Featuring Aerofoil™ Compression Technology, the only in-line ACDF (anterior cervical discectomy and fusion) device to offer compression across the disc space. Shaped like inverted plane wings, Aero-C’s unique anchors are designed to pull the vertebral bodies towards the implant as it is inserted, creating compressive forces at the implant-to-endplate interface
• In accordance with Wolff’s law, compression creates a healing environment known to stimulate bone growth2
• Integrated one-step locking mechanism is designed to lock anchors to the implant.
Features:
- A PEEK Optima cage, surrounded by a titanium jacket. The PEEK cage is available in a variety of sizes to allow the surgeon to choose what is best suited to the patient’s anatomy and pathology
- Titanium anchors are guided through the cage, engaging with the posterior and anterior aspects of the device, and lock into the jacket to maximize segment stability and minimize micro-motion.
- Instrumentation designed to facilitate device insertion
- The titanium jacket spans the entire height of the cage anteriorly and posteriorly to show the overall height of the implant relative to the vertebral endplates as well as the cage-to-endplate proximity. The jacket and fixation anchors open on the lateral aspects to allow for fusion assessment through the lateral aspects on device radiographic images.
About Stryker
Stryker Corporation is a Kalamazoo, Michigan based medical equipment firm which develops and produces medical implants,,surgical and imaging technologies, as well as patient handling and emergency medical equipment.
Stryker’s history is rooted in innovation. When Dr. Homer Stryker, an orthopaedic surgeon from Kalamazoo, Michigan, found that certain medical products were not meeting his patients’ needs, he invented new ones. As interest in these products grew, Dr. Stryker started a company in 1941 to produce them. The company’s goal was to help patients lead healthier, more active lives through products and services that make surgery and recovery simpler, faster and more effective.
Today, Stryker is a global leader in the medical technology industry. Company growth is based on an unparalleled variety of high-quality, innovative products and services that create cost-effective solutions and improve people’s lives – which we achieve through the dedication of our over 25,000 employees globally in 2013. http://www.stryker.com