According to the manufacturer, the device's 360 degree actuation design enables a clinician to deploy implants in any hand position.  As well as facilitating easier implant deployment, the system has a built-in depth penetration limiter and a stiffer needle shaft for greater control.

The eLibra Dynamic Knee Balancing System is an electronic pressure sensor intended to assist surgeons in ensuring ligament balance during knee replacement. The concept is that after the distal femoral and proximal tibial cuts, the device measures the pressures in the medial and...

The Columbus Total Knee System from Braun comprises a suite of implants including cruciate sparing, cruciate retaining, fixed or rotating platform and revision systems. The implants come cemented or cementless (coated with Plasmapore®). The trochlea is said to support natural patellar...

CarboJet CO2 compressed gas lavage is an alternative to fluid based lavage systems. The manufacturers demonstrate better cleaning of trabecular bone than after saline lavage, and report lower numbers of intraoperative embolic events. 

The Aquamantys system is a bipolar sealer which delivers radiofrequency energy and saline simultaneously to a surgical field in order to provide haemostasis or sealing across an exposed tissue or bone surface. The process heats tissues to around 100 degrees centigrade, much less than for...