K2M Group Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:KTWO) (the "Company" or "K2M"), a
global leader of complex spine and minimally invasive solutions
focused on achieving three-dimensional Total Body Balance™, today
announced the introduction of the SAHARA™ AL Expandable
Stabilization System, the Company’s first expandable offering
within its interbody portfolio. SAHARA AL is the only lordotic
expandable interbody device with integrated screw fixation on the
market to help achieve spinal balance.
The SAHARA AL Expandable Stabilization System represents a
technological advancement over static interbody options, allowing
for in-situ lordotic adjustment to match a patient’s sagittal
profile through one fusion device. SAHARA AL is a zero-profile
device with multi-screw fixation, designed to provide stability to
the anterior column, while featuring a comprehensive range of
lordotic adjustments of up to 26 degrees. It is indicated as a
standalone device for lordotic angles of 15 degrees or less. SAHARA
AL is manufactured from commercially pure grade II titanium,
titanium alloy, and cobalt chrome.
“The anterior-lumbar interbody fusion (ALIF) approach allows for
greater segmental lordosis correction and implant fixation than
other alternative interbody approaches,” said Christopher Good, MD,
FACS an orthopedic surgeon and Director of Scoliosis and Spinal
Deformity at The Virginia Spine Institute in Reston, Virginia.
“With variable in-situ lordotic adjustment, the SAHARA AL implant
helps achieve sagittal balance and segmental reduction not
generally attainable by ALIF cages with fixed lordotic angles.”
SAHARA AL features K2M’s innovative tifix® Locking Technology,
which offers benefits such as allowing repeated screw adjustment up
to three times, without compromising the locking feature. In
addition, SAHARA AL features a comprehensive offering of footprints
and heights to best fit patient anatomy.
“The introduction of the SAHARA AL Expandable Stabilization
System marks a significant addition to our interbody portfolio as
our first expandable offering in this category and the only device
of its kind on the market today,” said Eric Major, President and
CEO of K2M. “This latest milestone—coupled with the launch of our
comprehensive, next-generation Balance ACS™ platform earlier this
year—further reinforces our commitment to developing differentiated
technologies with the goal of facilitating Total Body Balance.”
Balance ACS (BACS™) is a comprehensive platform applying
three-dimensional solutions across the entire clinical care
continuum to help drive quality outcomes in spine patients. BACS
provides solutions focused on achieving balance of the spine by
addressing each anatomical vertebral segment with a 360-degree
approach to the axial, coronal, and sagittal planes, emphasizing
Total Body Balance as an important component of surgical
success.
For more information on the SAHARA AL Expandable Stabilization
System and K2M’s complete product portfolio, visit www.K2M.com. For
more information about Balance ACS, visit www.BACS.com.
About K2M
K2M Group Holdings, Inc. is a global leader of complex spine and
minimally invasive solutions focused on achieving three-dimensional
Total Body Balance. Since its inception, K2M has designed,
developed, and commercialized innovative complex spine and
minimally invasive spine technologies and techniques used by spine
surgeons to treat some of the most complicated spinal pathologies.
K2M has leveraged these core competencies into Balance ACS, a
platform of products, services, and research to help surgeons
achieve three-dimensional spinal balance across the axial, coronal,
and sagittal planes, with the goal of supporting the full continuum
of care to facilitate quality patient outcomes. The Balance ACS
platform, in combination with the Company’s technologies,
techniques, and leadership in the 3D-printing of spinal devices,
enable K2M to compete favorably in the global spinal surgery
market. For more information, visit www.K2M.com and connect with us
on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, and YouTube.
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ability to demonstrate to spine surgeons the merits of our
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generally; collaboration and consolidation in hospital purchasing;
inadequate coverage and reimbursement for our products from
third-party payors; lack of long-term clinical data supporting the
safety and efficacy of our products; dependence on a limited number
of third-party suppliers; our ability to maintain and expand our
network of direct sales employees, independent sales agencies and
international distributors and their level of sales or distribution
activity with respect to our products; proliferation of
physician-owned distributorships in our industry; decline in the
sale of certain key products; loss of key personnel; our ability to
enhance our product offerings through research and development; our
ability to manage expected growth; our ability to successfully
acquire or invest in new or complementary businesses, products or
technologies; our ability to educate surgeons on the safe and
appropriate use of our products; costs associated with high levels
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distribution of allograft bone tissue; negative publicity
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operations over the course of the year; uncertainty in future
capital needs and availability of capital to meet our needs; our
level of indebtedness and the availability of borrowings under our
credit facility; restrictive covenants and the impact of other
provisions in the indenture governing our convertible senior
notes and our credit facility; continuing worldwide economic
instability; our ability to protect our intellectual property
rights; patent litigation and product liability lawsuits; damages
relating to trade secrets or non-competition or non-solicitation
agreements; risks associated with operating internationally;
fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates; our ability to
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increased costs and additional regulations and requirements as a
result of being a public company; our ability to implement and
maintain effective internal control over financial reporting;
potential volatility in our stock due to sales of additional shares
by our pre-IPO owners or otherwise; our lack of current plans to
pay cash dividends; our ability to take advantage of certain
reduced disclosure requirements and exemptions as a result of being
an emerging growth company; potential dilution by the future
issuances of additional common stock in connection with our
incentive plans, acquisitions or otherwise; anti-takeover
provisions in our organizational documents and our ability to issue
preferred stock without shareholder approval; potential limits on
our ability to use our net operating loss carryforwards; and other
risks and uncertainties, including those described under the
section entitled “Risk Factors” in our most recent Annual Report on
Form 10-K filed with the SEC, as such factors may be updated from
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there are or will be important factors that could cause actual
outcomes or results to differ materially from those indicated in
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Media Contact:
Zeno Group on behalf of K2M Group Holdings, Inc.
Christian Emering, 212-299-8985
Christian.Emering@ZenoGroup.com
Investor Contact:
Westwicke Partners on behalf of K2M Group Holdings, Inc.
Mike Piccinino, CFA, 443-213-0500
K2M@westwicke.com
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