- For the preparation of cement spacers with an articulating surface
- Customizable: 36 spacer options for patient focus with height adjustable tibia components and optional stem for gap balancing needs
- Reliable: Heraeus quality
- Anatomical: Implant-like spacer design
COPAL® knee moulds – Moulding Your Future With Flexibility
Customizable: Patient Focus
- COPAL® knee moulds provide customization to individual patient situation
- Modularity allows for 36 reconstruction options
- Articulation of COPAL® knee moulds provide limited patient mobility during spacer interims.1
Reliable: Heraeus Quality
- Reproducible spacer design and quality based on rigid material preventing deformation under heat or pressure
- Safety in handling: spacer construction without a scalpel
- COPAL® knee moulds is fillable with PALACOS® R+G bone cements
- PALACOS® R+G with increased antibiotic elution2 and superior mechanical strength3
Anatomical: Implant-Like Spacer Design
- COPAL® knee moulds design is based on actual knee prostheses
- Modular tibial spacer design allows for improved fit and joint space preservation
Handling Video for COPAL® knee moulds
1 For further instructions on limited patient mobility, please consult the Instructions for Use of COPAL® knee moulds.
2 Meyer, J. et al. Vacuum-mixing significantly changes antibiotic elution characteristics of commercially available antibiotic-impregnated bone cements. JBJS, 2011; 93:2049-56. Kuhn KD. PMMA Cements. PMMA Cement as a Drug Carrier (Table 9.17). Berlin: Springer; 2014, p. 147. PALACOS(R) R+G with 2-3 times higher elution compared to Simplex® P with Tobramycin, Cemex®-Genta LV, SmartSet® GHV, Cerafixgenta®, Genta C-ment® 1, Cemex®-Genta HV, CMW® 1 G, Genta C-ment® 3, CMW® 2 G, Refobacin® Bone Cement R (mean value calculated by antibiotic release)
3 Kuhn KD. PMMA Cements. Noval Comparative Data (Table 13.3). Berlin: Springer; 2014. Mechanical strength: bending strength and compressive strength. Zimmerli W. From Microbiology to Diagnostics and Treatment. In: Zimmerli W. Bone and Joint Infections. Wiley Blackwell 2015; 132 (in vitro).