WRIGHT MEDICAL INTRODUCES A-CLASS ADVANCED METAL

Wright Medical Group has launched its wear-reducing A-CLASS Advanced Metal for use with its BFH hip technology featuring large femoral heads for increased range of motion and a lowered potential for dislocation.

The A-CLASS Advanced Metal is the result of a patent-pending process developed to reduce the creation of material debris in metal-on-metal total hip arthroplasty, significantly enhancing the cutting-edge design features of Wright's total hip systems that feature BFH Technology. A-CLASS Advanced Metal focuses on further minimizing wear debris through optimized durability, reducing the surface run-in wear to one-tenth the rate experienced by conventional total hip systems with BFH Technology, while reducing cumulative lifetime wear by more than two-thirds.

The technology also offers a ball and socket design that more closely matches the sizing of a natural femoral head, resulting in a greater range of motion, which may also reduce the incidence of dislocation.