Key Features:

  • Available in 7 unique styles, each offered in sterile packaging for convenience and efficiency.
  • Designed to decrease joint prep time* time compared to traditional joint preparation tools.
  • Engineered to control the depth of joint preparation and minimize the amount of bone removal
  • Optionality allows the surgeon to choose the style that best facilitates congruency of the distal and proximal joint surfaces
  • Intended to promote improved recovery and decreased post operative pain or discomfort.

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Key Features:

  • Available in 7 unique styles, each offered in sterile packaging for convenience and efficiency.
  • Designed to decrease joint prep time* time compared to traditional joint preparation tools.
  • Engineered to control the depth of joint preparation and minimize the amount of bone removal
  • Optionality allows the surgeon to choose the style that best facilitates congruency of the distal and proximal joint surfaces
  • Intended to promote improved recovery and decreased post operative pain or discomfort.

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“The Cartilaginators are my go-to joint prep instrument. They allow me to safely and efficiently get down to the desired level of resection without damaging periarticular structures. The different styles allow me to sculpt the bone edges for maximal bony apposition with minimal incisions.”

Blake Wallace, MD

Plano Orthopedic Sports Medicine Center

“Not only does The Cartilaginator provide a quick and effective method to prep the joint for arthrodesis, but it takes less than half the time of the traditional methods.”

Bradley Lamm, DPM

Paley Orthopedic and Spine Institute

“The Cartilaginators have greatly facilitated joint preparation in foot fusion surgery. In particular, the matching convex/concave Cartilaginators for talonavicular fusions has cut the joint preparation down by more than half.”

David Thordarson, MD

Los Angeles, CA

“The Cartilaginators represent a significant advancement in the field of orthopedics when compared to traditional joint preparation tools. The instruments not only facilitate congruency of the joint surfaces, but also increase the accuracy and streamline the surgical procedure.”

Jesse Doty, MD

Erlanger Health System

“The Cartilaginator makes a tedious sometimes laborious step of fusion surgery fast, efficient, and easy. It adds a degree of levity to challenging cases.”

William McGarvey, MD

Houston, TX

“As a surgeon who has been using power instrumentation for joint prep for multiple years now, I can confidently say that The Cartilaginator has increased my efficiency in the operating room and is predictable and reproducible. The joint specific options that are available make it even easier to retain anatomic bony surfaces for fusion and decreases the soft tissue foot print.”

Jay Badell, DPM

Florida Orthopedic Foot and Ankle Center

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Resources

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Advanced Surgical Solutions for Charcot Foot Reconstruction (PDF)
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The Cartilaginator Brochure (PDF)
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The Cartilaginator Surgical Technique (PDF)
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Video Library

The Cartilaginator Animation
The Cartilaginator Innovation Video
The Cartilaginator Video

Answers to Your Questions

The Cartilaginators are designed to precisely prepare the joint for fusion. There are seven different styles of Cartilaginators – Flat Single Sided, Flat Double Sided, Flat Saw Tip, Large Curved Convex (3D), Large Curved Concave (3D), Small Curved Convex (3D), and Small Curved Concave (3D). The chart below shows which procedures each may be used for, based on surgeon feedback.

Minimal pressure should be applied to ensure control is maintained while preparing the joint. To avoid excessive heat, it is recommended to use The Cartilaginators on low power speeds (50% power) for the most effective joint preparation. Lower speed settings like “oscillate” or “ream” are equally effective and recommended.

To clean, insert the tip of The Cartilaginator in a saline bath and run it on power. Alternatively, the sharp end of a guidewire can be used to clear excess cartilage by passing it through the channels.

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