Device Dossier
Orthopaedic cement pressurizer
Device Dossier for Orthopaedic cement pressurizer (Orthopaedic cement compressor, Class IIa, sponsor Smith & Nephew). ARTG record, intended purpose, GMDN…
- GMDN category: Orthopaedic cement compressor
- Sponsor: Smith & Nephew
Intended purpose
A device used for the compression of orthopaedic bone cement when this is used during a total hip replacement procedure (within the acetabulum and/or femur) in order to optimise the interdigitation of the cement into the inner bone structure improving fixation of the implant.