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RibLoc® U Plus 90
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RibLoc® U+
Chest Wall Plating System
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RibLoc® U+
Chest Wall Plating System
Muscle-Sparing and Subscapular Rib Fracture Repair
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RibLoc® U+
Chest Wall Plating System
Sternum Fracture
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RibLoc® U Plus Chest
Wall Plating System
Product Overview
RibLoc U Plus Chest Wall Plating System
Product Overview
Acumed’s U-shaped plate technology provides stability with anterior and posterior locking screws. The RibLoc U Plus Chest Wall Plating System offers straightforward, color-coded instrumentation for ease of use. The RibLoc U Plus 90 Instrumentation, a low-profile system, provides power for limited access areas to ensure efficiency in the operating room.
It may be used with both the Implantmed and Amadeo Power Systems in the United States, and internationally only with the Amadeo Power System.
Indications for Use
Acumed’s RibLoc U Plus Chest Wall Plating System is intended to stabilize and provide fixation for fractures, fusions, and osteotomies of the ribs, and for reconstructions of the chest wall and sternum.
U Plus Chest Wall Plating System
The U Plus system provides a solution for rib fracture repair that is stable, efficient, versatile, and customizable to each patient and situation.
- U-clips compress to match the rib thickness
- Plates address diverse fracture patterns
- Custom bending instruments
- Multipurpose instrumentation
Videos
RibLoc U Plus Cadaver Lab with Lawrence Lottenberg, MD
In this video, Dr. Lawrence Lottenberg demonstrates his approaches and installation of the RibLoc U Plus product in chest wall injuries.
RibLoc U Plus Voice of Customer Interview with Lawrence Lottenberg, MD
The Evolution of Rib Plating with Francis Ali-Osman, MD
The Evolution of Rib Plating with Francis Ali-Osman, MD
U Plus Placement on Rib
The U-shape design of the U Plus plate aids in consistent and straightforward placement through the thickest portion of the rib while avoiding the neurovascular bundle.1
A biomechanical study was performed using cadaver ribs plated with a 4.6cm long RibLoc plate and 4 screws. It was superior in durability to an anterior plate of over twice the length and 6 screws after only 50,000 breathing cycles (typically two days of breathing).2 This was evaluated based on stiffness loss, as shown in the graph. Additionally, the reduced length of the RibLoc plate may facilitate a less invasive technique.2
Anterior and Posterior Locking
The U-clips are designed to minimize stress on the rib by distributing physiologic loads over a greater surface area. Once the screws are engaged and fixed to the cortices of the bone, the plate locks both anteriorly and posteriorly. An additional benefit to the U-clip design is that fewer screws are needed to provide an anchor to the bone, reducing the degree of dissection needed on the rib itself.3
Plate Variety
The RibLoc U Plus system offers U-shaped plates for rib fixation as well as a straight plate to stabilize sternum fractures.
The U-shaped plates are available in 50mm, 75mm, 115mm, 155mm, and 215mm. The straight plate has a length of 126mm. All plates have been designed to work with existing RibLoc U Plus and U Plus Instrumentation.
Sternum Fracture Fixation
The straight plate offers fixation for transverse sternal fractures while using U Plus instrumentation. Image courtesy of Bruce Hamm, MD, Associate Professor of Surgery, Division of Trauma, Critical Care and Acute Care Surgery, School of Medicine.
