Exactech Inc.

The TriVerse implant. [Image courtesy of Exactech]Exactech today announced the first cases performed with its new TriVerse primary knee system for knee replacement procedures.

Gainesville, Florida-based Exactech designed the evidence-based, streamlined solution to address the increasing demands of knee replacement. Orthopedic surgeons Dr. Chris Christensen and Dr. David Taunton performed the first TriVerse knee surgeries. Christensen operates out of Bluegrass Orthopaedics in Lexington, Kentucky. Taunton works at Texas Orthopedic Specialists in Bedford, Texas.

“Efficiency and flexibility are of paramount importance to me and my O.R. staff. Exactech’s TriVerse Knee system has been designed with a streamlined, simplified approach while offering a comprehensive array of primary knee implants that give me the best of both worlds,” said Christensen.

Taunton added that TriVerse’s design “leans on the successful clinical heritage” of previou…

The Activit-E knee replacement polyethylene. [Image courtesy of Exactech]Exactech announced today that it received FDA 510(k) clearance for its new advanced Activit-E polyethylene for the Truliant system.

Gainesville, Florida-based Exactech designed the Activit-E polyethylene for its Truliant knee replacement system. It combines material strength and toughness through chemically crosslinked polyethylene. It also eliminates the need for gamma irradiation technology used in previous polyethylene generations.

Exactech said its design helps to maintain oxidative resistance and long-term performance, including strength and stabilization.

“After years of research and development in polyethylene, Activit-E represents a breakthrough achievement for Exactech. It is the next generation of highly crosslinked polyethylene with vitamin E antioxidant that is intended to further our primary goal of providing immense benefits to our patients,” said Adam Hayden, CMO a…

[Image courtesy of Exactech]Exactech will mark the global release of the latest version of its ExactechGPS shoulder surgery navigation software at the annual Shoulder Masters Course in Amsterdam later this week.

The launch is taking place in EMEA and APAC countries. It follows the first surgery in the United Arab Emirates earlier this month, leveraging the company’s Active Intelligence suite, which uses ExactechGPS and the Equinoxe planning app.

“ExactechGPS is designed to dramatically improve accuracy. The human eye allows implant placement by even the most experienced surgeons, to within 3 to 5 millimeters. However, with the guidance of GPS technology, more precise implant placement, within 1-2 mm, is possible,” said UAE-based British orthopedic and trauma surgeon Dr. Ved Goswami of Medclinic City Hospital. Goswami performed the recent surgery with assistance from U.S. shoulder and elbow surgeon Dr. Stephanie Muh, of Henry Ford Health.

The U.S. rele…

Exactech announced today that the first successful surgeries were completed with its Spartan Stem and Logical Cup systems.

Gainesville, Florida-based Exactech designed the systems for total hip arthroplasty.

The Spartan Stem features three offset options and a tapered, polished distal segment, while the Logical Cup, a modular acetabular system, enables an efficient surgical workflow in hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers, the company said in a news release.

“Our aim is to deliver what physician and institutional customers have been demanding, which is efficient instruments, clinical,ly-advanced implants and ASC-friendly solutions,” said Adam Hayden, chief marketing officer and SVP of large joints for Exactech. “The Spartan Stem and Logical Cup enhance the clinical breadth and depth of our Hip offering and—in combination with our Alteon hip system—reflect our mission to Improve the Proven and deliver a rich and differentiated portfolio of orthopaedi…

Exactech this week launched its Equinoxe Shoulder Planning App v2.1 in the U.S.

The preoperative planning software is designed for use with the company’s ExactechGPS navigation system in the operating room to connect the preoperative plan with implant placement. The Gainesville, Florida-based company designed the software to give surgeons increase flexibility to plan shoulder component placement and select implants and sizes for scapula and humerous made for a patient’s specific anatomy.

Equinoxe’s latest version has humeral planning with varying humeral stem components and sizes; views for stem anterior/posterior, medial/lateral and inclination positions; humeral head offset and position adjustment in anatomic procedures; patient neutral abduction position refinement and views of the total join and use of combined motions to assess shoulder range of motion and impingement.

In a recent study, the ExactechGPS navigation system provided v…

[Image from Exactech]Exactech announced today that the first surgeries were performed using its Newton knee and new, user-friendly instrumentation.

Gainesville, Florida-based Exactech designed the Newton knee with soft tissue balancing technology for total knee replacements with a modernized graphical user interface to accompany the new instrumentation.

According to a news release, Stanford University’s Dr. James Huddleston, Cornerstone Orthopedic Institute’s Dr. Raul Marquez and Rush Memorial Hospital’s Dr. Jeffrey R. Ginther were the first to perform surgeries with the platform.

“Optimal soft tissue balance, combined with personalized implant placement, has the potential to improve on the historical outcomes of knee replacement,” Huddleston said in the release. “Exactech is yet again leading the way with the Newton Knee, merging well-thought-out design and leading-edge technology to deliver real-time operative insights for balanced knee …

Exactech this week announced the first successful surgeries using its Equinoxe Laser Cage Glenoid in a shoulder implant procedure.

The first procedures were completed in Jacksonville, Florida at the Mayo Clinic and in Fort Collins, Colorado at the Orthopedic and Spine Center of the Rockies. Two of the product’s design surgeons – Drs. Bradley Schoch and Sean Grey – performed the procedures using the new glenoid implant.

Gainesville, Florida-based Exactech designed Equinoxe to improve glenoid fixation in anatomic total shoulder arthroplasty. It has standard and augmented options and features a central bone cage and three peripheral cage pegs that are titanium, porous and 3D-printed.

“I am impressed by the mechanical strength of this unique hybrid design,” Grey said in a news release. “Mechanical bench testing has demonstrated the remarkable strength of the 3D printed porous cage pegs, which offer the potential for bone through-growt…

[Image from Exactech]Exactech (Nasdaq:EXAC) announced today that it launched its Equinoxe humeral reconstruction prosthesis for clinical use in Europe.

Gainesville, Florida-based Exactech designed the humeral reconstruction prosthesis with intraoperative flexibility and patient-specific sizing to offer a number of options for achieving stability regardless of proximal humeral resection length.

According to a news release, the platform is the first modular device available in the U.S. for significant proximal humeral bone loss and reconstruction after tumor resections. It is used in primary or revision arthroplasty procedures as well as anatomic oncology procedures.

The humeral reconstruction prosthesis, which Exactech first introduced in the U.S. in 2015, has been used to treat more than 1,500 patients and has been made available in Italy, France, Spain, Germany and Great Britain.

“At Exactech we challenge our development teams to create products tha…