Product Overview
ANATOMICAL SITE: Ankle
PROCEDURE: Fractures
PRODUCT DESCRIPTION
The XCaliber Articulated Ankle Fixator is made of radiolucent material for unobstructed X-ray visualization. The metallic bolts and the cam and bush of each ball-joint, the clamp cover and the base of the ankle clamp are the only radio-opaque components.
Features & Benefits
As it is radiolucent and made of a composite material, the ball-joint deforms after repeated tightening. In addition the joint is sealed and cannot be dismantled for cleaning.
• Specially designed for tibial pilon fractures, and allows early joint movement
• Ball-joints allow correction up to 22 degrees from straight position, in any direction, with fixator in place
• Ball joints lock/unlock from either side
• One instrument for fixator locking/unlocking
• Radiolucent Ankle Pin Guide provides visualization of the rotational axis of the tibio-talar joint for correct screw positioning
• Distraction unit for ligamentotaxis
• Excellent stability and early joint movement with the radiolucent Articulated Ankle Clamp
• Ball-joint and telescoping body for anatomic reduction
Physician Benefits
• Less O.R. time – ready to use with no assembly required.
• Less radiation exposure for the surgical team
• No maintenance or sterilization costs – conveniently packaged in a sterile kit
• Less inventory – minimal instrumentation
• Minimally invasive
• Xtraordinary – packaged as a sterile kit in three time-saving configurations, ready for all long bone trauma applications
• Xtra light – as strong as conventional fixators, only lighter, for easier application and patient comfort
• X-ray friendly – the first large fixator body to be radiolucent
• No obstruction to fracture visualization, allowing faster and easier reduction
• Easier to check callus formation and bone healing
• The XCaliber Fixator is strictly single patient use
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