addressed in this payment ...