Integra Introduces Updated Version of Total Foot System

Plainsboro, N.J.-based Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corp. has launched the Integra Total Foot System 2, which is designed to address both reconstruction and acute fractures of the forefoot, midfoot and hindfoot. The first version of the system received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in December 2012. This second version offers a wider variety of plates, available in multiple sizes to accommodate varying patient anatomy and, according to the company, can be further contoured to fit individual patient needs.

“The Total Foot System 2 exhibits our ability to adapt to the evolving market, by taking an existing system and making it better,” said Robert Paltridge, president of Integra’s extremity reconstruction business. “Our next-generation system gives surgeons more options and greater flexibility, so they can choose the best treatment for their patients.”

The system has anatomic, low-profile plates designed for specific applications and intraoperative flexibility. The plates have holes to accommodate locking screws for stability and standard screw for variable angle fixation. The systems opening wedge and step plates are designed to allow for anatomical alignment of the foot.

Integra makes products for orthopedic extremity surgery, neurosurgery, spine surgery, reconstructive and general surgery.