The MITCH hip resurfacing system is a metal on metal hip resurfacing device manufactured by Finsbury for Stryker. The bearing is a high precision ‘as cast’ high carbon cobalt chrome bearing. Finsbury has experience of hip resurfacing systems and markets its own system (the ADEPT...

The Stryker ADM X3 is a bipolar or “mobile bearing” acetabular system, launched in early 2010 and comprising an X3 polyethylene intermediate bearing, which lies between the (ceramic) head and the shell. The shell is cutaway anteriorly with the intention of reducing the risk of psoas...

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...

Stryker's iVAS inflatable vertebral augmentation system is a minimally invasive device cleared for use in treating vertebral compression fractures (VCFs). The device is part of a range of mixer and delivery systems, bone cements and needles for both vertebral augmentation (balloon...

The Exeter hip is a cemented, polished tapered stem hip replacement with a long pedigree. The device was developed in 1969 and intended as a cemented implant for insertion by the posterior approach. In 2010 the device celebrated its millionth implantation, 40 years of clinical use and, possibly...