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Features & Benefits of Optefil® & Opteform®

Features and Benefits

Opteform

  • Osteoinductive1Opteform & Optefil Features
  • Osteoconductive2
  • Osteogenic1, when mixed with blood
  • Formable to any shape
  • Becomes a resilient solid
  • Non-water soluble—won’t wash away
  • Terminally sterilized
  • Every lot tested for quality and safety

Optefil

  • Osteoinductive1*
  • Osteogenic1, when mixed with blood
  • Formable, flowable—can be delivered with syringe into graft site or molded into shape
  • Becomes a resilient solid
  • Non-water soluble—won’t wash away
  • Terminally sterilized
  • Every lot tested for quality and safety

Constituents

Opteform

  1. Demineralized Bone Matrix (DBM)
  2. Cortical Cancellous Bone Chips
  3. Gelatin Carrier

Optefil

  1. Demineralized Bone Matrix (DBM)
  2. Gelatin Carrier

Surgical Indications

Opteform & Optefil ConstituentsOpteform and Optefil are bone void fillers often used in applications such as...
Oncology — Giant Cell Tumors • Bone Cysts • Benign & Malignant Tumors • Total Joint — Acetabular Impaction Grafting • Sloof Technique • Ring/Cage Revisions • Fractures • Contained and Uncontained Defects • Osteotomies • Revisions • Osteolytic Defects • Trochanteric Fractures •Non-unions • Joint Fusion • Condylar Defects • Proximal Tibial Defects • Avascular necrosis • Iliac Crest Graft Backfill • On-lay with Femoral Struts • AVN — Calcaneous • Talus • Femoral Head • Foot and Ankle — Talus and Calcaneal Fractures • Joint Fusion • Lisfranc Procedures • Pilon Fractures • Osteotomies: Opening & Closing Wedge, Translational • Primary and Revision Arthrodesis: Pan Taylor, Ankle, Triple, Double, Isolated Hindfoot, Forefoot, Midfoot • Sports Medicine — Wedge Opening HTO • ACL/PCL Reconstructions • Hand — Osteotomies: Opening & Closing Wedge, Translational • Joint Fusion • Distal Radius & Scafoid Fractures • Non-unions • Upper Extremity — Supracondular & Comminuted Fractures • Non-Unions • Trauma — Long Bone Fractures (Open and Closed) • Non-unions • Segmental Defects with External Fixation • Tibial Plateau & Pilon Fractures • Contained and Uncontained Defects.

References

1. Urist, M.R., Bone: Formation by Autoinduction. Science, 1965. 150(3698): pp. 893- 899.
2. Goldberg, V. et al., Biology of autografts and allografts. In Bone and Cartilage Allografts: Biology and Clinical Applications. Edited by V. Goldberg and G. Friedlaender. Park Ridge, IL, American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, 1989, p. 3.

 

*Finished product induced bone formation when implanted in a modified athymic nude rat assay. Findings from an animal model are not necessarily predictive of human clinical results.

 

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