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Aesculap Implant Systems launches pedicle screw system
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Aesculap Implant Systems, LLC announced the launch of the S4 Element Pedicle Screw System at the recent American Association of Neurological Surgeons.
The S4 Element Pedicle Screw System was made available to a select group of surgeons since May 2009 as part of the company’s market preference evaluation, and a full launch of the system is planned for the second quarter of 2010, at which time the system will be released to surgeons throughout the United States, the company noted in a press release.
“S4 Element provides surgeons with a unique and innovative solution for screw delivery while maintaining ideal bone screw properties in an anatomically friendly size offering,” said Steven Beer, MD, of Cheyenne Regional Medical Center located in Cheyenne, Wyoming, one of the designers for the system.
Some of S4 Element’s unique features include an ultra-low profile screw head for minimal impingement of anatomical structures and innovative placement instruments, like the speed multiplier handle which facilitates tapping and screw placement at a 3.5 times faster rate without altering bone screw thread properties, the company reported.
"We're very pleased that the S4 Element system allows us to offer our surgeons and sales network a tabless screw body option which expands our existing pedicle screw portfolio,” Chuck DiNardo, president of Aesculap Implant Systems, said. “Launching S4 Element will allow our surgeons the flexibility to decide based on individual patient needs whether to use Aesculap’s original S4 tabbed pedicle screw or S4 Element’s tabless pedicle screw.”
The S4 Element System will be sold through the Aesculap Implant Systems direct and indirect sales network.