AAOS22: CurvaFix to Spotlight CurvaFix IM Implant for Pelvic Fracture Repair

CurvaFix will showcase its new CurvaFix intramedullary (IM) implant at this week’s American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) annual meeting. The company will also present updates from recent U.S. cases using CurvaFix for pelvic and acetabular fracture fixation.
 
“The patients we have treated using the new CurvaFix Implant have tolerated their surgeries well,” Samir Mehta, M.D., chief of the Division of Orthopaedic Trauma and Fracture Care and associate professor in Orthopaedic Surgery told the press. “The CurvaFix Implant has tremendous versatility allowing surgeons to follow the natural shape of the bone, filling the cancellous space, and achieving a stable construct. Most recently, we treated a 70-year-old female metastatic cancer patient with a bilateral sacral fragility fracture resulting in chronic pain and disability. We were able to provide effective fixation of her dysmorphic upper sacral segment using two CurvaFix Implants placed trans-iliac trans-sacral with the patient being able to walk out of the hospital the same day.”
 
CurvaFix follows natural bone curvature to fill the space in the bone, offering pelvic fracture patients less invasive, shorter surgery with faster recovery. The implant features interlocking segments for flexibility during implantation over a steerable guidewire. After implantation, the implant curvature is locked to make the device rigid.
 
“Our novel device has been used in multiple market segments including high impact trauma, fragility fractures in geriatric patients, revision surgeries for failed straight screw fixation, and in an oncology patient who suffered a fragility fracture due to cancer treatment,” said Steve Dimmer, CurvaFix CEO. “The results thus far are very encouraging, as is our early clinical data.
 
“The CurvaFix Implant is the only intramedullary device capable of following the natural bone shape and filling the space within the pelvis, enabling a longer, wider and curved implant which provides strong fracture fixation,” continued Dimmer. “The strong curved fixation of our device may improve patient recovery, reduce pain and enable earlier mobility compared to traditional surgical techniques.”
 
CurvaFix will be exhibiting at AAOS booth #3669.