Orthopaedics | Materials | Polyethylenes | Which Medical Device
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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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The 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.
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