Sunday, June 9, 2013

Learn More About The Synthes Screw

By Rena Hudson


Johnson & Johnson is a trusted manufacturer that has brought the Synthes screw to the market through their company, DePuy Synthes. This is a company that operates under a set of key values and principles, including quality, education, integrity, and innovation. They are patient driven and place a focus on surgeons by listening to them in order to assist in achieving improved patient outcomes. Read on to learn more about this brand of medical screws.

Since 1960 DePuy Synthes has been making the surgical power tools, implants, and other advanced biomaterials needed to correct the orthopedic issues suffered by millions of patients. They are the largest maker of implants for bone fracture mending, having locations in both the United States and Switzerland. The solid construction and simplicity of use makes their products a reliable choice for surgeons and patients all over. Their screws help doctors and patients obtain the best possible outcome for fracture fixation procedures.

This fracture fixation hardware is specially designed to make installation simple while minimizing show and causing less irritation to soft tissue. These headless compression screws come self-tapping and self-drilling. They make it easier for surgeons to control the compression, allowing for greater accuracy.

Those who use screws from this brand can experience several benefits. The design of this medical hardware helps to create the lag screw effect which is so important. All but the 1.5 mm sizes come with a cannulated design. This design is what allows placement to be carried out with greater accuracy. Some of the applications of the 1.5, 2.4 and 3.0 mm sizes include osteotomies of small bones and small bone fragments, intra-articular as well as extra-articular fracture fixation, nonunions, and arthrodesis of small joints. Joint fusion in the foot, reconstructions, and other procedures are best performed using the 4.5 and 6.5 mm sizes.

The self-drilling and self-tapping features of the come from flute of the hardware. Countersinking of the head is also achieved thanks to these flutes. The featured StarDrive recess, which provides greater torque transmission. Materials of the screw include 316L stainless steel and titanium alloy.

To make finding the right screws easier and for viewing the various of sixes available from DuPuy Synthes, the company publishes a reference chart that can prove to be very helpful. Within it the hardware can be identified by their drill bit size, drive type, tap, thread length, thread diameter, and locking type.

Those who need to remove either intact of damaged screws of various types can use the Universal Removal Set offered by the company. This set holds all the blades and required instruments it takes to remove mini and small sizes while the blade of the included screwdriver can be used for removing most of the available screws. A great deal of information, including warnings, contraindications, indications, and precautions, is listed on a helpful insert which has been placed in the kit.

The factures of numerous patients have been set and healed properly thanks to the Synthes screw. Surgeons enjoy the fact that they get a greater level of compression control and an installation that is smooth and simple. What patients enjoy about the Synthes screw is the minimal show head which makes the surgery less evident in their skin.




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