DJO Surgical, a Business Unit of DJO Global, Announces the Launch of the Movation Knee System (Herald Online)
DJO Global, Inc. ("DJO" or the "Company"), a leading provider of medical device solutions for musculoskeletal health, vascular health and pain management, announced that the first Movation™ Total Knee Arthroplasty (TKA) was implanted on Tuesday, September 4, 2012. The Movation Knee stems from a long tradition of Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) excellence, complemented by a complete instrumentation system designed with simplicity and efficiency in mind.
The Movation Posterior Stabilized (PS, used in posterior cruciate ligament deficient knees) Knee design is licensed from the Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) in New York, NY. HSS prides itself in being the largest joint replacement institution in the country, and also has earned an outstanding reputation for high quality engineering. DJO Surgical licensed this patent for a classic PS Knee solution, and re-defined it with modern innovative features, including a constant axis femoral component, contoured insert condyles for reduced rotational stress, reduced and rounded trochlear transition, and anatomic femoral and basepl...
