The Original BioBall® System Enhanced Flexibility in Primary and Revision Hip Arthroplasty Lorem Ipsum

Merete stands for expert orthopaedic and trauma surgery solutions. The market for bone surgical medical devices relies upon tested solutions. By developing simple solutions for difficult problems, Merete has blazed trails that have now become gold standards in medical technology. The story of BioBall® as a simple yet unparalleled system has been continued through other Merete products and solutions. Merete GmbH’s impressive product families are sophisticated modular systems that allow optimum results under practically any intraoperative circumstances. Alexia Anapliotis, CEO Merete GmbH Learn...

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Overview of the BioBall® System BioBall® Metal Head BioBall DELTA™ Ceramic* Head BioBall® Bipolar Duo Head with preassembled BioBall® Metal Head BioBall® AdapterSelector™ Instrument for Intraoperative Inspection of Taper Geometry BioBall® Adapter Standard 12/14 BioBall® Adapter Standard 14/16

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BioBall® Adapter System The Gold Standard in Revision Surgery Merete brought the BioBall® System onto the market as a “modular joint prosthesis system” at the end of the 1990s. In the meantime, it has become the gold standard in revision hip arthroplasty surgery. The BioBall® Adapter, consisting of titanium alloy, allows intra-operative correction of neck length as well as antetorsion/retrotorsion and lateralisation/medialisation on in situ stems. This significantly improves the gait pattern and reduces the dislocation risk. With its offset components and special tapers, the system ought to be...

Implant Ordering Information BioBall® Adapter Standard 12/14 Sterile Neck length BioBall® Adapter Offset 12/14 Sterile Neck length BioBall® Adapter Standard 14/16 Sterile Neck length BioBall® Adapter Offset 14/16 Sterile Neck length BioBall® Adapter Syst

Implant Ordering Information BioBall DELTA™ Ceramic Head, suitable for all BioBall® Adapters Size (mm) Ø 28 Material: BIOLOX® delta ceramic* BioBall® Metal Head suitable for all BioBall® Adapters Material: Vivium®** BioBall® Bipolar Duo Head with preassembled BioBall® Metal Heads, suitable for all BioBall® Adapters Size Metal Head (mm) Material: Vivium®**, UHMWPE *BIOLOX® delta is a registered trademark of CeramTec GmbH. BioBall® Adapter System Instrument Tray

Instrument Ordering Information Instrument Tray Instrument Tray Adapter Sleeve for Adapter 12/14 S Adapter Sleeve for Adapter 14/16 M Universal Handle Universal Handle Separator Wedge Head Impactor BioBall® Adapter System

Instrument Ordering Information Trial Adapter X-ray Template BioBall® Trial Heads Additional sizes on request. BioBall® AdapterSelector™ Offset PositionAssistant Offset PositionAssistant 12/14 Offset PositionAssistant 14/16

BioBall® AdapterSelector™ How do you identify and why do you document taper geometry on in situ stems during revision? Four reasons why you should know the BioBall® AdapterSelector™. Once a surgeon has decided to leave an existing prosthesis stem in place during revision, visual and haptic inspection of the smooth, reflective surfaces is often not enough to determine what the taper is made of. As a technical and mechanical testing instrument, the BioBall® AdapterSelector™ provides information on whether this is the previously defined taper and whether it is damaged. Many manufacturers offer hip...

Handling - Step by Step Step 1 Remove the existing head of the in situ stem. Then visually inspect the lateral accuracy of fit and check to see whether there is a gap in the upper or lower taper region between the stem taper and the BioBall® AdapterSelector™. Step 2 The taper should be clean and dry before the BioBall® AdapterSelector™ is inserted. Step 5 Test the clamp connection on the BioBall® Adapter Selector™ with a sideways tipping movement. If this movement causes rattling or tipping in the BioBall® AdapterSelector™, the stem taper is not the same as the taper indicated on the BioBall®...

BioBall® AdapterSelector™ for Custom Tapers – the Flexible-Use Head System for Various Taper Geometries. There are still no uniform standards in place for prosthesis stem tapers. Implant manufacturers continue to use tapers designed to their own individual specifications that differ from the others in terms of geometry structure and surface. Neck length sizes (S, M, L, etc.) are not standardised and may vary significantly from manufacturer to manufacturer. Besides standard and offset BioBall® Adapters, we also offer BioBall® Adapters for custom tapers, for a wide variety of taper geometries from...

For final verification of the taper of the existing stem, and to ensure conformity with legal documentation requirements, always use the recommended BioBall® AdapterSelector™. This is the only reliable means of selecting the appropriate BioBall® Adapter and guaranteeing its technical and medical functionality. Selection of different Taper Variants Manufacturer Konusprüfung mit BioBall® Adapter Selector™ 12 / 14 Articul/eze Taper Large Taper S-ROM Taper ® BioBall® Adapters for custom tapers are only approved for use in combination with BioBall® Metal Heads. No biomechanical testing information...