Clinical benefits
The bioabsorbable Inion FreedomPin™ implants provide several clinical benefits to trauma and reconstructive orthopaedic procedures:
- Bone healing: maintenance of accurate alignment of
- bone fractures
- osteotomies
- arthrodesis
- bone grafts
with appropriate additional immobilization
- Avoidance of removal surgery, reducing patient trauma and cost in comparison to the metallic K-wires, which always protrude through the skin and must later be removed
- No permanent implant left in the body reducing risk of implant migration and stress shielding
Additional benefits
The bioabsorbable Inion FreedomPin™ implants provide additional benefits due to their technical features and material composition:
- Resorbs in 2–4 years
- Predictable degradation progressively loads the bone to aid bone regeneration. The Inion Freedom™ pins maintain adequate strength during the healing period of fracture, osteotomy or other indicated procedure
- No long-term implant palpation, visibility, temperature sensitivity
- No imaging interference: no artefact is created on X-ray, computer tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) by the material
- No release or accumulation of metal debris, nor metal-induced allergies/sensitization
- Sterile-packaged implants reduce the risk of cross-contamination and overall infection risk
- Easier revision procedures: if re-operation is needed, the previously inserted Inion Freedom™ pins have either absorbed, or can simply be drilled through
- MR Safe: the Inion Freedom™ pins are entirely made of non-conductive and non-ferrous material components
- High-strength pins due to reinforced polymer
- Improved intraoperative visibility due to coloured implants
- Enhanced pull-out and torsion resistance: the hexagonal shaft shape of the Inion FreedomPin™ enhances pull out and torsion resistance compared with bioabsorbable pins (and K-wires) having round cross-section
- Easy-to-use reusable pin applicator with implant locking feature
- Available also as a single-use kit with sterile and easy-to-use disposable insertion instrumentation
- The pins can be cut to the desired length during the operation
