The Achillon Achilles Tendon Suture System from Integra Life Sciences is a device designed to assist the primary repair of a ruptured Achilles tendon. In essence the device assists in the passage of sutures through the tendon. One author (see evidence) has suggested the sural nerve may be at...
read full descriptionThe Hintermann Distractor is a device used primarily in foot and ankle surgery for bone distraction and as an alternative to laminar spreaders. The device is lockable and applies distraction across two k-wires placed, for example on either side of a joint. The paper by Sarker et al describes...
read full descriptionThe NeuraGen Nerve Guide is an absorbable collagen tube which acts as a conduit for axonal growth across a nerve gap after peripheral nerve injury. The level of nerve recovery is said to be equivalent to that of direct nerve repair.
read full descriptionThe NeuraWrap Nerve Protector from Integra LifeSciences is an absorbable collagen implant intended to be placed around a peripheral nerve repair, and which resists external pressure and scar ingrowth.
read full descriptionThe Pyrocarbon Modular Radial Head from Integra LifeSciences is designed, by way of the pyrocarbon articulation, to reduce wear on normal articular cartilage. The system is modular and has curved, long anatomic options. Product sales are limited to International and US IDE sites only at...
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