First Patient Implanted With NEXXT MATRIXX SA Cervical Turn-Lock System

Nexxt Spine LLC’s latest implant system is officially in clinical circulation. The company’s NEXXt MATRIXX SA Cervical Turn-Lock System has been implanted for the first time, at the Williamson Medical Center in Franklin, Tenn. Since that first implantation, more than 50 surgeries have been completed throughout the United States. 

The NEXXT MATRIXX SA Cervical Turn-Lock System is centered around an intentionally engineered 3D laser printed titanium implant with varying pore sizes from 300μ, 500μ and 700μ.  Nexxt Spine patients benefit from the strength and biocompatibility of titanium along with a modulus of elasticity comparable to PEEK. Each in-house printed interbody offers architecturally significant geometry including a 75 percent porous lattice to encourage osteointegration and radiographic visualization.
 
The NEXXT MATRIXX SA Cervical Turn-Lock System is designed to eliminate the need for traditional plate and screw fixation while providing a zero-profile construct in anterior cervical fusion procedures.  Additionally, a 90-degree one-step turn lock for the mitigation of screw back out, and self-guided instrumentation are designed to increase surgeon confidence and procedural efficiency.
 
The initial implantation was performed by board-certified orthopedic surgeon Dr. John Klekamp, who noted, “On behalf of my patient and myself we are both grateful and honored to have been the first recipient and surgeon to have benefited from Nexxt Spine’s latest technological advancement for the treatment of cervical spinal disorders. The release of NEXXT MATRIXX SA Cervical Turn-Lock System came at a most opportune time for us, as my patient had undergone a previous four level anterior cervical fusion from C3 to C7 four years ago. Over the course of time, he developed adjacent disc disease at the C7/T1 disc space, with severe bilateral neural foraminal stenosis and debilitating C8 radiculopathy. We faced the decision as to either perform an anterior plate removal and subsequent C7/T1 Anterior Discectomy and fusion and plate in a patient with challenging anatomy, or a posterior decompression with cervicothoracic instrumentation and fusion. The NEXXT MATRIXX SA Cervical Turn-Lock System allowed for C7/T1 anterior decompression and stabilization adjacent to the previous fusion without the need for plate removal and associated larger surgical exposure. The patient’s anatomy provided a challenging approach above the sternal notch, but once the discectomy was completed the implant placement provided additional distraction and indirect decompression of the bilateral neural foramen. The design of the interbody device incorporating the Matrixx lattice allowed for generous biologic material placement, and lattice for bony ingrowth.  The specialized instruments for screw placement were critical for obtaining the necessary angles for screw hole preparation and placement into the C7 and T1 vertebral bodies. The locking mechanism was easily engaged, and secure.”
 
During follow-up examinations, Dr. Klekamp said the patient, now months from surgery, is “doing extremely well with complete resolution of his preoperative symptoms.”
 
Dr. Klekamp has practiced at the Bone and Joint Institute of Tennessee since 2004. 

Nexxt Spine is a medical device company that designs, develops, manufactures and markets products for the surgical treatment of spinal disorders.