Chest Wall and Sternum Fracture Fixation
RibLoc® U Plus Chest Wall Plating System
Rib and sternum fractures are common in cases of severe trauma, such as a motor vehicle accident. The Acute Innovations RibLoc U Plus Chest Wall Plating System is intended to stabilize and provide fixation for fractures, fusions, and osteotomies of the ribs, and for reconstructions of the chest wall and sternum.
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Chest Wall Solutions
- BioBridge® Resorbable Chest Wall Stabilization Plate
- Flexible and can be stacked or trimmed for increased rigidity and/or length
- RibLoc U Plus Plates
- U-shaped plates
- 50, 75, 115, 155, and 215 mm lengths.
- 2.7 mm bi-cortical color-coded screws, 6, 8,10,12, and 14 mm lengths
- U-shaped plates
U-plate Technology
Plates are designed to sit on the superior aspect of the rib, avoiding the neurovascular bundle.1
Anterior and Posterior Locking
The U-clips are designed to minimize stress on the rib by distributing physiologic loads over a greater surface area. Once the screws are engaged and fixed to the cortices of the bone, the plate locks both anteriorly and posteriorly
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Sternum Fracture Fixation
- Custom fit with compressible u-clips to match the rib thickness.
- Most comprehensive system by offering patent U-plates, and straight plates in one system Anterior and posterior screw locking fixation.
- Offers low-profile and 90 degree instrumentation allowing access under the scapula or minimally.
Chest Wall Reconstruction
The reconstruction technique2 using BioBridge provides long-term chest wall stability through bone healing and/or soft tissue scarring.
- Osteotomy Stabilization
- Costochondral junction repair
- Chest Wall Reconstruction
- Pectus Repair
1. Data on file at Acumed
2. BioBridge Resorbable Chest Wall Stabilization Plate Chest Wall Reconstruction Surgical Technique (RRP7120)
Straight Plate Solutions
- The straight plate offers fixation for transverse sternal fractures.
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Specialty Instrumentation
The U Plus 90 Instrumentation System
Provides a comprehensive solution to plating ribs in limited access locations. The low-profile and 90° instrumentation facilitates fixation of subscapular, posterior, and anterolateral fractures through minimally invasive approaches.
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AcuTie
BioBridge
RibLoc U + and RibLoc U + 90
Documents
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- Acumed RibLoc U Plus Brochure
- Acute Innovations All Products Brochure
- Acute Innovations RibLoc U Plus Surgical Technique
- RibLoc U Plus 90 Instrumentation Amadeo Surgical Technique
- RibLoc U Plus 90 Instrumentation Implantmed Surgical Technique
- RibLoc U Plus Chest Wall Plating System Sternum Fracture Surgical Technique
- RibLoc U Plus Muscle-Sparing and Subscapular Rib Fracture Repair Surgical Technique
- Acute Innovations AcuTie II Brochure
- Acute Innovations AcuTie II Surgical Technique
- Acute Innovations BioBridge Brochure
- Acute Innovations BioBridge Chest Wall Reconstruction Surgical Technique
- Acute Innovations BioBridge Open Pectus Repair Surgical Technique