Front Matter - The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery
Front Matter - The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery
Front Matter - The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery
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EXOGEN ultrasound treatment has the highest<br />
heal rate for non-unions, including patients with<br />
certain comorbidities 1<br />
<strong>The</strong> EXOGEN Ultrasound <strong>Bone</strong> Healing System is like no other:<br />
•Highest heal rate for non-unions – 86% 1<br />
•Accelerates healing <strong>of</strong> indicated* fresh fractures – 38% 2<br />
•Unique fracture healing ultrasound technology<br />
•Works in just 20 minutes a day<br />
1<br />
Highest rate <strong>of</strong> healing reported among pre-market approval submissions to FDA based on variable fracture types, sites and<br />
conditions. See EXOGEN – PMA 900009 – 10/05/1994, EXOGEN – PMA 900009, Supplement – 02/23/2000, Bioelectron – PMA<br />
P850022 – 02/18/1986, EBI – PMA P790002 – 11/06/1979, Orth<strong>of</strong>ix/AME – PMA P850007 – 02/21/1986, Orthologic – PMA P910066<br />
– 03/04/1994, EBI – PMA P790005 – 01/25/1980.<br />
2 Heckman JD, Ryaby JP, McCabe J, Frey JJ, Kilcoyne RF. Acceleration <strong>of</strong> tibial fracture-healing by non-invasive, low-intensity pulsed<br />
ultrasound. J <strong>Bone</strong> <strong>Joint</strong> Surg Am. 1994 Jan;76(1):26–34.<br />
Orthopaedic Trauma & Clinical <strong>The</strong>rapies<br />
Smith & Nephew, Inc. 1450 Brooks Road, Memphis, TN 38116 USA<br />
Telephone: 1-901-396-2121, Information: 1-800-821-5700, Orders and Inquiries: 1-800-836-4080<br />
www.smith-nephew.com www.exogen.com<br />
Summary <strong>of</strong> Indications for Use: <strong>The</strong> EXOGEN 4000+, or any other<br />
EXOGEN <strong>Bone</strong> Healing System, is indicated for the non-invasive<br />
treatment <strong>of</strong> established non-unions † excluding skull and vertebra.<br />
* In addition, they are indicated for accelerating the time to a healed<br />
fracture for fresh, closed, posteriorly displaced distal radius fractures<br />
and fresh, closed or Grade I open tibial diaphysis fractures in skeletally<br />
mature individuals when these fractures are orthopaedically managed<br />
by closed reduction and cast immobilization.<br />
Contraindications: <strong>The</strong>re are no known contraindications for the EXOGEN<br />
device. Warnings and precautions pertaining to the treatment <strong>of</strong> either<br />
condition may be found at www.exogen.com or by calling 1-800-836-4080.<br />
†<br />
A non-union is considered to be established when the fracture site<br />
shows no visibly progressive signs <strong>of</strong> healing. Rx only.<br />
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Reg. US Pat. & TM Off.<br />
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