Taperloc®  Complete Hip System

System Features

The Taperloc Complete Hip System has since become the industry standard in cementless hip arthroplasty.1 Combining unmatched clinical success with Zimmer Biomet’s commitment to product innovation, the Taperloc Complete Hip System has design enhancements that are intended to help surgeons restore leg length, stability, offset, and range of motion accurately and consistently. The Taperloc Complete Hip System comprises of the following femoral prosthesis offerings:

 

Taperloc Complete Femoral Stem

Features a reduced distal geometry in which a gradual reduction of the stem substrate occurs distal to the porous coating level

 

Taperloc Complete Microplasty® Femoral Stem

Features a reduced stem length from the standard length stem to better address minimally invasive technqiues, providing an alternative to femoral resurfacing while offering a solution in cases where a bone conserving prosthesis is desirable

 

Taperloc Complete XR 123° Femoral Stem

Helps address femurs with a more varus neck by allowing for additional offset to properly restore hip biomechanics and soft tissue tensioning

 
 

Specifications

Flat Tapered Wedge Geometry

Enhances proximal offloading and bone preservation and provides rotational stability

 

Optimal 133º Neck Angle 

Increases ROM, improves stability through increased soft tissue tension and allows for more use of standard and +3 modular head options for a better reproduction of hip biomechanics

 

Polished Anterior-Posterior Neck Flats

Increase ROM by geometrically reducing the potential for impingement of the neck with the cup

 

Clinically proven PPS® 

Coating provides initial scratch-fit stability and biological fixation

 

3-degree Bi-planar Taper

Enhances proximal offloading and immediate stem/bone interface stability

 

Standard and High Offset Options

Reproduce various patient anatomies without lengthening the leg

 

Coxa Vara Option

More closely reproduces varus anatomies

 

Insertion Hole

Provides rotational stability upon implantation

 

Reduced Distal Transition

Enhances implant fit in femoral canals with a proximal/distal mismatch

 

Titanium Alloy Ti-6AL-4V construction

Allows for stress transfer to preserve cortical density

 

Full-length Stem

Available in full profile and reduced distal options

 

Microplasty Option

Retains same metaphyseal geometry while conserving bone and accommodating minimally invasive surgical approaches

 
 

Benefits

Clinicallly Proven

Design built on the Taperloc stem (launched in 1983), the longest clinically referenced primary hip stem with: 

• Wedge shape
• Proximally circumferential titanium porous plasma sprayed design
• Titanium substrate 

 

Designed to Treat a Range of Patient Anatomies 

• Full Length
• Reduced Distal
• Microplasty (35 mm length reduction)

 

Consistent Sizing (1 mm increments)

Designed to provide optimal interchangeability, O.R. efficiency, and accurate matching of the patient’s femur without the need to remove additional bone