Medtronic, Inc. Announces The CD HORIZON LEGACY PEEK Rod

MEMPHIS, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Medtronic, Inc. (NYSE:MDT) today announced the U.S. availability of the CD HORIZON® LEGACY™ PEEK Rod at the 2006 North American Spine Society meeting in Seattle. This pedicle-based, posterior rod is designed to provide reproducible semi-rigid fixation that closely replicates the natural load distribution of the lumbar spine for patients who undergo spinal fusion surgery.