The L1 Rib System featuring CB3 technology showcases our passion for surgical innovation in the treatment of rib fractures. This unique system was designed with careful consideration to expert feedback while incorporating innovative ideas and engineering.
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Each of the products that KLS Martin develops address the same goal, to restore the patient’s bone through uneventful healing after surgery. Any osteosynthesis solution needs to easily be applied to each rib. This is challenging as each rib’s curvature, length and surface contour varies greatly.
We analyzed the average data and developed a smart shape with complex geometry that was adaptable to each of these variables.
The L1 Rib fixation system features the most adaptable rib plates on the market today. Plates are offered in rigid, semi-rigid, and malleable designs to provide implant solutions to varying injury location, injury severity, and patient anatomy. Each plate is universally designed to fit any rib, decreasing inventory and improving overall system ease of use.
Traditional bicortical fixation requires careful drilling, depth measurement and screw placement, all of which must consider any risk to the anatomical structures beyond the inner cortex.
Through the use of patented technology called Convergent Biaxial 3-Dimensional fixation or “CB3”, secure osteosynthesis is possible using single length, drill-free, monocortical locking screws.
This design concept, combined with an optimized plate selection, results in a system that helps eliminate risk, increase operative efficiency and provide excellent fixation for rib fractures.
Note that the CB3 requires only one length of screw instead of using many differnt lengths to match the measured depth of each area of the rib. This simplifies the application and ease of use.