Business Wire10.13.16
Exactech Inc., a developer and producer of bone and joint restoration products for extremities, hip, knee, and spine, announced today a successful first surgery using its new Vantage Total Ankle System, the newest addition to the Exactech extremities product line and its first product in the foot and ankle market.
Orthopedic surgeons Mark Easley, MD, and James Nunley, MD, of Duke University, performed the first case with the ankle implant in Durham, N.C. “The surgical team and I were pleased that the Vantage Total Ankle replacement went exactly according to plan,” Easley said. “After several years of thoughtful development and design, the anatomic implants, practical instrumentation and relatively simple technique performed as they were designed. Based on proprietary anatomic data, the Exactech Vantage Total Ankle team of surgeons and engineers developed an innovative total ankle design that features both anatomic talar and tibial components.”
Easley also added, “The technique, with its favorable tibial and talar bone preparation which was clearly designed with minimal bone resection in mind, affords optimal support for the anatomically shaped implants. The Vantage Total Ankle has a reproducible and surgeon-friendly technique.”
Exactech Vice President of Extremities Marketing Darin Johnson said, “We had the privilege to design this product with some of the best thought leaders in the world who have dedicated their careers to the treatment of the ankle. Our team is proud to be a part of successfully improving the surgical outcome for one patient and laying the foundation for many, many more in the years to come. This marks a strategic expansion into the foot and ankle market where we will leverage Exactech’s founding principle of solving clinical challenges in collaboration with surgeons in order to improve the lives of patients. It is an exciting time.”
This ankle system represents years of collaboration among Exactech and a design team of esteemed surgeons including: James Nunley, MD; James DeOrio, MD; and Mark Easley, MD, of Duke University in Durham, N.C.; and Victor Valderrabano, MD, PhD, of Swiss Ortho Center of Schmerzklinik Basel in Basel, Switzerland.
Full market availability of the Vantage Total Ankle System in the United States is planned for 2017.
Orthopedic surgeons Mark Easley, MD, and James Nunley, MD, of Duke University, performed the first case with the ankle implant in Durham, N.C. “The surgical team and I were pleased that the Vantage Total Ankle replacement went exactly according to plan,” Easley said. “After several years of thoughtful development and design, the anatomic implants, practical instrumentation and relatively simple technique performed as they were designed. Based on proprietary anatomic data, the Exactech Vantage Total Ankle team of surgeons and engineers developed an innovative total ankle design that features both anatomic talar and tibial components.”
Easley also added, “The technique, with its favorable tibial and talar bone preparation which was clearly designed with minimal bone resection in mind, affords optimal support for the anatomically shaped implants. The Vantage Total Ankle has a reproducible and surgeon-friendly technique.”
Exactech Vice President of Extremities Marketing Darin Johnson said, “We had the privilege to design this product with some of the best thought leaders in the world who have dedicated their careers to the treatment of the ankle. Our team is proud to be a part of successfully improving the surgical outcome for one patient and laying the foundation for many, many more in the years to come. This marks a strategic expansion into the foot and ankle market where we will leverage Exactech’s founding principle of solving clinical challenges in collaboration with surgeons in order to improve the lives of patients. It is an exciting time.”
This ankle system represents years of collaboration among Exactech and a design team of esteemed surgeons including: James Nunley, MD; James DeOrio, MD; and Mark Easley, MD, of Duke University in Durham, N.C.; and Victor Valderrabano, MD, PhD, of Swiss Ortho Center of Schmerzklinik Basel in Basel, Switzerland.
Full market availability of the Vantage Total Ankle System in the United States is planned for 2017.