Ellipse Technologies, Inc. (“Ellipse”) announced today that a scientific presentation of the pre-human clinical results of the MAGECTM System were presented by Dr. Gregory Mundis at the 3rd International Congress on Early Onset Scoliosis and Growing Spine held in Istanbul, Turkey, November 20 and 21st.
Dr. Mundis, San Diego Center for Spinal Disorders, La Jolla, California presented a scientific paper titled “Innovation in Growing Rod Technique; Study of Safety and Efficacy of Remotely Expandable Rod in Animal Model” co-authored by Behrooz Akbarnia, MD; Gregory Mundis, MD; Pooria Salari, MD; Burt Yaszay, MD. The Study concluded the MAGEC Technology proved a safe and effective way to remotely distract the spine, and further that distraction accuracy and retraction features of this device make it more reliable in controlled distraction, and therefore, the device shows promise as an alternative treatment in the surgical management of early onset scoliosis.
Ellipse has developed the MAGEC (MAGnetic Expansion Control) Technology for minimally invasive, and ultimately non-invasive, orthopedic deformity prevention and management. Ellipse has filed numerous patent applications for use of MAGEC Technology for a broad range of clinical applications. The Company is currently concentrating on deformity and trauma applications in the orthopedic and spinal markets. MAGEC Technology is a breakthrough medical device technology capable of non-invasively adjusting implants within the human body from outside the body via remote control. The first application for this technology is for the treatment of spinal scoliosis in children.
Currently, young children and pre-teenagers with spinal scoliosis have few medical options. The standard treatment requires a series of five to ten highly invasive surgical operations with large surgical incisions and long recovery times performed over a number of years – a process so undesirable that these young patients and their families are being evaluated for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.