DePuy Synthes Spine, in collaboration with DePuy Synthes Biomaterials, has announced the U.S. launch of CONFORM SHEET™, a hydrated, pliable and totally demineralized cancellous bone matrix that fills voids during posterolateral spinal fusion surgery and provides a natural scaffold for new bone formation.
Background
CONFORM SHEET and CONFORM CUBE® (DePuy Synthes Spine’s Demineralized Cancellous Bone Cube) are processed by the Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation (MTF), with whom DePuy Synthes Biomaterials has worked with MTF for more than 10 years to provide high-quality tissue for patients.
The new allograft implant, processed by the MTF, has both osteoinductive and osteoconductive properties. Through a unique demineralization process, bone morphogenic proteins (BMPs) are exposed, providing CONFORM SHEET its osteoinductive properties, while the cancellous structure of the scaffold provides osteoconductive characteristics. CONFORM SHEET is wickable in that it readily absorbs various hydrating fluids including bone marrow aspirate, blood or saline. When combined with bone marrow aspirate, CONFORM SHEET becomes osteogenic.
CONFORM SHEET is offered in four sizes, which may be cut to accommodate irregular shaped anatomy. The implant may be used with DePuy Synthes Spine MATRIX™ MIS Pedicle Screw System and EXPEDIUM® Spine System, as well as other systems for spinal fusion.
Physician comments
“CONFORM SHEET has excellent handling characteristics. It is compressible for precise placement, where it can then expand to fill the bone void,” said Khalid Sethi, MD, FACS, Chief of Neurosurgery at United Health Services Wilson Medical Center in Johnson City, NY. “It is packaged in a hydrated state, which eliminates the need for rehydration and there is no implant migration upon irrigation.”
Company comments
“By adding CONFORM SHEET to our Spine portfolio, we continue to provide customers with robust procedural solutions to treat their spine patients,” said Max Reinhardt, Worldwide President, DePuy Synthes Spine. “We are pleased to collaborate across DePuy Synthes Companies with our Biomaterials colleagues to offer complete solutions that advance patient care. This is an excellent example of how, together, DePuy Synthes Companies can meet the needs of hospitals and health care systems.”
“CONFORM SHEET and CONFORM CUBE exemplify our ongoing commitment to providing comprehensive and complementary biomaterials solutions to support the breadth of products the DePuy Synthes Companies offer,” said Elliott Gruskin, PhD, Worldwide President, DePuy Synthes Biomaterials.
™CONFORM SHEET is a trademark of the Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation.
®CONFORM CUBE is a registered trademark of the Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation
