Which Medical Device of the Year 2012 First Runner-Up: Orthopaedics   Our device nominator said, "“The fastest growing, lowest revised knee on the market...” We said, “We like the Triathlon knee, but aren’t aware of evidence that outcomes are better...

The TriboFit is an unusual socket made of a semi-flexible translucent material which is highly hydrophilic and which therefore maintains a layer of fluid around the femoral head. It is said to be associated with almost no wear as there is no physical contact between components. The associated...

The 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...

The Trigen Knee Fusion Nail is one of the Trigen series of intramedullary nails. The nail is titanium and is intended to be inserted from proximal to distal. Proximal locking is with a 5.0mm screw or two 6.4mm reconstruction bolts. The nail has a radius of curvature of 1.5 to 2.5m. It is...

The Trigen Sureshot System is a computerised tracking system which facilitates the placement of the distal locking screws after intramedullary nailing using the Trigen nail.  Distal locking is a challenge which most trainees take a few cases to master, but although it may become easier with...

The Trilogy Acetabular Cup system from Zimmer is an uncemented socket which is an evolution of the Harris-Galante and HGP II cup designs. Options include a uni-hole shell, which allows visual confirmation of seating, a non-holed shell, cluster hole, multi hole and spiked shell configurations....

The Trilogy Longevity Constrained Liner (aka the Epsilon socket) is a constrained socket, available as a liner for the Zimmer Trilogy and Trabecular Metal acetabular shells or in a version intended for cementing into a shell. It has a unique design that aims to improve on the range of motion...

The Trinity Advanced Bearing Acetabulum System from Corin is a modular acetabular system which includes BIOLOX Delta ceramic-on-ceramic and ECiMa (vitamin E) highly cross-linked polyethylene bearing options. The shell is hemispherical, and has a plasma pure titanium and HA (Bonit) coating....

Tritanium (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...

The 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...

An 18g trocal needle with 'non cutting' tip. The final few millimeters have a textured surface to aid ultrasound visibility. Do you have experience with the Trocar EchoTip Needle? Tell us what you think.

The Troop Elevation Pillow is designed to improve airway positioning in obese patients. 

Truepath is a device for crossing CTOs. This is a small 0.018” wire with a diamond coated tip that rotates at 13,000 rpm to allow you to drill through heavily calcified lesions. There are audible alerts to tell you when it has started drilling and when it has encountered excessive...

The TruMatch™ Personalised Solution knee replacement system is Depuy’s customised jig for Sigma primary knee replacements . As with other customised jig systems, preoperative CT data are used to plan the final position of the implant. The CT data are sent to Depuy, and a...

The Tsunami Peripheral device consists of a balloon-expandable stent pre-mounted on a balloon at the distal tip of a rapid exchange type delivery catheter. This product is designed for use in the treatment of stenotic lesions to improve the blood flow.

The Tuke Saw™ from MatOrtho is an air powered saw with a multidirectional vibrating action for cutting cortical or cancellous bone. The blade has a circular motion of only 1.5mm which vibrates soft tissues rather than cutting them. This allows cutting in delicate locations. There is a...

This device is a peripherally inserted central venous catheter which is suitable for patients that do not require power injection. The set components provides all items needed for the PICC insertion procedure. 

According to the manufacturer, this power-injectable PICC meets CT imaging needs with industry high-flow rates. The set components provides all items that are required for the PICC insertion procedure. 

BVM Medical  for world wide distributors please consult the manufacturer. Pediatric Valvuloplasty catheter Catheter Characteristics The TYSHAK Mini® Pediatric Valvuloplasty catheter has been designed and engineered with a super thin balloon of 2.0 or 4.0 cm in usable length...

  Ultimaster TM CoCr Coronary Stent System Is indicated for improving myocardial blood flow in patients with stenotic lesions in coronary arteries. Ultimaster brings together the best in DES technology to facilitate the most complex clinical cases:    ...

A highly ultrasound visible needle manufactured by Pajunk Medical. The needles have special angular indentations ‘cornerstone’ reflectors near their tips which will reflect ultrasound independent of the angle of insonation.   

The UNI-Elbow™ Radio Capitellum Replacement is designed for uni-compartmental arthroplasty in the elbow. It is indicated for elbow pain secondary to degenerative joint disease, the correction of functional deformities, for revsion arthroplasty and some complex elbow fractures. The...

This slitted catheter is specifically designed for catheter directed thrombolysis. The patented slits are said to allow a more even distribution of thrombolytic compared with conventional side hole catheters used in thrombolysis. They also claim that slits rather than holes give a stronger...

Uniglide is a clinically proven highly congruent, triple radius unicompartmental knee system, offering the surgeon a high level of flexibility through advanced instrumentation and diverse implant choice. With over ten years’ successful clinical use of advanced coating technologies,...

A range of percutaneous tracheostomy tubes and kits specially designed for patients with large, muscular, short, obese and bull necks or challenging anatomy.The tubes are suitable for patients with up to 50 mm of pre-tracheal soft tissues. They are manufactured from graduated, reinforced...