External FixatorsSmart Fixator®
Smart Fixator®
Hexapod External Fixator
Computer-assisted circular external fixation.
A modular frame paired with web-based planning software for deformity correction and fracture reduction.
System overview
Smart Fixator® combines rings, adjustable struts, fixation wires, screws and clamps. Its software supports correction planning using radiographic navigation.
Two rings are joined by six adjustable struts. By changing the strut lengths, one ring moves relative to the other in all six directions: three translations and three rotations. Angulation, translation, rotation and length can be corrected together, without rebuilding the frame.
Intended use. The Smart Fixator® – Hexapod System is intended for use in pediatric subgroups (except newborns) and adult patients for the treatment of open and closed fractures, arthrodesis and pseudoarthrosis of long bones, limb lengthening, deformity and angular correction, bony or soft tissue defect correction, and malunions. Consult theinstructions for use for contraindications and precautions.
- No reference ring or master tab
- No mounting parameter
- Free strut placement
- Web-based radiographic navigation
System components
Rings
Carbon fibre and aluminium options include full, partial and foot rings. Parallel holes accommodate wire and screw positioning.
Struts
Seven sizes, with standard and express configurations, support frame adjustment. Struts combine aluminium and titanium components.
Wires, screws and clamps
Standard and olive wires, tapered and coated screw options, and dedicated wire and screw clamps support different frame configurations.
UniX® compatibility
The system is compatible with the UniX® unilateral fixation family, including the Rail Fixator.
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Access the Smart Fixator software platform for radiographic navigation and correction planning.
Smart Fixator softwareFrom X-rays to prescription
- Frame. Describe the frame as it is mounted: the two rings, the six struts, the ring holes each strut is fixed to, and the initial strut lengths.
- Deformity. Match a template of the frame to the frontal and lateral X-rays and mark the bone segments.
- Correction. The software proposes a number of days that moves the rings about 1 mm, or 1°, a day. The rate remains the surgeon's clinical decision.
- Prescription. A day-by-day table of strut lengths. If new X-rays show residual deformity, the plan can be revised.
Clinical evidence
Peer-reviewed studies have used the system, most of them under its former name, Smart Correction. For example, a study of 54 tibial deformities reported lengthening accuracy of about 96% and angular correction accuracy of 80–85% (Danişman et al., 2023), and a series of 13 complex rigid foot deformities reached a plantigrade foot in all cases (Bakircioglu et al., 2023).
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Market information
This product is CE-marked and has also been cleared by the FDA for distribution in the United States (510(k) K252625 and 510(k) K263083).
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