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Personalized Knee Replacement
Your surgeons can perform custom knee replacements when they
implant the Vanguard Individual Design (ID), the first implant with
dual bearings. Traditional total knee implants feature a one-piece
bearing constructed of polyethylene placed between the metal por-
tions of the implant. The Vanguard ID is the only total knee arthro-
plasty device to incorporate 2 individual polyethylene bearings with
different articulations on the medial and lateral sides. The dual bear-
ings allow for unprecedented articulation in the replacement knee.
Surgeons can mix and match bearings of differing thickness and
geometry so they can maintain natural ligament tension and pre-
serve healthy soft tissue, says Zimmer Biomet.
zimmerbiomet.com