Smith&Nephew推出治疗外伤的新型骨板

一种新型外伤骨板设备被用于治疗下肢骨折，使得外科医生节约在手术室的时间，并且可以进行创伤性较小的手术。

该系统叫做Peri-Loc，提供独特的多用途螺孔用于在同一系统中进行闭锁或者开锁手术。闭锁螺丝钉帮助压缩，这个过程将骨折断端推到一起加速愈合。这种骨板系统同时还包括易于操作的简单设备，包括标准钻孔设备以及螺丝刀用以节约时间，有圆齿的骨板边缘使得螺丝钉可以被置于骨板之外。为了用于微创手术，Peri-Loc系统具有射线穿透的靶标用于快速精确安装。这项功能将在2005年晚些时候推出。

为了研究这些功能，Smith & Nephew召集了一个国际外科医生以及设计工程师的小组。为了将骨板安装进行最佳化，他们在位于Cleveland自然历史博物馆的世界最大尸体骨骼图书馆研究了数以百计的骨骼。已经有超过1000位外科医生评估了产品，这是Smith & Nephew在产品广泛开始应用之前进行的规模最大的一次评估。

Smith & Nephew整形外科(Memphis, TN, USA)外伤部高级副总裁兼总经理Scott Flora说：“Pero-Loc系统设计涵盖了许多特殊功能，包括精确的解剖轮廓更加适合发生骨折的骨骼。随着这种新产品的推向市场充实了我们公司的外伤手术产品线，为我们的用户提供了更好的服务。
 
Plating System for Treating Trauma Patients
 
A new trauma plating device is used to treat lower extremity bone fractures, allowing the surgeon to save time in the operating room and perform less-invasive surgeries.

Called Peri-Loc, the system offers a unique multi-purpose screw hole that gives the option of locking and nonlocking procedures in one system. Locking screws aid compression, the process that pushes bone fractures together to speed healing. The plating system also includes simplified instrument sets for easy use, including standardized drill guides and screwdrivers to save time, and scalloped plate edges that allow screws to be placed outside the plate. For use in minimally invasive procedures, the Peri-Loc system will have radiolucent targetters for fast accurate fitting. This feature debuts later in 2005.

To research these features, Smith & Nephew called on a global team of surgeons and design engineers. To optimize the fit of the plates, they studied hundreds of bones at one of the world’s largest cadaveric bone libraries in the Cleveland Museum of Natural History (OH, USA). More than 1,000 surgical evaluations have already been conducted, the most ever for a Smith & Nephew product prior to broader launch.

“There are many special features designed into the Peri-Loc system, including precise anatomical contours to more closely fit the fractured bone,” noted Scott Flora, senior vice president and general manager of the Trauma Division of Smith & Nephew Orthopedics (Memphis, TN, USA). “This introduction adds to our full line of trauma surgical products to help better service our customers.”