GLOBUS MEDICAL INC.
INDEPENDENCE® MIS Spacers are anterior lumbar interbody fusion devices used to provide structural stability in skeletally mature individuals following discectomy.
INDEPENDENCE® (including INDEPENDENCE® MIS) Spacers are interbody fusion devices intended for use in patients with degenerative disc disease (DDD) at one or two contiguous levels of the lumbosacral spine (L2-S1). DDD is defined as discogenic back pain with degeneration of the disc confirmed by history and radiographic studies. These patients should be skeletally mature and have had at least six (6) months of non-operative treatment. In addition, these patients may have up to Grade 1 spondylolisthesis or retrolisthesis at the involved level(s). INDEPENDENCE® Spacers are to be filled with autograft bone and/or allogenic bone graft composed of cancellous and/or corticocancellous bone.