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BoneBac - Your Bone Tissue, Recycled
Mick J. Perez-Cruet has known for a long time that using a patient's own bone tissue for fusion and reconstructive surgery procedures is best for the patient and the surgeon.
Called the BoneBac press, MI4Spine LLC and its partner, Traverse City-based Thompson Surgical, introduced it to the market in November 2010. It is being used in 10 hospitals, including William Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak, where Perez-Cruet has worked for roughly seven years.So with that in mind, the neurosurgeon came up with a device that enables surgeons to collect bone tissue and recycle it in the patient's body.
Recently, the companies received FDA approval for a new product — the inner body fusion device — which is part of the BoneBac system and allows for the performance of minimally invasive spinal fusion, said Perez-Cruet, CEO and president of MI4Spine LLC.
The device brought cost savings in its first year at Beaumont. An estimated $500,000 to $1 million was saved by using patients' bone tissue rather than artificial bone graft substances or cadaver bones, which can cost as much as $2,000 for five cubic centimeters, or one teaspoon.
"One of my big goals with starting this company was to help surgeons do these procedures more easily," Perez-Cruet said. "Using the BoneBac helps patients better tolerate the procedure and shortens their hospital stay, helping them get back to their functioning lives."
Read the full article at Crain's Detroit Business
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Louisa was diagnosed with Chiari Malformation when she was seven years old even though we suspected something was amiss from the time she was born when her oral-motor control issues were evident in her struggle to feed. Chiari Malformation (CM) is a condition in which brain tissue is pushed down into your spinal canal because the hole at the base of the skull, the foramen magnum, is abnormally small or misshapen, pressing on the brain and forcing it downward.
Brain and Spine Tumor Expert Returns to Michigan
Daniel K. Fahim, M.D., provides surgical and non-surgical treatment options for primary and metastatic brain and spine tumors. As an award-winning researcher, Dr. Fahim is constantly improving treatment for patients with cancer affecting the brain or spine. He presents his research findings at state, national, and international meetings. His research contributions involve the management of complex brain and spine tumors, developing a better understanding of spine biomechanics and spine fusions, complication avoidance in spine surgery, and maximizing safety in brain tumor surgery.
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