Bioretec / Tornier Partnership
Bioretec is a Finnish company founded in 1998 focusing on research and manufacture of resorbable surgical implants. Tornier and Bioretec began working together in 2007 and since then Tornier has marketed resorbable implants developed by Professor Pertti Tormala. Tornier has brought to market a new product line including the latest generation of resorbable screws and pins used by orthopedic surgeons for repair and treatment of a wide range of bone and joint injuries.
Composition
RFS screws and pins are made from oriented bioresorbable copolymers L-lactide/co-glycolide (PLGA 85L/15G). These polymers have a long history of safe medical use and degrade in vivo by hydrolysis into alpha hydroxyl acids that are metabolized by the body. The manufacturing process produces an implant with high mechanical strength, stiffness and durability that is ideal for orthopedic surgery.
RFS implants gradually lose their mechanical strength during the period of osteogenesis. Implants retain their original mechanical strength for 8 weeks. They are completely resorbed in 2 years, thereby eliminating the need to remove them.
Advantages of RFS Product Line
RFS screws provide auto-compression of osteotomy, fracture and arthrodesis sites throughout the period of callus formation, thereby reducing the risk of unstable fixation. The screws have a small resorbable head attached to a detachable metal adapter. Their standard threads are compatible with your AO hardware for easy insertion of the implants.
RFS pins provide instant locking of osteotomy, fracture and arthrodesis sites because of their self-locking technology. They also provide rotational stability, flexible adaptation of drilling diameter and vascular channels due to their unique patented grooved surface.
Each implant of RFS screws and pins is delivered sterile within its aseptic pouch designed to protect the implants during transport and storage. This allows completely sterile use of the implants.
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