T2 Alpha
A type of locking screw accepted in all Alpha screw holes except for an oblong hole.
What is an Advanced Locking Screw
The Variax Core tray has these screw diameter options.
What is 2.4mm, 2.7mm, and 3.5mm?
The two locking screw sizes available in the axsos platform.
What is 4.0mm and 5.0mm?
A synthetic bone void filler made of beta tri-calcium phosphate and bioactive glass.
What is Vitoss BBtrauma?
This type of metal is a good selling point for our plating and part of the reason why our plates are less prone to cold welding.
What is Type 2 anodized titanium alloy?
This nail can achieve up to 7mm of compression through external or internal compression
What is the T2 Alpha Tibia Nail?
The variax volar distal radius plate is meant to be positioned just proximal to this landmark on the radius.
What is the watershed line?
The amount of universal screw holes in the metaphyseal portion of the Axsos Proximal Lateral Humerus plate.
What is 7 universal screw holes?
When fixing a distal humerus, an osteotomy technique on this bone is used to gain exposure to the humerus.
What is an olecranon?
This technique is available with all T2 Alpha Nails and helps keep the surgeon from having to do perfect circles.
What is distal/proximal targeting?
The name of the 10 degree bend at the top of the T2 Alpha Tibia Nail.
What is Herzog's Bend?
Variax Smartlock technology uses this type of metal for its locking screws to allow the screw to thread in to the plate.
What is titanium alloy?
This database consist of over 19,500 3D bones generated from CT scans of patients.
What is Stryker Orthopaedic Modeling and Analytics (SOMA)?
This is a synthetic bone void filler comprised of surgical grade calcium sulfate and is commonly mixed with antibiotics to help with infection.
What is Osteoset?
This is a customizable, small-group meeting between customers and members of Stryker Leadership, Marketing and/or medical education teams. Usually takes place in Mahwah, NJ.
What is a PEAK visit?
These nails have similar 4 degree valgus bends.
What is the Gamma4 Nail and T2 Alpha GT Nail?
When dual plating a distal humerus, these are two techniques used for plate placement.
What is 90/90 plating and 180 plating?
The type of screw thread design in axsos locking screws to prevent cold welding and ease of removal.
What is conical thread (rounded thread)screw design?
The four growth factors included in Bio4.
What is osteoconduction, osteoinduction, osteogenesis, and angiogenesis?
The term used when speaking about the structure of titanium being closer to bone than stainless steel to help with healing.
What is modulus of elasticity?
It is a particular technique of nailing when instead of one large cephalomedullary screw being used, two smaller screws are used to prevent rotation of the femoral head and sometimes prophylactic fixation of the femoral neck/head.
What is recon mode?
These are the three hook depth options in the variax clavicle hook plates.
The unit of measurement for the tourque limiter in axsos instrumentation.
What is newton-meters?
The smooth facet on the upper part of the tibia, just below knee joint and medial to the proximal tibio-fibular joint.
What is Gerdy's tubercle?
This business unit provides comprehensive solutions that make it easier to meet clinical and financial goals.It provides flexibility beyond cash purchase, enabling customers to acquire our full portfolio of products.
What is Flex Financial?