Acumed Callos Impact

Introduction

A scaffold is created to allow bony ingrowth to occur through a cell-mediated remodeling process. Host bone will replace Callos at the same rate as the natural adjacent cancellous bone. Callos exhibits high compressive and tensile strength throughout the remodeling process.

 

Callos Impact will permit drilling and hardware insertion in just 6 minutes.

Indications

Callos is a next generation calcium phosphate cement indicated for filling bony defects in cancellous bone. This unique biologic cement provides immediate high compressive support where host bone has been compromised.

Key Features and Benefits

Long Term Strength is achieved since Callos remodels at the same rate as natural bone. Both immediate and continuous strength are achieved when utilizing Calcium phosphates with adjacent hardware.
Highly soluble Calcium Sulfates augmented with hardware provide initial strength, but then lose that strength since they dissolve much quicker than the bone can remodel.

 

Hardware Insertion Capability allows Callos to be used in conjunction with supplemental internal fixation. Improved tensile and flexural strength and greater fracture toughness over first generation calcium phosphate cements allow Callos Impact to accept hardware as early as 6 minutes after implantation. Callos is able to be augmented with hardware before or after implantation.

 

Improved Handling Properties provide the surgeon with a user-friendly technique to maximize the benefits of Callos. Unlike some other calcium phosphate cements, Callos is designed to quickly set in an aqueous environment. Callos can be manipulated post-implantation, giving the surgeon an opportunity to refine the reconstruction of the bone.