The Only Implant-to-Bone Interface Designed to:
Preserve the architecture of the patient’s bone during implant insertion
Sustain primary implant stability over time
Leverage MIS technology to accelerate the patient’s healing journey
An implant technology can become an extension of the surgeon’s efforts as it continues to facilitate and accelerate the patient’s healing journey.
Bone Health Viability
By design, every other implant in the world today is forced to sacrifice the architecture of the bone in order to establish an interference-fit strong enough to hold the implant to the bone until bone healing, osseointegration, or fusion occurs.
A traditional interference fit leaves the compressed bone limited in its ability to bear loads after the skin is closed.
The Path to Recovery
NOTE: The Conventional implant to bone interface requires compression of the bone, rendering the bone less capable of sharing loads with the implant.
Defining Thread Forms
Conventional
Compressive
Thread Form
UnifiMI
Interlocking
Thread Form
Mechanical Integration
The method of Mechanical Integration (MI) centers on OsteoCentric’s proprietary, next-generation thread geometry branded as UnifiMI. This interface technology is capable of achieving and sustaining primary implant stability in normal and compromised bone.
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Unique thread geometry instantly and circumferentially interlocks with bone by entrapping and containing bone between the thread form.
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This mechanical interlocking creates a structural and functional connection between an implant and bone which performs similar to Biological Integration (Osseointegration).
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Unlike Biological Integration (Osseointegration), the UnifiMI connection to bone is instant vs delayed, removable vs. permanent, mechanical vs. biological.
Bone Preservation
Conventional Thread Interface
The current standard is “Buttress Thread”, a compressive device that damages the bone upon insertion, leading to poor fixation, and a ‘race to healing’ before implant loosening and failure.
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Crushes & plows during insertion
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Creates a damaged & unstable interface
UnifiMI Thread Interface
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Cleanly Prepares & Preserves
During Insertion -
Creates a Stable Mechanically
Integrated Interface
Off-Axis Stability
Conventional Thread Interface
• Bone Foam non-integrated
• Interfacing foam crushed and fractured
• Limited load resistance on tension side
UnifiMI Thread Interface
• Bone Foam integrated circumferentially
• Interfacing foam preserved and maintained
• Full load resistance on tension side via MI
How Does UnifiMI Prepare & Preserve Bone?
Bone’s innate structure and interconnectivity play major roles in improving implant fixation and prolonging stability. UnifiMI implants and instruments are designed specifically with this fact in mind, creating a symbiotic relationship at the bone-implant interface.
OsteoCentric drill bits are designed to preserve bone volume by drilling true cylindrical pilot holes - these drill bits can be beneficial when used with UnifiMI or any other implant technology.
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UnifiMI implants incorporate by design, and utilize proprietary self-tapping technology to advance bone chips forward in order to create a clean bone-implant interface maintaining the health of the patient’s bone.
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Upon implantation, UnifiMI’s patented thread geometries are designed to preserve the architecture of bone by minimizing outward forces applied to the mechanically integrated (MI) bone.