Iso-Elastic™ Cerclage System

A revolutionary polymer cable system that provides
long-term dynamic compressive loading across
healing bone fragments

STRONGER • SAFER • EASIER

* Cable made from UHMWPe and Nylon 6/6,6
US Pat. Nos. 6,589,246 and 7,207,090. Additional US & World Patents Pending.

 

Products
Orthopedic Products
SuperCableª
SuperCableª Grip & Plates
CarboJetª Lavage
KineMatchª PFR
 
Neurosurgical/Spine Products
NeuroPro¨ Fixation System
 
Orthopedic Products
NaviProª  Knee
NaviProª  Shoulder
NaviProª Hip
 
Orthopedic Products
Gemª Total Knee System
Option Hip System

This revolutionary polymer-based cerclage system is designed to solve many of the inherent problems of traditional monofilament wire and cabling systems.

Features of the system include:

  • Fatigue strength superior to both wire and cables thereby reducing complications due to breakage.
  • The elimination of cable-generated metal particle debris that have been shown to greatly increase wear in adjacent total joints.
  • No sharp cable ends to irritate patient tissue.
  • No sharp cable ends to cut surgeon’s gloves or cause “sharps injury".
  • Provides long-term dynamic compressive loading across bone fragments to offer the possibility for better healing and increased construct strength.
  • Cables can be easily retightened to adjust cable tension, especially when multiple cables are applied, both saving time and reducing the number of cables required.
  • Cables are easy and quick to manipulate within the wound.
  • No metal cable contacting metallic implants.

Simple Instrumentation
Tensioning instrument allows for precise tightening and locking of cables as well as sequential retensioning of previously placed cables.
 

Fatigue Strength Testing

  1. Test fixture with simulated bone plate.
  2. Test cable after one million cycles where no contact with the bone plate occurred.
  3. Test cable loaded at 445 N with direct abrasive contact on a bone plate after one million cycles. The cable exhibits fiber fusion but no fraying or breakage of fibers.

The system is now available with trochanteric grips and cable-plates featuring screw holes with Agilock Technology allowing placement of locking or compression screws.

Click here to view a published clinical study on the SuperCable system

Click here to learn about a textbook by Drs. Gary Gartsman and T. Bradley Edwards that describes the use of SuperCable in shoulder arthroplasty

Click here to view an article describing the safety hazards of metal wire and cable in orthopaedic surgery.


VIDEOS

Tension-Band Fixation of Patella Fracture using SuperCable Iso-Elastic Cerclage by Melvin P. Rosenwasser MD, New York-Presbyterian Columbia Hospital, New York, NY

Revision Shoulder Arthroplasty with SuperCable Iso-Elastic Polymer Cerclage by T. Bradley Edwards MD, Texas Orthopedic Hospital, Houston, TX

 

 

 


 
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