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Zimmer's Gender Solutions offers knee replacement designed for women
By Elaine Rigoli
Tampa, Fla., March 22 - Zimmer Holdings, Inc. released its first knee replacement system designed specifically to address the unique needs of women patients.
Zimmer has a pending 510(k) regulatory clearance to market this system, according to a company news release.
Women represent the majority, or 60%, of knee-replacement patients. A woman's knee anatomy is different from a man's in the ratio between the width and height of the femur, the angle of the femur in relation to the tibia and a less prominent anterior surface of the femur, among several other differences, the release said.
"With women representing so much of our patient base, it only makes sense that we would take this step to try to improve implant fit through very specific design features. I honestly believe that the Gender Solutions design is one of those leaps in knee surgery and I think, with Zimmer's help, this is going to be the advance of the decade," said Robert Booth, chief of orthopaedic surgery at Pennsylvania Hospital in Philadelphia.
The Gender Solutions knee implant is based on Zimmer's NexGen Complete Knee Solution. The Gender Solutions implant will first be available in Zimmer's "flex" design, which enables patients who are able to achieve high degrees of flexion for their specific lifestyle needs, such as bending and kneeling.
Zimmer said it expects to receive regulatory clearance to begin marketing the implants with specific claims regarding women patients in the second half of this year.
Warsaw, Ind.-based Zimmer develops reconstructive and spinal implants, trauma and related orthopaedic surgical products.
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