Double Medical and Invibio: Driving Innovative Implantable Devices Using PEEK-OPTIMA™ into China

At the 10th Annual Congress of the Chinese Association of Orthopaedic Surgeons (CAOS), long-standing development partners Double Medical Technology Inc. ('Double Medical') and UK’s Invibio Biomaterial Solutionscol laborated on an interbody spine surgery workshop to help expand knowledge of the implantation of Double Medical’s Direct Lateral Interbody Fusion (DLIF) spinal cages made with PEEK-OPTIMA™. The biomaterial PEEK-OPTIMA polymer by Invibio was introduced to medical device manufacturers in China after the approval by the China Federal Drug Administration (CFDA) in 2004.

Hosted in conjunction with the North American Spine Society (NASS), the CAOS workshop “Principles and Techniques of Complex Spine Surgery Workshop” took place on May 12, 2017, at the Zhongshan School of Medicine, Sun Yat-sen University, in Guangzhou. The event was the fifth joint NASS-CAOS workshop and delivered a full day of hands-on cadaver labs with over one hundred surgeons attending and multiple one-hour product demonstrations streamed live to the audience, including the demonstration of Double Medical and medical-grade PEEK innovator Invibio.

Double Medical and Invibio have been working together since 2009. At this jointly planned NASS-CAOS event, the two companies demonstrated a Direct Lateral Interbody Fusion (DLIF) spinal cage made with PEEK-OPTIMA and showed how the DLIF cage, which has already been used in lumbar surgeries, can provide a better overall therapeutic experience for patients.

Double Medical is driving progress based on Invibio's implantable biocompatible polymers into China and globally. Double Medical´s orthopaedic implants are a leading product in the domestic market in China, and the company has branches in more than 30 of China's provinces and cities. Double Medical is also cooperating with more than 3,500 hospitals and nearly 1,000 business enterprises in China; its products have been exported to more than 40 countries and regions that include the US, EU, Russia, Southeast Asia, Middle East and South Africa.