LumiVy™ OsteoVy™ PEKK Lumbar IBF

  Inherently strong, radiolucent, and with proven osseo-integrative   properties, OXPEKK® represents a novel upgrade to orthopedic plastics.    Further, it can be 3D printed in order to create a truly porous   OsteoVy™ PEKK lattice structure.  

LumiVy™ OsteoVy™ PEKK family is available in a vast variety of footprints, sizes, and lordotic angles.

OsteoVy™  PEKK is manufactured from  biocompatible OXPEKK® polymer, which has  been evaluated for  osseointegration  through in-vitro and in-vivo  studies utilizing animal  models, yielded superior results.  PEKK  implants demonstrated bone  ingrowth, no radiographic interference, no  fibrotic tissue membrane  formation, significant increase in bony  apposition over time, and  significantly

higher  push-out  strength compared to standard PEEK. The PEKK implant  displayed bone  growth characteristics comparable to Ti-coated PEEK with  significant  improvements in implant integrity and radiographic  properties.

Cheng,   B., Jaffee, S., Averick, S., Swink, I., Horvath, S., & Zhukauskas,   R. (2020). A comparative study of three biomaterials in an ovine bone   defect model. The Spine Journal, 20(3), 457-464 (data is derived from  in  vivo studies)

OsteoVy™  PEKK material demonstrated greater  osteoblast adhesion and calcium  deposition on the implant surface  compared to PEEK and Titanium.  There  has been shown increased initial  calcium and select protein adsorption  on PEKK compared to PEEK and  Titanium, the main mechanism of action  which promoted osteoblast  density.  Taken together, PEKK demonstrated  optimal surface properties  to  promote osteoblast functions.

OsteoFab®   Surface Properties:Bacteria Inhibition and Osteoblast Functions.   Presented by Thomas Webster, Ph.D., Northeastern University October 19,   2020. (data is derived from in vivo studies)

The in vivo bone response to OsteoVy™ PEKK compared to machined PEEK in a rabbit   femoral model at 8 and 12 weeks demonstrated bone growing onto the   surface of a PEKK rod implant and into the peaks and pits of the rough   surface.  However, fibrous tissue (blue) was noted surrounding a PEEK   rod implant.

OPM Internal Study with Yale University – 2014. Data on file at OPM.  (Note: OsteoFab PEKK is another brand name for OsteoVy™ PEKK, data is derived from in vivo studies) 

Results of in vitro study indicated decreased adhesion and growth of P. aeruginosa and S.   epidermidis on nanorough PEKK surface compared with conventional PEEK   surfaces.

Wang,   M., Bhardwaj, G., & Webster, T. (2017). Antibacterial properties  of  PEKK for orthopedic applications. International Journal Of   Nanomedicine, Volume 12, 6471-6476 (data is derived from in vivo   studies)

 OsteoVy™ PEKK material has demonstrated extraordinary vertical  fluid conduction through its roughened outer surface, and even more so  within the OsteoVy™ lattice structure.