No-Scratch ™ Small Whitney Curette ™ is a single-use, plastic curette for quickly applying, manipulating and removing bone cement during hip and knee replacement surgery. The plastic is softer than steel instruments, reducing the risk of damaging the prosthesis with metal instruments. The curette’s 6mm tip removes excess cement from replacement hips and knees. Easy-to-maneuver, the small blue curette lets you remove cement from all edges of the prosthesis.No-Scratch Whitney Small Curette Features:SAFER THAN STEEL- Made of plastic - sturdy yet softer than surgical steel.HANDIER- Each tool has a molded-in thumb indentation instantly orienting the tool.- Easier to maneuver in hard to see places.- Color-coded for easy identification.FASTER- Comes individually packaged in sterile, peel open pouch, ready to go.- Applies, manipulates, or removes cement with fingertip precision.ECONOMICAL- The cost of a single revision dwarfs the cost of a single-use curette. - Disposable – there’s no need to waste time removing hardened cement or re-sterilizing tools.- Less expensive to buy and inventory - order only the tool you use.- Packaged 25 individually wrapped tools to a carton for convenient shelf storage.
A sterile, hand-held, manual surgical instrument designed to remove excess orthopaedic bone cement from an implantation site during the cementing of a prosthesis. It is typically made of plastic materials and consists of a handle proximally and a concave, spoon-like tip that is angled at the distal end, or it may be double-ended with the handle placed centrally. This is a single-use device.
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