Overview Of 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.

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.

Minimal show, less soft tissue irritation, and easier installation are all advantages that makes this brand of medical screw a preferred choice. These compression screws are headless, self-drilling, as well as self-tapping. This grants surgeons the ability to install with greater accuracy, having heightened control over the compression.

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.

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.

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 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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