Company: OFIX
Filing Date: 2025-02-25
Form Type: 10-K
Source: 0000950170-25-026066
Chunk: 95

Company: Orthofix Medical Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-02-25
Form: 10-K
Item: Item 1
Chunk 95
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 template the appropriate implant to use. The platform includes modules for the JuniOrtho Plating System, Fitbone Intramedullary Limb Lengthening System, and more recently added TL-Hex system.

External Fixation 

External fixation devices are used to correct bone deformities, stabilize fractures, and offer an ideal treatment in patients with known risk factors or co-morbidities. The treatment is minimally invasive and allows external manipulation of the bone to obtain and maintain final bone alignment (reduction). The bone is fixed in this way until healing occurs. External fixation allows small degrees of micromotion (dynamization), which promotes blood flow at the fracture or fusion site and accelerates the bone healing process. External fixation devices may also be used temporarily in complex fracture cases to stabilize the fracture prior to treating it definitively. In these situations, the device offers rapid fracture stabilization, which is important in life-saving and limb-salvaging procedures. 

We offer most of our products in sterile packaged procedural kits, which fulfills the need of a streamlined and ready-to-use set of products, particularly in trauma applications or the military setting, where timing is crucial.

Examples of our external fixation devices include the TrueLok, TL-HEX, TrueLok Evo, the Galaxy and Galaxy Gemini Fixation Systems, and the LRS Advanced Limb Reconstruction System.

Internal Fixation

Internal fixation devices consist of either long rods, commonly referred to as nails, or plates that are attached to the bone with the use of screws. Nails and plates come in various sizes, depending on the bone that requires treatment. A nail is inserted into the medullary canal of a fractured long bone of the human arm or leg (e.g., humerus, femur, or tibia). Alternatively, a plate is attached by screws to an area such as a broken wrist, hip, or foot. Examples of our internal fixation devices include Chimaera, AHN, and the G-BEAM Fusion Beaming System. 

The Fitbone Intramedullary Limb Lengthening System provides an internal option for limb lengthening of the femur and tibia and together with our external fixation solutions, provides Orthofix with the most complete limb reconstruction portfolio on the market. The portfolio was recently expanded with the release of the Fitbone Transport and Lengthening System specifically developed for bone defect management applications. We are continuing to invest in the Fitbone technology platform in order to offer surgeons more innovative solutions to meet both their needs to treat limb length