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RibFix Blu - Thoracic Fixation System
A simple, yet comprehensive, system designed for stabilization and rigid fixation. The RibFix Blu Fixation System is designed to offer surgeons simplicity and ease of use when approaching rib fracture repair. RibFix Blu plates are engineered to match the natural shape of the ribs, offering stability for direct bone healing while considering the natural movement of the chest wall. Pre-contoured and narrow plate design. Cancellous self-drilling screw design. Innovative in-situ plate to bone approximation tools.
10X Respiratory Loading Without Failure
in plastic blocks under dynamic motion testing.
RibFix Blu® withstood bending loads equivalent to 10X the normal respiratory loading without any failures in plastic blocks under dynamic motion testing.
360,000 Cycles Without Failure
in human cadaveric osteopenic rib bones.
RibFix Blu® withstood bending loads equivalent to 5X the normal respiratory loading for 360,000 cycles (equivalent to six weeks) without failures in human cadaveric osteopenic rib bones.