The PLAGE™ Anterior Cervical Fusion System
The PLAGE is a plate-cage, one-piece titanium cervical implant with a translational design and textured surface for immediate surgical fixation and fusion. The PLAGE is intended for use in single-level anterior cervical spinal fusion procedures, from C3-C7.
The PLAGE offers an integrated plate-cage design featuring:
- One-piece titanium housing for strength
- Slotted screw holes for translational functionality
- Textured surface for immediate stability and enhanced fusion environment
The PLAGE is available in a comprehensive range of sizes and instrumentation for intra-operative flexibility. Ordering information »
The PLAGE Anterior Cervical Fusion System is an all-in-one implant design with:
- Low-profile tabs
- Titanium cage for ease in insertion
- Multiple insertion options for intra-operative flexibility and surgeon preferences
- Slotted screw hole for various screw placement positions
- Quick placement and co-axial locking of bone screw with visual and tactile locking verification
The textured surface of the PLAGE provides:
- Immediate mechanical fixation
- Reduction of implant migration
- Promotion of natural BMP release via direct bone contact with roughened titanium surface
THE PLAGE, KEY FEATURES:
Roughened Titanium Surfaces of Tecotex in contact with bony endplates
- Induces the release of natural BMPs, enhancing bonding and bone growth
- Increases friction with the bony endplate, reduces cage migration, and eliminates the need for stabilization pins during screw hole drilling
Dynamic Screw Design
- Allows 3mm of vertical settling during the normal process of bony healing
- Follows dynamic cervical plate philosophy of designing to the normal 1.5mm loss of vertical disc space height during the resorption phase of bony healing
Normal Screw Trajectories are used in current ACDF plates
- Screw lock is coaxial to the shaft of the screw inserter
- One tool is used for both screw insertion and locking
- Once a screw can be placed, it can also be locked
- No special angled screwdrivers are required
- Screws do not penetrate or mechanically damage the bony endplates that are supporting the cage portion of the PLAGE
Radiolucent Window
- Thin sidewall titanium, which both contains the bone graft material and allows visualization of the healing bony fusion
Large Implant Surface Area
- Reduces force on the bony endplate and the rate of bony resorption during the fusion healing process
Large Graft Window
- To pack bone graft for the bony fusion
“The PLAGE incorporates the best mechanical and osteogenic features learned over the last 25 years for efficacy, speed and safety – all combined in one implant.”
– Larry Khoo, M.D.
– Larry Khoo, M.D.
“The PLAGE rough surface provides immediate mechanical stability, making screw insertion safe, fast and accurate. Screws are inserted in standard ACDF plate trajectories through dynamic slots in two small tabs on the anterior vertebral body cortex, which block the PLAGE from rotation and angled subluxation during normal healing into a mature cervical fusion.”
– Fred H. Geisler, M.D., Ph.D.
– Fred H. Geisler, M.D., Ph.D.
Tecotex® is a registered trademark of Tecomet, Inc.
The PLAGE can be implanted quickly and simply
The side panel of the PLAGE is radiolucent to view boney in-growth post operatively.
PLAGE implantation is completed by locking two Bone Screws with a One-Step Locking Screw Driver