Biomet Unveils Bicruciate Retaining Total Knee (OrthoPreneur)
While a critical component of knee anatomy and kinematics, the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) is often sacrificed in total knee arthroplasty. Biomet’s latest product in its knee line, the Vanguard XP total knee system, takes a different approach and was developed to work with the patient’s anatomy to keep healthy ligaments attached. The Vanguard XP was designed in conjunction with orthopaedic surgeons to preserve the healthy ACL and posterior cruciate ligament (PCL), while incorporating geometry to enable the ligaments’ natural functions. The plan was to create a system that provided a high level of patient satisfaction similar to that reported with Biomet’s Oxford Partial Knee with the durability of a total knee, says Todd O. Davis, Biomet’s General Manager and Vice President of Global Knees. ORTHOPRENEUR sat down with Davis at AAOS to discuss the technology behind the bicruciate knee, the surgical technique used to implant it and future trends in the knee market. ORTHOPRENEUR: What problem does this technology solve?Todd O. Davis: When we started this project about four years ago, we saw a gap between the satisfactio...
