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NEWLY AVAILABLE, NEWLY APPROVED
Mobile Traning Center
Smith & Nephew’s Orthopaedics division announced the
launch of its MOBILAB, a mobile training
center that will take training directly
to surgeons all over the U.S.
The MOBILAB unit is a 53-ft, 80,000-lb. tractor-trailer, which expands to a 6-station,
operating roomstyle training facility that can accommodate up to 24 surgeons
at one time for training sessions or product demonstrations. The MOBI-LAB Mobile
Training
Center is fully equipped with general instrumentsand Smith & Nephew products
such as the Achieve CAS system for computer-assisted hip and knee implant surgery.
Surgeons
can also use MOBILAB’s facilities to perfect new techniques and practice with
systems
before a live surgery without having to travel.
MOBILAB contains a conference room and an outdoor seating area for surgeon meetings
and product demonstrations. The trailer alsoincludes 6 screen monitors, one
foreach lab station, and plasma screens in the conference room and in the outdoor
canopied area, allowing surgeons to watch instructing surgeons perform procedures
and view surgical techniques during hands-on labs.
The MOBILAB unit is scheduled to appear at 9 orthopedic meetings in 2006.
For more information, contact
Smith & Nephew Inc.
1450 BrooksRoad
Memphis TN 38116
Phone (800)821-5700
www.smith-nephew.com.
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Labral Repair Technology
ArthroCare® Corp. announced today the
launch of its new LabraFix™ System. This knotless arthroscopic
repair technology provides an easy
and fast labral repair and is designed
to provide orthopedic surgeons with
an enhanced arthroscopic approach to
repairing labrum tears (Bankart and
SLAP lesions) without having to tie
complex and time-consuming surgical
knots. Arthrocare notes that the system
has the potential to lower procedure
costs by minimizing surgery time because
it is faster than conventional arthroscopic
techniques by enabling 5-second direct,
single-step suturing and knotless fixation.
The LabraFix system consists of 2 components. The SpeedStitch™ Suturing
Device
enables rapid and direct placement of an ultra-high-strength MagnumWire™ stitch
in the labral tissue. It is specially designed with a low jaw profile to allow
easy access to the entire labral circumference, while providing a deep bite
into
the
labral and capsular tissue for optimal stitch placement. Once the lower jaw is
positioned, the telescoping “upper jaw” of the device immobilizes the labral
tissue,
and the SpeedStitch’s needle is deployed to capture the suture and pull it through
the labrum, placing the labral stitch in a matter of seconds.
Next, the surgeon loads and deploys the MiniMagnum™ Implantin to the glenoid
rim.
This implant’s internal mechanism provides cinchable and reversible tissue tensioning
to achieve an optimal tissue-to-bone contact, and its suture locking mechanism
eliminates th eneed for cumbersome arthroscopic knot tying.
When used together, the SpeedStitch™ and the MiniMagnum™ were designed
to provide a strong and reproducible tissue-to-bone fixation as a result of a
tissue
tensioning
mechanism, a superior bone lock or hold, and a secure knotless suture lock.
To learn more, contact
Arthro-Care Corporation
111 CongressAvenue, Suite 510
Austin, TX78701
Phone (512) 391-3900
Fax (512) 391-3901
www.arthocare.com
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About the Vital Wrap System
| The VitalWrap System is designed to reduce pain and
swelling by providing controlled heating,
cooling, and compression therapy. This
all-in-one system is intended to assist
healthcare professionals and individuals
looking to: 1) treat virtually any
type of chronic oracute sports-related
injury, 2)enhance postsurgical recovery,
and/or 3) help to ease chronic pain
due to arthritis, circulatory issues,or other causes.
Because the VitalWrap System is portable and easy-to-use, it can be used in both
the clinic and home settings. Its patent-pending technology provides for precise
temperature control (thus permitting lengthened therapy), alternating hot/cold
contrast) therapy, and comfortable, constant compression to help speed healing.
It is alsoaffordable—often reimbursable.
Formore information, contact
VitalWear, Inc.
130 Produce Avenue,Suite L
South San Francisco, CA94080-6523
Phone (800) 553-4081
www.vitalwearinc.com
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