ActivaPin™

ActivaPin™ is an absorbable pin for fixing fractures, osteotomies, arthrodeses and osteochondral fractures, used with appropriate immobilisation.

Indications

In the upper limb Bioretec lists humeral condyle, olecranon, radial head, distal radius, metacarpal and phalangeal fractures. In the lower limb it lists ankle, talar, patella, metatarsal and phalangeal fractures, forefoot osteotomies such as Akin, Scarf, Chevron and Weil, and several foot and ankle arthrodeses.

Material

The pin is made from self-reinforced PLGA 85/15. It keeps its strength through the healing period, has a stiffness similar to cortical bone, and is replaced by bone in about two years, so it does not need to be removed.

Features

A grooved surface and Self-Locking SL™ technology, which expands the pin diameter by 1 to 2% after insertion, hold it in the bone. Pins are sterile packed individually and are inserted with the reusable ActivaPin™ instruments or with single-use applicators preloaded with a K-wire.

ActivaPin™ is FDA cleared and CE marked.