Ellipse Technologies, Inc. ("Ellipse") today announced the Company's unique MAGECTM Remote Control Spinal Deformity System has been awarded the 2011 Best New Technology in Spine Care Award. This award was sponsored by Orthopedics This Week Publications. The winners were selected by a panel of orthopedic spine surgeons based on their innovation and clinical relevance. Orthopedics This Week is the most widely read publication in the Orthopedics industry and this award recognizes exemplary and innovative spine surgery products and the engineering teams and inventors who create them.
Ed Roschak, Ellipse Chief Executive Officer, commented, "Receiving this recognition from the panel of distinguished spine surgeons is truly an honor, and one that recognizes the hard work of the Ellipse engineering team. It also reaffirms the value of the MAGEC System in the treatment of spinal deformity."