Product Description

The manufacture of TTA Rapid cages has only been made possible with advances in materials and manufacturing technology. The cages are made by an additive manufacturing (AM) 3D printing process known as selective laser sintering (SLS). Through this process, shapes can be created that would either be impossible to produce using more conventional technologies or cost prohibitive. With the lattice, cage and screw lugs being one piece, the cages are very stable in situ. The constructs are so stable that auxiliary implants such as plates, wires, forks and staples are rarely indicated. Theoretically this reduces the potential for galvanic corrosion to occur (all components are titanium).

Features & Benefits

• Titanium is very biocompatible, MRI compatible and typically needs to be inoculated with 10 times as many infectious units for an implant associated infection to develop when compared to stainless steel
• Reduced morbidity and biological cost that may be associated with the dissection and placement of additional implants
• Reduced potential for cold conduction with superficially sited metallic implants
• Fewer additional holes created in the tibial diaphysis which may contribute to crack propagation and failure of the tibial shaft
• Metals of different electro-potentials are avoided in the same construct
• Simplified inventory management
• Potential time savings in the placement of implants