Artificial Hip Repair – Archives

• Stryker Announces Exclusive Distribution Agreement To Enter Hip Resurfacing Market
  Stryker Corporation announced today that the Company has entered into an exclusive U.S. marketing and distribution agreement with Corin Group PLC (London Stock Exchange: CRG), a leading United Kingdom-based manufacturer and supplier of orthopaedic devices, for the Cormet Hip Resurfacing System and Optimom, its large diameter articulation hip system.
  Author: Dean H. Bergy - Date: 18/06/2006



• Landmark Hip Studies Conducted at Sewickley Valley Hospital
  Dr. James D'Antonio, president of the North American Hip Society and the author of numerous landmark clinical papers and speeches on hip disease and hip replacement surgery, has conducted clinical research at Sewickley Valley Hospital, a Heritage Valley Health System facility for the past twenty-five years. Three of these studies have been one of a kind prospective studies and include beginning in 1988, the evaluation of the first synthetic bone coated titanium coated hip prosthesis introduced in the United States. This titanium hip prosthesis has greater than a seventeen-year follow-up and is now recognized as a state-of-the-art hip implant for its long-term success. When this implant is combined with newer bearing surfaces, there is the anticipation that total hip replacements will routinely last 20-30 years.
  Author: Dr. James D'Antonio - Date: 19/03/2006



• Zimmer Holdings Receives Approvable Letter for Ceramic Hip Replacement
  Zimmer Holdings, Inc., a leader in the orthopaedics industry, announced today that it has received an approvable letter from the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) related to the Trilogy AB(R) Ceramic-on-Ceramic Acetabular System. The letter specifies that the Premarket Approval Application (PMA) is approvable subject to an FDA inspection of the Company's facilities related to the Trilogy AB System. The FDA has not informed Zimmer of the inspection schedule.
  Author: Jeff Nagel - Date: 29/01/2006



• Surface Hip Replacement - One Step Ahead Of The Rest
  A conventional hip replacement involves the severing of the femoral head, a part of femoral neck, and the marrow tissue in the thigh bone. A variant of this approach is the surface hip replacement. This implant surgery spares the healthy bone tissue, removing only the damaged bone for implants. In some cases, it is only needed to shave off the femoral head surface. The procedure of implant replacement consists of removing the damaged bone; mostly the acetabulum is left untouched. It is followed by the application of metallic alloy shells on both the gliding surfaces of the replacements. The newer implants have a central pin on the femoral head to guide the surgeons for replacing the implant in an appropriate position with respect to the acetabulum. As less of the bone tissue is removed, the replacement implant is more stable. Young patients are getting better results as well, as the replacements and implants last longer.
  Author: Dr. Bharat Sharma - Date: 24/07/2005