First time use of Zimmer’s new Reverse Shoulder in US with vitamin E poly

ZIMMER REPORTS FIRST SHOULDER USE OF VIVACIT-E IN U.S. (Orthopedics This Week)
Zimmer Holdings, Inc.’s Vivacit-E Line for the Trabecular Metal Reverse Shoulder System has been used for the first time in the U.S. for a reverse should replacement.
A company announcement on March 16, 2015, states the Vivacit-E HXPE is a highly crosslinked polyethylene (HXPE) and is a “high-tech bearing surface offering oxidative stability and low wear that has already become a staple of the company’s replacement products for the knee, hip and elbow. Its introduction into the Trabecular Metal Reverse Shoulder Syst...