Knee replacement | Which Medical Device
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Dassault Systeme’s SIMULIA Abaqus Knee Simulator application is a modeling tool for performing basic to advanced knee implant analyses and simulations. It offers 5 workflows which are designed to reduce medical device manufacturers' reliance on lengthy trials and high cost laboratory...
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The ACS knee from Implantcast features a cobalt chrome alloy femoral component with a titanium nitride ceramic coating. The system includes mobile and fixed bearing options. The device had less than 1% of the primary knee market in the NJR report for England and Wales in 2011.
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The Anatomic Graduated Component (AGC) total knee system from Biomet was first implanted in 1983. This is a minimally conforming “flat on flat” design attributed to Ritter. The system includes Universal and sided cobalt-chrome femoral components. The tibial component is available as...
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The Aquamantys system is a bipolar sealer which delivers radiofrequency energy and saline simultaneously to a surgical field in order to provide haemostasis or sealing across an exposed tissue or bone surface. The process heats tissues to around 100 degrees centigrade, much less than for...
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CarboJet CO2 compressed gas lavage is an alternative to fluid based lavage systems. The manufacturers demonstrate better cleaning of trabecular bone than after saline lavage, and report lower numbers of intraoperative embolic events.
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