MODEL #’S 21200, 22500, 23500, 23535

The Nucleotome set the standard forsafety in Percutaneous Discectomy

Automated discectomy, continuous irrigation,

and surgical instruments allows you to do more

Simpleeasy to use

cost effective

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NUCLEOTOME® BENEFITS

Provides a safe and e ective treatment at all lumbar l evels. Has continuous irrigation to remove tissue and toxins. Minimizes risk of epidural scarring.Allows the physician to collect and examine theextracted tissue. Performed under local anesthesia.Provides a more economic mode of treatment.

The Nucleotome System:Nucleotome Console – with proven reliability, it operatesall Nucleotome products Sterile Disposable AccessorySet – includes all required components – guide needle,wo rking cannula, dilator, trephine and Nucleotomeprobe - in one set.

Nucleotome Probes:Rounded tip reduces risk of penetration of the anteriorannulus. Enclosed “guillotine:” cutting action ensuresmaximum safety. Resects and aspirates nucleus in onestep. Does not cut annulus or endplates. Available indiameters and lengths to meet the requirements ofboth physician and patient.

U.S. Patents: 4678459, 285795, 56930112003, Clarus Medical, LLC.; 900463-001-A

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11000 Nucleotome Console

22500 Nucleotome 2mm

21200 Nucleotome 2mm short

23500 Nucleotome 2.5mm

23535 Nucleotome 3.5mm

OPTIONAL ACCESSORIES & INSTRUMENTS

3220-002 Forceps, cup, 2mm diameter, 28.5cm length

3240-002 Forceps, grasping, 2mm diameter, 28.5cm length

35700 Forceps, cup w/ teeth, 2mm diameter, 19.5cm length

35701 Forceps, cup w/ teeth, 2mm diameter, 28.5cm length

CLINICAL BACKGROUNDMinimally invasive spine surgery has beenshown to be more successful than conventionalsurgery when applied to appropriately selectedpatients. 2,3

Success rates for the Nucleotome procedurehave consistently produced results greater than75% and many over 80%. 1,2,4,7

Complication rates for percutaneous spine procedures have consistently been reported at less than 1%, a considerable reduction from the normal 3% to 4% reported for open spinesurgery. 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8

Minimally invasive spine surgery shares theadvantages of low morbidity, reduced postoperative pain and short recovery timecommon to all successful minimally invasive surgical techniques. 1,2,3,6,7,8

The design of the Nucleotome’s tip adds to it’ssafety because it will not cut annulus and theblunt end minimizes risk of penetrating oppositeannulus 3. Well over 140,000 cases have been performed worldwide without a reported mortalityassociated with the procedure. 7

CLINICAL REFERENCES1 Davis, et al.: Automated Percutaneous Discectomy,

Spine, 1991.2 Sweicicki: Results of Automated Percutaneous

Lumbar Discectomy Compared to Laminotomy andChemo-Nucleolysis, Paper 22, Presented at theInternational Percutaneous Meeting, Spain, 1989.

3 Onik, Mooney, Maroon, et al: AutomatedPercutaneous Discectomy: a Prospective Multi-Institutional Study, Neurosurgery, 1990.

4 Maroon: A Retrospective Study of 1054 APLD Cases:A Twenty Month Clinical Follow-up at Thirty Five US Centers, Paper Thirty Seven, InternationalPercutaneous Meeting, Spain, 1989.

5 Gill, Blumenthal: Clinic Experience with AutomatedPercutaneous Discectomy: The NucleotomeSystem, Orthopaedics, 1991.

6 Onik, Ka mbin, Chang: Controversy, Minimally InvasiveDisc Surgery, Nucleotome Versus Fragmentectomy,Spine, 1997.

7 Onik : Percutaneous Diskectomy in The Treatment ofHerniated Lumbar Disks, Spine Interventions , Volume 10,Number 3, August 2000.

8 Bonaldi: Automated Percutaneous LumbarDiscectomy: Technique, Indications and ClinicalFollow-up in Over 1,000 Patients, Neuroradiology(2003) 45: 735-743.

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