Solus Spinal Fusion Device Looks Evil

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Thursday, April 7th, 2011

It’s rare to see medical implants that are so important yet so wildly frightening. What you see here is a new implant designed for anterior lumbar fusion, a process designed to reduce lower back pain due to disk degeneration.

Utility aside, all I can keep looking at is the teeth on this thing. Gar.

via Medgadget