This article is more than 5 years old. Information may no longer be current.

ArthroCare receives FDA clearance for PEEK suture implant

Add topic to email alerts

Receive an email when new articles are posted on

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on .

Subscribe

Added to email alerts

You've successfully added to your alerts. You will receive an email when new content is published.

Click Here to Manage Email Alerts

You've successfully added to your alerts. You will receive an email when new content is published.

Click Here to Manage Email Alerts

Back to Healio

We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have this issue please contact customerservice@slackinc.com.

Back to Healio

ArthroCare Corp. announced in a press release that it has received clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its Spartan PEEK Suture Implant system, a preloaded PEEK threaded anchor indicated for use in fixation of soft tissue to bone, such as during a rotator cuff repair.

Spartan complements ArthroCare's line of anchors which can be used with its suture passing technology, such as FirstPass, the company said. Spartan has a unique 5.5 mm, screw-in design which provides stronger pull-out strength, particularly in soft bone and can be used to perform single- and double-row repairs. It is manufactured from PEEK, (polyether-etherketone) and will be used to reattach rotator cuff tendons to bone.