FDA Clears NuVasive’s X-Core Mini Spine Support for U.S. Market

San Diego, Calif-based NuVasive said Monday that the FDA has cleared its X-Core Mini cervical corpectomy system for use in the U.S. — the first-ever available in the U.S. market.

The system, an expandable titanium vertebral body-replacement device, is designed to supplement reconstruction and provide patients with greater stability following surgery to remove all or part of the spine. 

“The X-Core Mini system allows the surgeon a choice of endcaps and core diameters to address each patient’s individual surgical needs,” says Neill Wright, a neurosurgeon at Barnes Jewish Hospital in St. Louis. “The design of X-Core Mini, from connection of the endcaps to the core, to in-situ expansion, to locking, has proven to be straightforward, reproducible, durable and reliable,” he adds. — Michael Cipriano