Discover The Benefits Of The Synthes Screw

By Rena Hudson


Integrity, quality, innovation, and education are just some of the core values and principles that drive the DePuy Synthes company. This company has been brought to the market by Johnson & Johnson, trusted manufacturer of medical devices, pharmaceuticals, and several consumer goods. As a leading provider of several products to the medical community, the company is driven by the goal of helping surgeons achieve better patient outcomes. They have created the Synthes screw and offered to the market as a highly effective fracture fixation product. Read on to learn more about this surgical hardware.

DePuy Synthes is a company that has been in the business of making implants, surgical power tools, and several advanced biomaterials since 1960. As there largest makers of bone fracture mending implants, the company has locations in West Chester, Pennsylvania, and Solothurn, Switzerland. Surgeons all over have come to rely on this brand of screws, as their superior construction and ease of use provide the best outcomes for both doctor and patient.

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.

There are several benefits to using this brand of fixation hardware. The desired lag screw effect is easily had, thanks to their special design. The cannulated design is featured in all sizes but the 1.5 mm version, allowing for accurate placement. Use of the 1.5 mm size includes avulsions, osteotomies of small bones and bone fragments, intra-articular and extra-articular fracture fixation, arthrodesis of small joints, and nonunions. These uses also apply to the 2.4 and 3.0 mm sizes. The larger sizes of 4.5 and 6.5 mm can be used for foot joint fusions, reconstruction, and a few other procedures.

Features of this surgical hardware include flutes that are self-drilling and self-tapping. These flutes allow for the countersinking of the head. Improved torque transmission is provided by the StarDrive recess. The materials that are available for this product include titanium alloy and 316L stainless steel.

There are also several different sizes and versions available. These can easily be found in the DePuy Synthes Reference Chart. As a helpful guide, the chart catalogs the screws by thread diameter, thread length, tap, drive type, drill bit size, and locking type.

There is a Universal Screw Removal Set offered by the company and it assists in the removal of many sizes, whether they are damaged or intact. The set includes all the required instruments and blades needed for removing mini and small sizes while most of the currently available screws can be removed with the blade of the screwdriver that is included the set. Any precautions, warnings, indications, or contraindications that need to be noted are listed on a handy insert that is included in the package.

The Synthes screw has been responsible for assisting the healing of fractures of all types in thousands of patients. This brand of hardware grants surgeons a helpful level of control over the compression and has been specially designed to make installation smooth and easy. Patients are pleased with these screws because the minimal show design makes the screws less evident under their skin.




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