Contact:
Priya Amin, European Product Manager – Revision & Oncology
Priya.amin@stryker.com

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Stryker is one of the world's leading medical technology companies and, together with our customers, is driven to make healthcare better. We offer innovative products and services in Orthopaedics, Medical and Surgical, and Neurotechnology and Spine that help improve patient and hospital outcomes.

Launch Pad

Time: 11:10

Title: Stryker Non Invasive Growing Implant – A Patient’s Story

Bone cancer is traumatic…achieving limb-length equality shouldn’t be! Stryker’s non-invasive extendible implants grow with the patient without the need for surgical intervention.

Designed to replace large segments of the femur or tibia in cases were a patient requires future limb length adjustments, this implant uses an electromagnetic device to lengthen the prosthesis. By passing current into an electric coil, the system’s external drive unit produces a rotating magnetic field. This rotation is coupled with a magnet seated within the implant which turns an internal gearbox to extend the implant. The implant grows at a controlled/fixed rate allowing measured, non-invasive lengthening. There is no need for an inpatient stay in hospital and no patient anaesthetic or sedation is required during the 20-30 minute lengthening procedure.

Stryker Stanmore 70th History Video

Brochures for download:

GMRS_SP_2-Prox Tib
GMRS_SP_3-Distal Femur
QL053 English Issue 4 METS Proximal Tibia Surgical Protocol
QL056 English Issue 4 METS Distal Femur Surgical Protocol
QL537 English Issue 1 METS Proximal Femur Surgical Protocol
QL631 English Issue 1 METS Proximal Humerus Surgical Protocol