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Website: AxioMed Freedom Lumbar Disc


Attached are the Whitepapers for the AxioMed Freedom Lumbar Disc:

• Attachment #1: Biocompatibility of the Freedom Lumbar Disc and Freedom Cervical Disc

• Attachment #2: Freedom Lumbar Disc Polymer-Metal Bond Integrity

• Attachment #3: Fatigue Characterization of the Freedom Lumbar Disc

• Attachment #4: Freedom Lumbar Disc - Clinical Outcomes Benchmarked Against All TDRs in the SWISSspine Registry

• Attachment #5: Freedom Lumbar Disc Wear Testing and Evaluation of Wear Debris in an Animal Model

• Attachment #6: CarboSil Thermoplastic Silicone Polycarbonate Polyurethane (TSPCU)

Material Breakdown:

The FLD retaining plates and end caps

• Titanium Alloy (Ti-6Al-4V), Grade 5 (6% aluminum, 4% vanadium, 0.25% (maximum) iron, 0.2% (maximum) oxygen, and the remainder titanium) (ASTM F136)

Rails and bead-coated superior and inferior end-plates

• Commercially Pure Titanium (T40), Grade 2 (ASTM F67)

Bonded FLD Core & titanium retaining plates

• "Proprietary" urethane adhesive

Elastomeric FLD core

• CarboSil TSPU, a silicone polycarbonate urethane polymer with silicone surface-modifying end groups