A Surgical Retractor That Reduces the Incidence of Complications During Anterior Spinal Surgery

由Jonathan Arcos领导的Axis Spine Technologies Limited(Axis)是一家英国医疗器械中小企业，致力于研发一种创新的牵引器系统，使脊柱前路手术更容易、更安全。脊柱前路手术有严重并发症的巨大风险；为了便于重复使用，使用的牵引器通常是金属的，但这使得它们在X光下不灵活、不透明，理论上还可能导致感染。Axis的解决方案消除了外科医生目前需要解决牵引器限制的问题，并应将手术损伤减少30%。

Axis Spine Technologies Limited (Axis), led by Jonathan Arcos, is a UK medical devices SME working on an innovative retractor system to make anterior spinal surgery easier and safer. Anterior spinal surgery carries a significant risk of serious complications; the retractors used are typically metal, to allow reuse, but this makes them inflexible and opaque on x-rays as well as theoretically able to cause infection. Axis's solution removes the current need for surgeons to work around their retractors' limitations and should reduce surgical injury by 30%.