aap is to debut as a group at MEDICA 2001

Products on show demonstrate one-stop shop competence

MEDICA, the world forum for doctors’ surgeries, hospitals and medical professionals, takes place from November 21 to 24, 2001 in Düsseldorf. aap Implantate AG will make its debut as a group at this key international medical and healthcare trade fair. aap will be exhibiting products from its three core business units osteosynthesis (bone fracture healing), endoprosthetics (limb replacement) and orthobiology (biological implants), thereby demonstrating its competence as a one-stop shop for biomedical implants for skeletal healing.

This year’s MEDICA will see the first showing of aap’s new bone replacement material Cerabone®. The outstanding feature of Cerabone®, an anorganic bone substitute, is its high stability, based on a system of internally linked pores. This guarantees optimal bone integration in the organism. The transition from metal implants via biomaterials to stress-resistant bone replacement material made from the body’s own cells is set to revolutionize orthopedics. aap identified this development at an early stage, and that is why its orthobiology business unit is engaged in researching and developing innovative bone replacement materials.

Fractures of the humerus head are the third most common type of fracture. One in five fractures of this kind is a quadruple fracture which up till now could not be treated satisfactorily. The Trauma Shoulder System (TSS), a further highlight of the aap developments on show, opens up totally new opportunities for handling this indication. The TSS now makes it possible for the surgeon to perform a stable yet anatomical fixation of the rotator cuff when treating fractures of the humerus head, especially in older people.

Another new product aap is showing at this year’s MEDICA is an extension to the successful CS cannulated screw system. With this product system, aap is consolidating its role in minimally invasive surgery. The cannulated screws are self-cutting and self-drilling, so the operator can insert them easily and safely into the bone using a guide wire and remove them again safely by means of the reversing thread. This reduces the number of work steps required and saves valuable operating time.

Yet a new product from Steinicke AG, a new hip prosthesis system, which is distributed by aap-subsidiary MEBIO, guarantees the surgeon optimal results for the individual patient's anatomy. Its cone is specially designed to facilitate virtually any desired position of the prosthesis head.

Die aap Implantate AG at MEDICA 2001:

Halle 11, Stand C 48