Flower Orthopedics Rolls Out Distal Radius Surgical Kit

Building on the success of the FlowerCube concept, Horsham, Pa.-based Flower Orthopedics released a new anatomic Distal Radius FlowerCube to complement its upper extremity product portfolio. Like all FlowerCubes, the Distal Radius FlowerCube contains the requisite implants and instruments for the procedure, delivered ready-for-surgery, eliminating preoperative, on-site sterilization. The new plating set and instruments are designed to address even the most complex distal radius (wrist joint) fracture patterns.

Focusing on increasing efficiency in the operating room, the Distal Radius FlowerCube comes with new standardized multi-use disposable instruments, which are touted to significantly cut down on intra-operative time and costs.

“The anatomic distal radius plates and the new disposable instruments from Flower represent the latest evolution of the FlowerCube concept and provide an economic, efficient and versatile solution for treatment of distal radius fractures,” said Timothy Niacaris, M.D., Ph.D., chief of hand surgery at the JPS Health Network in Fort Worth, Texas. “The versatility of the plating system combined with the benefits of the Flower Ready-for-Surgery concept increase the efficiency of operative distal radius fracture management.”

“We believe that the new Distal Radius FlowerCube is ideal for both high volume hospitals and cost-conscious Surgery centers alike,” added Oliver Burckhardt, CEO and president of Flower Orthopedics. “While the plating set has been extremely well received by orthopedic surgeons, it is our standardized disposable instrumentation and the Ready-for-Surgery concept that really bring concrete, quantifiable value for our customers.”

The Flower anatomic distal radius plating set belongs to the Flower small and medium implants set, which is intended for use for internal fixation of fractures and reconstruction of bones, including the scapula, olecranon, humerus, radius, ulna, pelvis, distal tibia, fibula, hand and foot in adults and in adolescents (ages 12 to 21) in whom the growth plates have fused. Examples of these internal fixations and reconstructions include compression fractures, intra-articular and extra articular fractures, displaced fractures, osteotomies, non-unions and mal-unions. The system can be used for palmar, ventral, dorsal or orthogonal application.