Periodic Reporting for period 3 - ACE (ANNULUS CLOSURE EXPANDABLE DEVICE BASED ON SHAPE-MEMORY MATERIALS AND MEDICAL TEXTILES: SCALE-UP TO PRODUCTION, TESTING AND DEMONSTRATION.)

Low Back Pain is a major social and economic problem affecting 80% of the total European population at some point of their life. It is estimated that Low Back Pain leads to direct and indirect costs reaching almost 0.1% of the EU’s Gross Domestic Product.Lumbar Disc...