Recertification Program

JET-X Features

Simple Fracture Reduction
Safeguard Soft Tissue
Straightforward Procedure

Recertification Program Benefits

- Allows you to maintain the original manufacturer warranty
- Maximizes sustainability in medical device usage
- Minimizes the environmental impact of medical device disposal
- Helps to offset the rising costs of healthcare.

Full warranty and liability are assumed for devices that are reprocessed by Smith & Nephew. As the original manufacturer of our products, we know the specifications and ensure they are met.

Products reprocessed by other companies can not be inspected to the original manufacturer’s guidelines established for patient safety, potentially putting the patient and hospital at risk.

Smith & Nephew sales professionals will continue to act as service providers and product specialists on our recertified products, because we know they were inspected by our experts.

Available in the U.S. and Australia.

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Simple fracture reduction

Reduce pop-off concerns

Your solution has become 175x easier. The JET-X^◊ External Fixation System Bar is 175 times more likely to stay in its clamp while you are reducing a fracture, when compared to common clam-shell designs. Your days (and nights) of tightening/ loosening/retightening are over ¹.

Reduction tool

You have the freedom to use the frame to manipulate the fracture before final tightening. The integrity of the cartridge mechanism allows the pin or bar to be captured in the clamp. The clamp, in turn, remains free to rotate and angulate. This allows the frame to perform double duty as a fixation device and as a reduction tool.

References

1. Soileau, R., Treadway, J. “OR-08-133 – Evaluation of the Release Force Required to Lever External Fixation Bars or Pins out of Locked or Unlocked Holding Clamps,” Smith & Nephew Orthopaedic Research Report, August 2008.

Safeguard soft tissue

Not all fractures are the same

$Not all fractures are the same$

While there are instances where definitive care is effective, if you definitively treat a patient too early, then you increase the risk of that treatment failing. Early temporary stabilization with external fixation provides soft tissue safeguarding, and can lead to better treatment results ^2,3.

Pin placement

The JET-X External Fixation System enables you to place pins where the injury dictates and not where the fixator dictates. JET-X Quick and Freedom clamps easily allow for uniplanar or multiplanar configurations - giving you the freedom to quickly construct the safest, most stable frame possible. Pins in multiple planes not only provide more stability, they allow pin placement to be dictated by the soft tissue envelope.

References

2. Watson JT, Moed BR, Karges DE, Cramer KE. Pilon Fractures. Treatment Protocol Based on Severity of Soft Tissue Injury. Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2000 Jun; (375):78-90.

3. Fischer MD, Gustilo RB, Varecka TF. The Timing of Flap Coverage, Bone-grafting, and Intramedullary Nailing in Patients who have a fracture of the Tibial Shaft with Extensive Soft-tissue Injury. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 1991 Oct; 73(9):1316-22.

Straightforward procedure

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Ball joint component of clamps allows linear reduction of fractures, with true translation of long bone fragment ends.

Radiolucent, lightweight carbon fiber composite. Aircraft aluminum ball joints allow multiple tightening and loosening adjustments without sacrificing strength.

The JET-X◊ Mini Double Pin Clamp facilitates fracture reduction while providing stability in a low-profile and lightweight design.