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First Artificial Disc Recommended For FDA Training Awarded To SNY Neurosurgical

In June, 2004, the FDA Advisory Panel unanimously recommended the approval of the first Artificial Disc for degenerative disc disease. The FDA is expected to approve the Charite™ Artificial Disc available through DePuy, Inc., a Johnson & Johnson company, sometime in September, 2004. DePuy Spine, Inc. presented results from a two-year, 15 center randomized U.S.