LDR Spine Selects Dr. Ralph Rashbaum as Lead Clinician for Cervical Artificial Disc Study
Co-Founder of Texas Back Institute to Anchor Clinical Team for Second-Generation Artificial Disc FDA Study
Austin, TX (November
1, 2005)
LDR Spine, a total spine solution company, today
announced it has named Dr. Ralph Rashbaum, M.D. of the Texas
Back Institute as the lead clinical investigator for its
cervical artificial disc IDE study. This announcement
follows the company’s recent IDE (Investigational Device
Exemption) submission for the clinical investigation that is
required by the FDA before the disc can be distributed or
sold in the United States.
“In my practice at the Texas Back Institute, we see many patients that can benefit from artificial disc implantation under the right circumstances,” said Dr. Rashbaum. “The Mobi-C is designed to be implanted just like a cervical cage and utilizes the same basic approach. The instrumentation is simple and elegant. Most importantly, the mobile bearing design may provide for some latitude in the placement of the device.”
“We are honored to have a surgeon as well-known and respected as Dr. Rashbaum,” said Steve Whitlock, CEO of LDR Spine. “His agreement to participate as our lead clinician is emblematic of the strong enthusiasm Mobi-C is generating in the spine surgeon community. The mobile bearing technology, overall design, and comprehensive instrumentation could potentially make the whole surgical process easier for surgeons.”
The Mobi-C device is limited to investigational use and not yet available for distribution in the United States.
About Dr. Rashbaum
Ralph Rashbaum, M.D. is the lead clinician for the Mobi-C® cervical
artificial disc clinical study. He is a board-certified orthopedic surgeon
with specialization in the spine and is co-founder of the Texas Back
Institute, the largest freestanding spine specialty clinic in the United
States. Dr. Rashbaum, an Assistant Clinical Professor at the University of
Texas Southwestern Medical School in Dallas, is also a published author. He
received his Doctor of Medicine degree from the Chicago Medical School in
1968, performed his surgical residency at Strong Memorial Hospital, and
completed his orthopedic surgical residency at Case Western Reserve and
University Hospitals.
About LDR Spine
LDR Spine supplies U.S. surgeons with innovative spinal
solutions in partnership with LDR Medical of Troyes, France. LDR
Spine works closely with surgeons to develop implantable systems
and instrumentation that restore optimum stability and mobility
to patients, and make spine surgery more reproducible and easier
to perform. More information is located at
www.ldrspine.com.
Company Contact:
James Burrows, VP of Product Commercialization, LDR
(512) 344-3307
jamesburrows@ldrspine.com