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Spine · Interbody cages

POLAR-B Cervical bladed PEEK cage

Name: POLAR-B Cervical bladed PEEK cage
Brand: Normmed

Cervical cage with integrated blade fixation.

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Overview

A cervical cage has to be held in the disc space once the retractor is removed. POLAR-B is a PEEK cervical interbody cage with a built-in locking blade; the radiolucent PEEK body is MRI-compatible. After the cage is seated, the blade is deployed into the adjacent endplates by turning the rear of the holder, so no separate plate is required.

Product group: Spine
System: Interbody cages
Anatomical region: Cervical spine
Material: PEEK with tantalum markers
Device class (EU MDR): III
Manufacturer: NORMMED MEDİKAL SAN. VE TİC. A.Ş., Ankara

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Design rationale

Integrated locking blade

A locking blade is part of the cage and deploys directly into the vertebral endplates. It is intended to resist migration of the implant. Because it travels within the cage footprint, it needs no separate plate.

Blade deployed from the holder

The cage is attached to the POLAR-B holder by turning the rear part of the holder clockwise, and it is inserted with light hammer taps. With the cage in its final position, turning the back of the holder deploys the blade from within the cage. Turning it the other way retracts the blade before removal.

Wide graft window

A wide central window holds osteobiologic material in contact with both endplates. Tantalum markers give a fluoroscopic view of the cage position, and the PEEK body is radiolucent.

Matched sizes

Several footprints and heights are offered, so the cage can be matched to the disc space. A separate holder is supplied for the smallest implants.

Indications

Anterior cervical interbody fusion at one or two contiguous levels (C2–T1) in skeletally mature patients with degenerative disc disease

Source: Normmed product catalogue.

Documents for this product

Instructions for usee-IFU search by REF or lot Surgical techniquePDF, on request Product catalogueSizes and references CertificatesCE and quality certificates ISO 13485 certificateBy e-mail, on request

Regulatory status

Families marked EU MDR are named on EU MDR certificates. The other spine families are CE-marked under the MDD and remain legally marketed under the MDR transition provisions while their MDR certification is ongoing.