Stryker’s **vel Soft Tissue Anchor Uses Ultrasound for Fixation
 

Stryker’s **vel Soft Tissue Anchor Uses Ultrasound for Fixation
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Stryker, the big name in orthopedic tools,*is introducing a very unusual soft tissue anchor that*relies on using ultrasound to liquefy its tip to penetrate into nearby cancellous bone.

The SonicAnchor is 2.5 mm in diameter and is delivered and fixated using a special generator-powered tool into a pre-drilled hole. It’s*intended for suture or tissue fixation during open procedures on the*foot, ankle, knee, hand, wrist, elbow, and shoulder.

The anchor is placed into the hole, with a suture stretched around it, and then ultrasonic energy delivered through it using the tool, turning the distal tip into liquid that quickly seeps into the surrounding bone and solidifies again.

It’s made of the bioresorbable*PLDLLA polymer that eventually disappears*via natural processes that remove the material a bit at a time.

Product page: SonicAnchor…

Via:*Stryker…

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