The Freedom® Lumbar Disc (FLD) is intended to replace degenerated lumbar discs. The FLD polymer cores are designed to provide the kind of stiffness similar to that found in healthy human discs. Like human discs, the cores are viscoelastic, which means they respond to different loads and loading rates the way a human spine does.The material characteristics of the polymer used in all Freedom® Discs, in combination with their design, provide both stability and three-dimensional motion that biomechanical testing has shown functions within the natural biomechanics of the spine. The Freedom® Lumbar Disc is designed to withstand the forces and wear characterized by decades of use as an implant in relatively young patients.
Freedom® Lumbar Disc is an investigational device, limited by federal/or United States law to investigational use. Previously available from AxioMed Spine Corporation.