SMARTLOCK Locking Screw Technology
Features & Benefits
SMARTLOCK Locking Screw Technology
- The only one-step locking screw with a locking capability up to 10° of angulation for Mid-Face and Mandible locking plates.
- The smartLock poly-axial Locking Screw Technology* in Mid-Face and Mandible applications not only provides a more stable plate-screw construct, but also decreases the possibility of infections or implant failure caused when screws loosen.
- A stronger 0.8 mm plate profile which is ideal for Le Fort I orthognathics and trauma applications allows for a 40% higher stability in comparison to regular 1.7 mm implants**.
Stryker Corporation or its divisions or other corporate affiliated entities own, use or have applied for the following trademark(s) or service mark(s): SmartLock . All other trademarks are trademarks of their respective owners or holders.
* The SmartLock Locking Technology is patent-protected in the US and Germany (US 6,322,562; DE 4343117) by Prof. Dietmar Wolter, Hamburg, Germany.
** Flinzberg S., et al., Osteosynthetische Versorgung von Mittelgesichtsfrakturen mit einem multidirektionalen winkelstabilen Plattensystem: Biomechanische Ergebnisse (Osteosynthesis of Mid-Face Fractures with a Polyaxial Locking Plating System: Biomechanical Results), Mund Kiefer Gesichtschirurgie 2004, 8: 154-162.
