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Safe Orthopaedics receives CE Mark for new vertebral fracture implant
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Safe Orthopaedics announced that it has received the CE Mark for a new version of its patented Oak screw used to treat thoracic vertebral fractures.
According to a company press release, the new 4.5 mm screw more applicable for thoracic vertebral fractures than the previously offered 7.5 mm, 6.5 mm and 5.5 mm diameter versions of the screw. The release noted the Oak screw combines the advantages of a multi-axial screw, which eases insertion of the rod, with the benefits of a mono-axial screw to reduce the fracture without additional instruments, and it offers simultaneous correction and fixation of trauma-related vertebral fractures.
The Oak screw is ideal for minimally invasive surgeries, as well as conventional open approached, the release noted.
“The CE Mark of this new version of the Oak screw further strengthens our position in the key trauma market,” Pierre Dumouchel, CEO of Safe Orthopaedics, said in the release. “Our ground-breaking innovations are ideally suited for trauma treatment because surgical procedures become easier and can go ahead more rapidly. They also open the way for minimally invasive approaches—still used all too rarely in emergency surgeries.”
Reference:
http://www.safeortho.com/uploads/media/default/0001/01/CP_Safe-Orthopaedics_marquageCE-Oak_FR_VF.pdf