AAP Implantate AG is a German-based international medical technology company that specializes in developing, manufacturing and marketing implants for healing bone fractures (osteosynthesis) and joint replacements (endoprosthetics), in bone cements and cementing techniques (also endoprosthetics) as well as bone replacement substances and antibiotical carriers (orthobiologics).
Along with its head office in Berlin the company has a branch in Dieburg near Frankfurt am Main, Germany. Our implants support minimally invasive operating methods that are easy on the patient and help to accelerate the natural healing process. As well as offering patients reliable implants, we offer customers a balanced cost-benefit ratio and a high standard of service. All-in solutions include a complete set of tried and tested surgical instruments for safety on the operating table.
Medicine is calling for innovative approaches in the field of replacement joints, especially to solutions in the preparation of prostheses which largely support the natural movement processes and lastingly guarantee their full functionality. We supply physicians with bone cements and specially developed mixing systems to anchor replacement joints securely in the bone for artificial hip and knee joint development.
HIP ENDOPROSTHETICS
In hip endoprosthetics, AAP Implantate AG has both tried and trusted standard products and forward-looking new developments. In standard products, we can look back on many years of manufacturing experience. In combination with modern hip surgery, the innovative new developments are intended to continue to take changing medical requirements into account.
FORWARD LOOKING HIP PROSTHESIS SYSTEM: VARIOFIT®
VarioFit® combines innovation and tried and trusted features of hip endoprosthetics in a forward looking hip prosthesis system. VarioFit® thereby sets new standards for restoration of a patient-compatible hip anatomy and gives the operator unprecedented intra-operative flexibility even if shaft und socket are already finally fixed.
VARIOFIT® HIP SHAFT WITH PROXIMAL ANCHORING, ANATOMICAL SHAFT GEOMETRY, DISTAL MICROSTRUCTURE AND PROXIMAL MACROSTRUCTURE
The VarioFit® hip shaft offers all the biomechanical preconditions for long-term stability to the patient`s benefit. The design of the anatomical shaft geometry facilitates ideal force input and guarantees outstanding rotation stability. The proximal macrostructure and distal microstructure of the cement-free shaft surface is designed to support targeted bone integration of the proximal anchoring. The two-part VarioFit® prosthesis in cement-free and cemented versions with a shaft length of 160 mm
VARIOFIT® CONE
The VarioFit® Cone with grid is a brilliantly simple solution. VarioFit® cones come with a patented, rotation-safe grid for optimal setting of pre-torsion and CCD angles. As a consequence, any of the positions identified prior to surgery can be transferred clearly and with repeatable precision to cone and shaft. This ensures optimal setting of the center of the femoral head and the leg length. Four cone versions (0°, 5°, 12.5° und 20°) can be placed on the shaft in 12 positions.
CEMENT FREE TITANIUM IMPLANT
Other features of the VarioFit® hip system include:
- 7 sizes (9-15 mm) of cement free titanium implant in left and right versions
- 6 sizes (10-15 mm) of CoCr implant for cementing in left and right versions
- The VarioFit® toolkit handles well and its precision makes the operator feel secure
SM STRAIGHT SHAFT HIP ENDOPROSTHESIS
Since 1982, the SM straight shaft hip endoprosthesis made of a cobalt chrome cast alloy (CoCrMo, ISO 5832/4 ASTM F75) has been implanted successfully a thousand times. Clinical reliability and simple, flexible handling combine with high economy at this implant.
ACETABULUM COMPONENTS
The thought-out and simple-to-handle instruments make a fast and efficient operative approach possible. A variety of application possibilities arises from the modular erection of the system both in the cementable range and in the hybrid version with the acetabulum components without cement.
The SM straight shaft hip endoprosthesis shows a CCD corner of 135° and is available in four shaft strengths with or without collars in the cone size 12/14 respectively.
