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<span data-mce-type="bookmark" style="display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;" p=""></p> <h4>PFR Animation Video – Test</h4> <h3><iframe src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/344212024" width="373" height="210" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"><span data-mce-type="bookmark" style="display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;" p=""> </p> <p>This revolutionary polymer-based cerclage system is designed to solve many of the inherent problems of traditional monofilament wire and cabling systems.<br /> <strong>Features and Benefits of the system include:</strong></p> <p>• Fatigue strength superior to metal cables and wire</p> <ul> <li>Leads to Reduced Complications from breakage.</li> </ul> <p>• Elimination of cable-generated metal particle debris</p> <ul> <li>Metal debris has been shown to greatly increase wear in adjacent total joints.</li> <li>Metal cable and wire fragments have been shown to migrate throughout the body.</li> </ul> <p>• No sharp cable ends</p> <ul> <li>Won’t irritate patient tissue.</li> <li>Won’t cut surgeon’s gloves or cause “sharps injury.”</li> </ul> <p>• “Iso-Elasticity”</p> <ul> <li>Provides long-term dynamic compressive loading across bone fragments.</li> <li>Offers the possibility for better healing and increased construct strength.</li> </ul> <p>• Unique “crimp-less” locking mechanism</p> <ul> <li>Cables can be easily re-tightened.</li> <li>Saves OR time.</li> <li>Reduces the number of cables required. <p><div id="attachment_769" style="width: 310px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="http://www.kinamed.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/CableClaspcloseup.jpg" data-rel="lightbox-image-0" data-rl_title="" data-rl_caption="" title=""><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-769" class="wp-image-769 size-medium" src="https://www.kinamed.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/CableClaspcloseup-300x160.jpg" alt="CableClaspcloseup" width="300" height="160" srcset="https://www.kinamed.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/CableClaspcloseup-300x160.jpg 300w, https://www.kinamed.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/CableClaspcloseup.jpg 750w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a><p id="caption-attachment-769" class="wp-caption-text">Cable Locking Mechanism Close-Up</p></div></li> </ul> <p>• Cables are easy and quick to manipulate within the wound.</p> <ul> <li>Saves OR Time.</li> </ul> <p>• No metal cable contacting metallic implants.</p> <ul> <li>Eliminates concerns regarding dissimilar metals.</li> <li>No need for hospital to stock cables of several different materials.</li> </ul> <p>• Radiolucent Strands</p> <ul> <li>Easier visualization on post-op x-rays.</li> </ul> <div id="attachment_898" style="width: 213px" class="wp-caption alignleft"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-898" class=" wp-image-898" src="https://www.kinamed.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/supercable_detail1a.jpg" alt="A clinically proven 4, 7, 9, 10 polymer cable system providing superior fatigue strength and dynamic compression across healing bone fragments." width="203" height="125" /><p id="caption-attachment-898" class="wp-caption-text">A clinically proven polymer cable system providing superior fatigue strength and dynamic compression across healing bone fragments.</p></div> <div id="attachment_899" style="width: 227px" class="wp-caption alignleft"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-899" class="wp-image-899 size-full" src="https://www.kinamed.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/supercable_detail1b.jpg" alt="supercable_detail1b" width="217" height="279" /><p id="caption-attachment-899" class="wp-caption-text">‘</p></div> <div id="attachment_900" style="width: 148px" class="wp-caption alignleft"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-900" class="wp-image-900 size-full" src="https://www.kinamed.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/supercable_detail1c.jpg" alt="supercable_detail1c" width="138" height="367" srcset="https://www.kinamed.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/supercable_detail1c.jpg 138w, https://www.kinamed.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/supercable_detail1c-113x300.jpg 113w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 138px) 100vw, 138px" /><p id="caption-attachment-900" class="wp-caption-text">‘</p></div> <p> </p> <hr /> <h3>Simple Instrumentation</h3> <p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignleft wp-image-165 size-full" style="border: 1px solid #ccc;" src="https://www.kinamed.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/pic_supercable-detail31.jpg" alt="pic_supercable-detail3" width="239" height="153" />Tensioning instrument allows for precise tightening and locking of cables as well as sequential retensioning of previously placed cables.</p> <hr /> <h3>Fatigue Strength Testing</h3> <div id="attachment_159" style="width: 190px" class="wp-caption alignleft"><img decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-159" class="wp-image-159 size-full" src="https://www.kinamed.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/pic_supercable-detail2-1.jpg" alt="pic_supercable-detail2-1" width="180" /><p id="caption-attachment-159" class="wp-caption-text">1. Test fixture with simulated bone plate.</p></div> <div id="attachment_160" style="width: 190px" class="wp-caption alignleft"><img decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-160" class="wp-image-160 size-full" src="https://www.kinamed.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/pic_supercable-detail2-2.jpg" alt="pic_supercable-detail2-2" width="180" /><p id="caption-attachment-160" class="wp-caption-text">2. Test cable after one million cycles where no contact with the bone plate occurred.</p></div> <div id="attachment_161" style="width: 190px" class="wp-caption alignleft"><img decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-161" class="wp-image-161 size-full" src="https://www.kinamed.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/pic_supercable-detail2-3.jpg" alt="pic_supercable-detail2-3" width="180" /><p id="caption-attachment-161" class="wp-caption-text">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.</p></div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> <p> </p> <p class="wp-image-160 size-full">The system is now available with <strong><a title="SuperCable® Grips/Plates" href="http://www.kinamed.com/products/orthopedic-products/supercable-gripsplates">trochanteric grips and cable-plates</a></strong> featuring screw holes with Agilock<sup>®</sup> Technology allowing placement of locking or compression screws in any screw hole.</p> <p><a class="btn btn-default" title="SuperCable® Grips/Plates" href="http://www.kinamed.com/products/orthopedic-products/supercable-gripsplates">Learn More</a></p> <hr /> <h3>The “Safety” Cable</h3> <p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignleft wp-image-165 size-full" style="border: 1px solid #ccc;" src="https://www.kinamed.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/Gloves-in-wound.jpg" alt="gloves-in-wound" width="239" height="153" />Sharp ends of metal cables can cut a surgeon’s gloves, which can lead to infection in the surgeon and patient. SuperCable’s flexible polymer design eliminates that potential for sharps injury.</p> <hr /> <p><strong>Patents</strong><br /> US Patent Nos. 6,589,246, 7,207,090, 8,469,967, and 9,107,720. Europe Patent Nos. 1,389,940, 1,781,961 and 2,432,401. Japan Patent Nos. 4,829,236 and 5,938,095. Turkey Patent Nos. TR201309922T4 and TR201405440T4. Additional US and world patents pending.</p> <p></span>

Videos

SuperCable Polymer Iso-elastic Cerclage System Overview

Revision Shoulder Arthroplasty with SuperCable Iso-Elastic Polymer Cerclage

T. Bradley Edwards MD, Texas Orthopedic Hospital, Houston, TX

Extended Trochanteric Osteotomy

Adolph V. Lombardi, Jr., MD, FACS, New Albany Surgical Hospital, New Albany, OH

Tension-Band Fixation of Olecranon Fracture using SuperCable Iso-Elastic Cerclage

Melvin P. Rosenwasser MD, New York-Presbyterian Columbia Hospital, New York, NY

Tension-Band Fixation of Patella Fracture using SuperCable Iso-Elastic Cerclage

Melvin P. Rosenwasser MD, New York-Presbyterian Columbia Hospital, New York, NY

Revision THA with Extended Trochanteric Osteotomy and Grip Fixation
En Español – Em Português

Adolph V. Lombardi, Jr., MD, FACS, New Albany Surgical Hospital, New Albany, OH

Extended Trochanteric Osteotomy

Wayne G. Paprosky, MD, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL

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Peer-Reviewed Publications

Polymer Cable/Grip-Plate System with Locking Screws for Stable Fixation to Promote Healing of Trochanteric Osteotomies or Fractures in Revision Total Hip Arthroplasty
- Berend & Lombardi et. al.
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- Della Valle et. al.
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Utility of polymer cerclage cables in revision shoulder arthroplasty
- Edwards et. al.
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Shoulder Arthroplasty Textbook
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Surgical Techniques of Olecranon Fractures
- Rosenwasser et. al.
Technique Using Isoelastic Tension Band for Treatment of Olecranon Fractures
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Case Vignettes

Grip and Polymer Cable Fixation for Inter-Trochnteric Fracture
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Revision of Recalled Hip Stem, with Infection
- Bradley S. Ellison, MD, MS, Advanced Orthopaedics, Richmond, Virginia, USA

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