Following on from the Crossfire highly cross linked polyethylene manufactured by Stryker, the X3 was introduced to the market in 2005. The highly cross linked X3 polyethylene is manufactured by a process of repeated gamma irradiation (3Mrads, 3 exposures) and annealing, with a final...
read full descriptionThe Wichita fusion nail From Stryker has an unusual design which provides dynamic compression across the knee. The nail includes a compression screw which locks the femoral and tibial components together.
read full descriptionThe Tritanium Acetabular Cup from Stryker is an acetabular shell manufactured from Tritanium which is a proprietary commercially pure Titanium matrix. Stryker report the shell has 72% porosity, a coefficient of friction of 1.01 and an average pore size of 546 microns. Clinical trials...
read full descriptionTritanium (R) from Stryker is a reticulated porous titanium coating for titanium alloy components. Frenkel et al report a porosity of 65-70% compared with titanium (30-35%) and cobalt chrome beads (35-40%), and excellent bone ingrowth in animal studies. Tritanium was also a fictional...
read full descriptionThe Trident Acetabular System from Stryker is an uncemented acetabular system which includes Crossfire polyethylene, X3 polyethylene , alumina ceramic, constrained liners, concentric and eccentric liners. The shells come in no-hole, cluster hole and multiple hole variants, hemispherical and PSL...
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