Official Journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology
Table 1 Intramedullary devices available on US and EU markets (up to September 2014)
From: Arthrodesis of proximal inter-phalangeal joint for hammertoe: intramedullary device options
Category | Name | Company | Material | No. of sizes available | Plantar angle |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Shape memory | Smart Toe® II | Stryker® | Memometal Nitinol | 6 + 2 × DIP | 0°–10° |
Hammerlock® | BME® | Memometal Nitinol | 4 + 1 × DIP | 0°–10° | |
One-piece solid or cannulated | ProToe VO® | Wright® | Stainless steel | 5 | 0°–10° |
Arrow-lok™ | Arrowhead Medical® | Stainless steel | 8 | 0°–10° | |
Ipp On® | Integra® | Stainless steel | 2 | 0° | |
Proxifuse™ | Cartiva® | Nitinol and PEEK | 1 | 0° | |
Phalinx® | Wright™ | Titanium | 4 | 0°–10°a | |
Digifuse™ | Metasurg® | Titanium | 2 + 1 × DIP | 0°–10° | |
Two Step Imp. Syst. | Trilliant Surgical LTD® | Titanium | 3 | 0° | |
DuaFit® | In 2 Bones | PEEK | 4 | 0°–10°–17°a | |
Toegrip® | Synchro Medical® | PEEK | 5 | 0°–10°–20° | |
HammerFix® | Extremity Medical™ | PEEK | 3 | 0° | |
Bone allograft | TenFuse® | Solana Surgical® | Bone allograft | 2 | 0°–10° |
Two-piece | Stayfuse™ | Tornier® | Titanium | 3 Prox/6mid | 0° |
Nextra® | Nextremity Solutions® | Titanium | 2 Prox/3 mid | 10° | |
Hat-Trick® | Smith and Nephew® | PEEK | 4 Prox/2 mid | 0°–10° |