Zimmer Brings New Hip Stem to U.S. (Walter Eisner @ OTW)
Zimmer Holdings, Inc. says it has a new hip stem technology now available in the U.S. that enables surgeons to "better match patients' individual anatomies" with modular neck options designed for independent, intraoperative adjustments.
The CLS Brevius Hip Stem with Kinectiv Technology is based on the Zimmer CLS Spotorno Stem, which has been in use worldwide for more than 25 years. That stem was first introduced in the 1980s and has been used, according to the company, in more than 560,000 total hip arthroplasty procedures aro...