Orthopedic Implants & Instruments

Orthopedic implant is a device that the surgeons use for replacing a missing bone or joint. The implants are used also to give support to a damaged bone. 

Why patients need implants

A basic function of orthopedic implants is to hold a fractured bone tightly and steadily until it completely heals after the surgery procedure. These implants are also used to ensure smoother movements of joints after the injury and surgery.

Some diseases such as osteoarthritis cause cartilage degeneration. With advancing age of the patient the cartilage gets worn out completely. As a consequence, the patient feels pain when there is a friction between bones in a joint. Such a joint swells also. Many patients suffer from unbearable pain and their movement is severely impaired. In case the patient is overweight, the pain can aggravate.   

Orthopedic implants relieve the patients from pain and help them resume their normal activities. The surgery option is often the last one when other treatments have failed.

Types of implants

Orthopedic implants are of many types as they provide adequate solution to several bone injuries and alignment etc issues. The most common of implants are used for relieving the patient of cartilage erosion in the knee, elbow, hip, and shoulder joints. Orthopedic implants help in removal of pain when the affected joints are moved. In fact, there are implants for every type of joints. There are implants also for correction of dysfunctional joint.

So, depending on the requirement of a patient, implants come in a wide range of varieties. Amongst these implants the most common are large, small and mini fragment implants, pins, nails, interlocking nails, external fixators, maxillofacial implants, cannulated screw, and many more.

Advantages of using implants

First, the patient has better mobility of joints after the surgeon has put implants in place. The patient gets relief from pain to greater extent while moving the joints. This helps in improving the quality of life.

But these benefits will depend largely on the skills and experience of an orthopedic surgeon. An experienced surgeon knows which type of implants will best suit to a patient. Also, the patient must get adequate post surgery care for proper healing of the fractured bones.

Orthopedic implant manufacturing in India

HEMC Ortho exports all types of orthopedic implants. All the global standards of manufacturing are followed strictly by the manufacturer at every stage. The Indian manufacturing companies have developed infrastructure and trained manpower. This resource helps the implant makers in designing, developing and producing accurately engineered orthopedic implants and instruments. We follow a strict quality control system to achieve excellence. Stringent quality checks are made at every point during all the key manufacturing phases.  HEMC Ortho consistently update its technologies so that the patients and the surgeons’ requirements are fulfilled as per the new technological developments.