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Product Description

Accomplish the lag screw effect with the ease of a k-wire - in just one pin. The innovative thread design of the Orthofix Magic Pin auto-compresses bone fragments as the pin is advanced.

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Indication

Small Implants

• Proximal phalanges in the fingers and toes
• Metacarpals and metatarsals

Medium Implants

• Proximal and distal radius
• Fragments too small for large implants in the humerus, tibia and fibula
• Middle and distal phalanges in the fingers and toes
• Fragments less than 3 mm in diameter

Large Implants

• Humerus
• Olecranon
• Patella
• Tibia
• Fibula
• Metatarsal

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Physician Benefits

• Implants have a three-sided trocar cutting tip and a finely machined threaded section, specially designed to guarantee good purchase in cancellous bone
• The proximal portion of each implant consists of a smooth shaft, the diameter of which is greater than that of the threaded section
• The chamfer at the intersection of the threaded portion and the smooth shaft functions to maintain fracture reduction
• No predrilling or pretapping required
• Saves time
• Holding power in bone allows joy stick manipulation of fragments prior to insertion of second implant

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Physician Support Materials

• Quick Reference Guide: Magic Pins Fragment Fixation System (PDF 1.69MB)
• Brochure: Magic Pins Fragment Fixation System (PDF 920KB)
• Technical Monograph: Magic Pins Fragment Fixation System (PDF 139KB)
• Magic Pins Product Brochure (PDF 591KB)

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Clinical References:

• Use of a fixation pin for fragment stabilization in hand surgery. (Der Einsatz von Fixationsstiften zur Fragmentstabilierung in der Handchirurgie). Pennig D., Gausepohl T., Lukosch R. Handchir. Mikrochir. Plast Chir. 1994 Sep;26(5):270-4. German. PubMed Abstract
• Orthofix Pin: a method of small bone fragment stabilisation. Sinha S, Campbell AC. Injury. 2000 Oct;31(8):631-3.
• Evaluation of a New Method of Small Fragment Fixation in a Medial Malleolus Fracture Model. D. Rovinsky, A.Haskell, Q. Liu, G.D. Payment, S. Robinovitch. Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma 14(6):420-425, 2000. PubMed Abstract
• The Fragment Fixation System in Intra-Articular and Periarticular Fractures. Gausepohl T. and Pennig D. in Orthofix External Fixation in Trauma and Orthopaedics. De Bastiani, Apley and Goldberg (Eds); pages 375 – 395, Springer 2000.

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Patient Support Materials

• Quick Reference Guide: Magic Pins Fragment Fixation System (PDF 1.69MB)
• Brochure: Magic Pins Fragment Fixation System (PDF 920KB)
• Magic Pins Product Brochure (PDF 591KB)

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Web Resources

1. www.fracturecarecenter.com
2. www.joshuakaye.com
3. www.eradius.com
4. www.chicagofootandanklesurgery.com
5. www.acfas.org
6. www.asami.org/

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Contraindications

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Footnotes

Caution: Federal law (USA) restricts this device to sale by or on the order of a physician. Refer to the instructions for use supplied with product for specific information on indications for use, contraindications, warnings, precautions, adverse reaction information, and sterilization.

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