Uniglide

Unicompartmental Knee Replacement

With over ten years’ successful clinical use of advanced coating technologies, titanium nitride (TiN) ceramic and cementless BONIT^®, Uniglide offers the surgeon and patient a low wear solution with improved fixation⁽¹^,²^,³^,⁴^,⁵^,⁶^,⁷⁾. The ceramicised bearing surface provides low friction and excellent wear resistance, designed to ensure that Uniglide is capable of withstanding the demands of patients with a high activity lifestyle.

History

Uniglide was first implanted in 1991 and has since seen a variety of subsequent developments, including the introduction of advanced coating technologies and surgical navigation.

Technology

Corin is dedicated to the use of advanced technologies to improve implant function and longevity.

Titanium nitride (TiN) coating

A ceramic layer applied to the polished surface designed to reduce wear and enhance longevity of the implant, TiN coating has been shown to reduce wear by up to 98%⁽¹⁾.

BONIT^® coating

An established and proven process of applying a thin layer of calcium phosphate to a titanium plasma-sprayed layer, BONIT^® is designed to provide optimal bone integration⁽²^,³^,⁴^,⁵^,⁶^,⁷⁾.

Versatility

With a choice between mobile or fixed, cementless or cemented, medial or lateral and TiN-coated or cobalt chrome, Uniglide provides multiple options for both surgeon and patient - with only one set of instrumentation.

References:

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2. Wood PLR, Deakin S. Total ankle replacement. The results in 200 ankles. J Bone Joint Surg (Br) 2003; 85-B:3:334.

3. Saxler G, Temmen D, Bontemps G. Medium-term results of AMC-unicompartmental knee arthroplasty. The Knee 2004; 11:39-355.

4. Schwarz ML, Kowarsch M, Rose SB, Jani L. Histomorphometrical and mechanical evaluation of various surfaces on titanium test bodies placed into femora of the Göttinger minipig. Can a resorbable CaP coating increase osteointegration? 49th Annual Meeting of the Orthopaedic Research Society 2003; Poster.

5. Becker P, Nebe B, Luthen F, Rychle J, Neumann HG. Cellular investigations on electrochemically deposited CaP-composite. 18th European Conference on Biomaterials 2003. Abstract.

6. Zeggel P. Bioactive Calcium phosphate coatings for dental implants. A summarising characterisation of BONIT-FBR. International Magazine of Oral Implantology 1/2000; 51-57.

7. Massei G, Trisi P, Malchiodi L, Szmukler-Moncler S. Immediately loaded FBR-coated PITT-EASY BIO-OSS Implants. A histologic evaluation in 3 patients after 8-12 weeks of function. European Association for Osseointegration 2001; Poster.

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