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XtraFix External Fixation System
The XtraFix External Fixation System allows surgeons to build rigid constructs for long bone and pelvic fractures with few components and steps.
Zimmer Biomet
Zimmer Biomet
Zimmer Biomet strives to alleviate pain and improve the quality of life for people around the world.
Large and Small systems
Streamlined Workflow
- All pins and instruments are color coded to simplify steps for the surgical team. Each pin, whether it is a 5mm/6mm diameter shank (XtraFix Large 11mm System) or a 4mm diameter shank (XtraFix Small 6mm System), is also sized to reduce overall clamp inventory.
Variable Options for Best Fit
- Components are available in a wide selection of pin and bar diameters and lengths. Transitioning from XtraFix Large 11mm to Small 6mm components on the same frame is facilitated by XtraFix Large 11mm Pin-to-Bar Clamps.
Efficiency
- Efficiency Multi-Pin Clamps have 2-Bar and 1-Bar jaw attachments built-in to the clamp with the goal of reducing the number of components required to construct a frame. Quick- connect ends are designed into pins and drills to save time during implantation.
- All clamps have a SnapLoc latch that actively prevents bars and pins from popping out. Clamps also feature one-nut tightening designed to save time intra-operatively.
Ankle-Spanning Construct (dropfoot) Large Set
- Single Transfixing Pin, Metatarsal Pin(s), 1 Multi-Pin Efficiency Clamp, 3 Bars and 4 Pin-to-Bar Clamps
- The Metatarsal Pins can be connected with either an 11mm or 6mm Bar depending on surgeon preference.
3-D Bar/Bar and Bar/Pin Clamps
- Independent pin placement in three dimensions
- Pins can be placed where the fracture—not fixator—dictates
- Large 11mm system offers 80° of motion and Small 6mm system offers 70°
- Flexible configurations means constructs require fewer components SwivLoc Technology
- Facilitates provisional fracture reduction by allowing Bars to snap into Clamps
- Bars will not pop-off clamps during assembly
The XtraFix Large 11mm and Small 6mm Systems can easily be connected to one another via a single Clamp. The Large 11mm Pin/Bar Clamp is the transitional component that allows surgeons to accommodate small extremity fractures in large constructs.
Pins and Drills
- All XtraFix Pins, Drills, Trocars and Tissue Protectors are color coded for easy identification
- Step up feature allows Pins in each system to be used with all the Clamps in their respective systems
The system is intended to stabilize open or closed long bone fractures. It can also be used for arthrodesis and osteotomies with associated soft tissue problems; stabilization of limbs after removal of total joint implants for infection or other failure; stabilization of non-unions, and as an intraoperative temporary stabilization tool assist with indirect reduction.
The most important functional design goal of an external fixation system is to provide fracture stability.
