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Stryker VariAx Plating System

VariAx

The VariAx Hand Locking Plate Module is a plating system which offers the potential benefits of variable angled locking plates and screws for 1.7mm and 2.3mm implant sizes.

It features many locking plates including specialty plates, such as the MC5 plate, dedicated specifically for boxer fractures, and the rotation plate which can be helpful in treating oblique fractures, reconstruction, correctional osteotomies, or intraoperative correction on the rotational and lengthwise axis.



Features & Benefits

SmartLockLocking Technology +- 10°

  • Encourages a locked screw to plate interface due to the combination of Grade II Titanium locking plates (softer) and Grade V Titanium Alloy (Ti6A14V) locking screws (harder).
  • Surgeons decide where the screw should be placed and locked within a cone of 20°.
  • Plates are low profile, because there is not a thread in the plate design for locking.
  • A locking screw can be removed, re-directed and re-inserted in the same hole up to 3 times.1

Why use locking plates in the hand?

Locking plates may be preferred to treat severely comminuted fractures, fractures close to the joint or fractures with poor bone quality. Perhaps, with the introduction of locking plates in the hand, bi-cortical screw purchase may not always be considered necessary. Locking plates in the hand may also encourage more creative positioning and placement of plates which may reduce soft tissue irritation.

Stryker Corporation or its divisions or other corporate affiliated entities own, use or have applied for the following trademark(s) or service mark(s): SmartLock, Stryker, VariAx. All other trademarks are trademarks of their respective owners or holders.

References

1. VariAx Hand Locking Plate Modular Surgical Technique (LVXHP-OT)