Post-Market Clinical Study of Functional Motion Outcomes in Subjects Treated With the Minuteman Device

Inclusion Criteria

A subject must MEET ALL of the following inclusion criteria:

1. Be a candidate for Spinal Simplicity Minuteman G5 Fusion Plate device per labeledindication

2. Be willing and capable of giving written consent to participate in this clinicalstudy based on voluntary agreement after a thorough explanation of the subject'sparticipation has been provided

3. Be willing and capable of subjective evaluation, read and understand writtenquestionnaires, and read, understand the written informed consent

4. Be 18 years of age or older at the time of enrollment

5. Have been diagnosed with degenerative conditions of the lumbar spine resulting inchronic low back pain with lower extremity symptoms and concurrent neurogenicclaudication

6. Received at least 3 months of non-operative or conservative treatment withoutsignificant benefit in the opinion of the Investigator

7. Be willing and able to comply with study-related requirements, procedures and visits

8. Be on a stable pain medication regimen, as determined by the Investigator, for atleast 30 days prior to enrolling in this study.

9. Must disclose any unresolved major issues of secondary gain (e.g., social,financial, legal), as determined by the Investigator. Including being involved in aninjury claim under current litigation or has a pending or approved worker'scompensation claim. Subjects will not be excluded due to secondary gain, but itshould be disclosed at Enrollment.

Exclusion Criteria

A subject must NOT MEET ANY of the following exclusion criteria:

1. Had previous spinal surgery at the level of intervention (e.g. lumbar fusion,discectomy, Laminectomy) MILD procedure is not considered an exclusion.

2. Patient physically unable to perform the Gait and/or Balance tests.

3. Current systemic infection or local infection increasing the risk of surgery

4. History of medications decreasing bone quality or soft tissue healing in the opinionof the Investigator

5. Grade II-V spondylolisthesis

6. Significant scoliosis with Cobb angle >10 degrees

7. Unremitting back pain in a spinal flexion position

8. Active systemic disease that may affect the welfare of the subject in the opinion ofthe Investigator

9. Be concurrently participating in another clinical drug and/or device study that mayalter or confound the results of the assessment (investigational device,investigational drug, new indication for a device or drug, or additional testingbeyond standard of care procedures) as determined by the investigator.

10. Vertebral osteoporosis or history of vertebral fracture

11. Be pregnant/ lactating or plan to become pregnant from study enrollment through 3months post-operatively. (determined by urine testing unless female subject issurgical sterile or post-menopausal). If female, sexually active and childbearingage, subject must be willing to use a reliable form of birth control through the 3-month visit.

12. Malformation or dysplasia of spinous process

13. Severe osteoporosis with T score <-2.5 SD