icotec Receives FDA Clearance for the CMORE® CT System, Expanding its BlackArmor® Engineered Carbon/PEEK Technology to the Posterior Cervicothoracic Spine

ALTSTÄTTEN, Switzerland and BOSTON, Nov. 13, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- icotec, the pioneer of implantable devices made from BlackArmor® Engineered Carbon/PEEK, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared the CMORE® CT System for use in the cervicothoracic spine.

The CMORE® (CT) System is an enhanced set of instruments and implants for posterior stabilization of the upper spine. The world’s first spinal implants made of nonmetallic and radiolucent BlackArmor® technology now enable a full spectrum of treatment modalities in adjuvant tumor therapy and enhance postoperative imaging diagnostics in the cervicothoracic spine. Consisting of a full portfolio of polyaxial screws, straight and precontoured rods, axial and parallel connectors, the CMORE® CT System provides the versatility needed to accommodate variations in patients’ anatomy and pathology.

BlackArmor® Engineered Carbon/PEEK is a combination composite material with continuous, high strength carbon-fibers and PEEK, manufactured in a process developed by icotec. The result is an implant component with an interwoven 3D fiber architecture. It is also radiolucent in all diagnostic imaging modes (MRI, CT, and X-ray).

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