There is a window of opportunity in fracture healing.
Biomech Innovations is pioneering Variable Fixation, an innovative locking screw technology naturally transitioning from rigid to dynamic stability during treatment.
Today's screw technology is not enough for tomorrow.
Variable Fixation Locking Screw
VFLS®
Variable Fixation Locking Screws (VFLS®) are innovative locking screws boosting new bone formation through three fixation phases.
Rigid fixation
Respects inflammatory processes and blood vessels formation.
Progressive Dynamization
Boosts the production of new bone.
Dynamic fixation
Allows new bone calcification.
Aiming at increasing the treatment success rate by fostering the healing process.
How it works
Scientific evidence
1. Variable Fixation Technology Provides Rigid as Well as Progressive Dynamic Fixation: A Biomechanical Investigation.
J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2020 Jun 262. Variable fixation promotes callus formation: an experimental study on transverse tibial osteotomies stabilized with locking plates.
BMC Musculoskelet Disord 21, 806 (2020)3. Strategies to Improve Bone Healing: Innovative Surgical Implants Meet Nano-/Micro-Topography of Bone Scaffolds.
Biomedicines. 2021 Jun 28;9(7):7464. Promoting bone callus formation by taking advantage of the time-dependent fracture gap strain modulation.
Front Surg. 2024 May 2;11:13764415. Positive Results Using Variable Fixation in Medial Opening Wedge High Tibial Osteotomies in Patients with Unilateral Knee Osteoarthritis: An Observational Clinical Investigation.
J Clin Med. 2024 Dec 17;13(24):7707Complementary
Replaces existing screws or can be used alongside them.
Versatile
The principle can be used for most long bone fractures.
Compatible
Uses existing surgical procedures and instruments.
Frequently Asked Questions
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View VFLS® FAQScientific Advisory Board
Prim. Dr. Michael Plecko
Dr. Plecko is trauma and sport traumatology specialist, Medical Director of the Trauma center UKH Styria, head of Trauma department UKH Graz, head of outpatient clinic for elbow & shoulder and head of research and teaching at the trauma hospital in Graz, Austria.
Dr. Plecko is a very experienced and worldwide recognized trauma surgeon with more than 30 trauma peer-reviewed publications. He is an expert in supporting the development of medical devices for traumatology.
Priv.-Doz. Dr. med. Dirk Wähnert
PD Dr. Wähnert is consultant at the Department of Trauma and Orthopedic Surgery at the Protestant Hospital of Bethel Foundation, University Hospital OWL of Bielefeld University. He is responsible for scientific affairs. The focus of Research is fracture healing and implant biomechanics.
PD Dr. Wähnert is an international recognized researcher with more than 60 peer review trauma publications.
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