Three First-tier Instrument Sets of Suzhou Health First Received SFDA Approval

Nov 9, 2012, Suzhou -- Three MIS instrument sets including the spine MIS instrument set, the LISS aiming system for proximal tibia and the LISS aiming system for distal femur developed by Suzhou Health Medical Appliance Co., Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of MicroPort Orthopedics, have obtained the registration certificate approved by Suzhou Food and Drug Administration. The term of validity for the registration certificate is four years.

The spine MIS instrument set is made up of 23 components. The product is designed for installing percutaneous screws and rods when taking percutaneous minimally invasive spinal operation. The LISS aiming system for proximal tibia and the LISS aiming system for distal femur contains 23 components respectively. The two LISS systems facilitated by the radiolucent PEEK handle are indicated for the stabilisation of fractures of the proximal tibia and distal femoral.

The technology of Minimally Invasive Surgery has the advantage of small incision, high precision, less bleeding volume in surgery, lower infection rate, etc. It has becoming the selling point of main orthopedics manufacturers. The deputy general manager of Shanghai MicroPort Orthopedics Co., Ltd., Lin Zhong said that the three first-tier instrument sets developed by Suzhou Health are all for minimally invasive traumatic and spinal operations and they represented a big step forward of MicroPort Orthopedics in the field of minimally invasive technique.