Integra Total Wrist Fusion System to be featured at ASSH Annual Meeting

Oct 7 2010

Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corporation (Nasdaq:IART) announced today that it is featuring the Integra^TM Total Wrist Fusion System at the 65^th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Surgery of the Hand (ASSH) on October 7-9, in Boston, Massachusetts. 

The Integra^TM Total Wrist Fusion System is the latest addition to Integra's suite of solutions for wrist arthritis.  Wrist fusion is a surgical procedure intended to reduce pain resulting from joint diseases, including arthritis of the wrist, particularly osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis. The procedure fuses the bones at the wrist joint and may ease the pain caused by bone on bone contact.

Integra's Total Wrist Fusion system is designed to provide fixation of the wrist, while decreasing soft tissue irritation, and provides an optimal balance of compression and stability by combining Surfix® locking and dynamic compression technologies.  Surfix® locking technology allows the surgeon to fully seat the screw in the plate prior to locking the screw in place. Integra's other products for wrist arthritis include the Universal2™ Total Wrist Implant System and the Spider ^TM Limited Wrist Fusion System.

"Integra is dedicated to providing surgeons with a range of choices, so they can have the right products for their patients when they need them," said Robert Paltridge, President of Integra Extremity Reconstruction. "We're very pleased that we can offer our customers an additional option for wrist arthritis."

The Integra™ Total Wrist Fusion System will be sold by Integra's Extremity Reconstruction sales organization, which focuses on lower extremity reconstruction, upper extremity reconstruction, tendon protection/augmentation, peripheral nerve repair/protection, and wound repair.

Source: Integra LifeSciences