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SULZER CALCITEK INTRODUCES SPLINE TWISTMAX™ DUAL-SURFACE DENTAL IMPLANTS
CARLSBAD, CA (September 27, 1999) -- Sulzer Medica announces that its California-based subsidiary and dental practice building company, Sulzer Calcitek, offers two new additions to its Spline dental implant family. TWISTMAX MTXTM and TWISTMAX MP-1TM dual-surface dental implants feature the patented Twist self-tapping design and are available in two dual-surface options.
Sulzer Calcitek designed TWISTMAX MTX and TWISTMAX MP-1 with high-performance smooth titanium where clinicians want it and high-performance surfaces where they need them. TWISTMAX MTXTM is uncoated with a microtextured titanium surface up to the third thread. Above the third coronal thread of each implant is machined (smooth) titanium. TWISTMAX MP-1TM is HA-coated from the bottom of the implant up to the third coronal thread with Sulzer Calcitek’s patented MP-1 HA coating.
Both implant options feature the patented Spline dental implant interface, which provides the reduced micromovement proven to reduce screw joint failure.1-2 At the apical end of the implants are three spiral flutes that resemble a twist drill, known in the industry for cutting and efficiently moving bone chips. The flutes direct bone chips up and away from the cutting edge for greater implant stability. The three cutting edges create a highly stable platform during implant insertion.
Other Twist implant options include the microtextured titanium Twist MTX™, the machined titanium Twist Ti™, and the fully-coated HA Twist MP-1™. All Twist implants come in the patent pending SNAPTM touch-free delivery system.
Sulzer Medica, headquartered in Winterthur, Switzerland, develops, manufactures and markets implantable medical devices and biomaterials for the orthopedic and cardio-vascular markets worldwide. The company‘s products include artificial joints, spine and dental implants, products for traumatology, arthroscopy and oral rehabilitation; heart valves and vascular grafts. (Swiss Stock Exchange: SMEN; NYSE: SM).
THE SAFE HARBOR STATEMENT UNDER THE US PRIVATE SECURITIES LITIGATION REFORM ACT 1995
This news release contains forward-looking statements, such as projecting future finan-cial results and possible acquisitions, which include some risk and uncertainty. These statements are subject to change based on known risks detailed from time to time in the company‘s Securities and Exchange Commission filings and other known and unknown risks and various other factors which could cause the actual results or performance to differ materially from the statement made herein.
To obtain more information please call your Zimmer Dental representative at 800-854-7019 in the U.S., or 760-929-4300 outside the U.S., or call your local distributor.
1Binon, PP Int L Prosthodont, 1995; 8; 162-178.
2Binon, PP Int L Prosthodont, 1996; 9; 419-433.
Spline, Twist, Twist MTX, Twist Ti, Twist MP-1, TWISTMAX MP-1,TWISTMAX MTX, and MP-1 are trademarks of Sulzer Calcitek Inc.
Spline Dental Implant System is protected by U.S. Patent No. 5,449,291. The Spline Twist implant geometry is protected by U.S. Patent No. 5,897,319. The MP-1 coating and coating process are protected by U.S. Patent No. 5,730,598. SNAP is patent pending.
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