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smith & nephew pty ltd - 32390 - drill bit, surgical - a device mounted into a powered drill for the creation of holes into bone to allow alignment jigs to be correctly positioned.

Australia - English - Department of Health (Therapeutic Goods Administration)

signature orthopaedics pty ltd - 32390 - drill bit, surgical - a single use (sterile) drill that is mounted into a surgical drilling machine, either manual or powered, and that, when rotated at an appropriate speed, will cut into bone creating a hole of the same dimension as the diameter of the bit. it will typically have the form of a "twist drill" (spiralled), but some may be flat with a bevelled cutting edge.

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signature orthopaedics pty ltd - 38725 - endotherapy trocar, single-use - a sterile device used to create a pathway for the insertion of a needle, suture and or knot pusher during minimally-invasive surgery, particularly in abdominal, gynaecological, urological, and thoracic procedures. this is a single-use device.

Australia - English - Department of Health (Therapeutic Goods Administration)

signature orthopaedics pty ltd - 37272 - fixation device, internal, spine, construct - a device that consists of rods/hooks/screws (including pedicle)/wires used to stabilize, support or correct alignment of spinal vertebrae. it may be made of stainless steel, titanium or other materials. it may be used for fracture fixation, degenerative or congenital conditions.

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relax retractors - 46646 - orthopaedic bone screw, non-bioabsorbable, sterile - non implantable bone screw sold as sterile pair or single item for transient anchorage of cervical or lumbar retraction systems (typically made of radel) to the patient during spinal surgical procedures. examples include distraction screw (casper style) to temporarily fix the cax retractor frame to a vertebral body or "curvy" style lumbar screw for temporary fixation of a retraction device onto bone to create a surgical view.

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signature orthopaedics pty ltd - 46646 - orthopaedic bone screw, non-bioabsorbable, sterile - a small, threaded rod with a slotted head typically used for internal orthopaedic fracture fixation by being screwed into bone to hold plates or nails to bone or to provide direct interfragmentary stabilization of bone, or it may fasten soft tissue to bone; it is made of a material that cannot be chemically degraded or absorbed via natural body processes (includes implant grade metal such as surgical steel, titanium (alloy), peek, or carbon fibre). there are a number of kinds available: cortical, cancellous, maleolar, scaphoid, partially-threaded and fully-threaded, self-tapping, and cannulated. a "lag screw" can be any of these used to obtain compression across bone fragments.

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signature orthopaedics pty ltd - 36315 - prosthesis, internal, joint, hip, total - a device to replace the articulation of the hip joint usually consisting of femoral and acetabular matching components. there may also be additional devices, e.g. screws,cement plugs, stem centralizer, and/ or bolts, in accordance with the design of the total replacement. materials include metals, polymers and ceramics. the device(s) may be implanted with or without bone cement.

Australia - English - Department of Health (Therapeutic Goods Administration)

signature orthopaedics pty ltd - 36174 - ligament anchor - an implantable sterile device used to attach the end or ends of a synthetic or natural ligament to bone.

Australia - English - Department of Health (Therapeutic Goods Administration)

relax retractors - 45181 - retractor system, self-retaining - an assembly of devices (instrument set) used to create a self-locking mechanism to temporarily part tissue to expose internal tissues or bone during anterior cervical surgical procedures. transient use retraction instrument set made of radel for single and multi-level procedures to allow the surgeon a clear window to operate in the disc space while minimizing pressure on the soft tissues.

Australia - English - Department of Health (Therapeutic Goods Administration)

signature orthopaedics pty ltd - 38161 - spinal cage - a device used in the treatment of the anatomical abnormalities of vertebrae typically due to degenerative intervertebral disks. the device can be of several different geometric forms and is implanted between the bones or bone grafts of the spine providing mechanical stability and sufficient space for therapeutic spinal bone fusion to occur. this process helps to relieve pressure on pinched nerves and prevents vertebral slipping. the device may be made of metal, polymer, or other artificial or biological materials, or it may be a combination of these.