Zimmer Biomet Launches TrellOss-TC TLIF Platform

Warsaw, Indiana-based Zimmer Biomet, a global leader in musculoskeletal healthcare, has launched the TrellOss-TC—Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion—(TLIF) Porous Titanium Interbody Platform.

TrellOss-TC, along with TrellOss-C (cervical) and TrellOss-TS (TLIF straight) that were launched in August 2019, marks Zimmer Biomet Spine’s first porous titanium implant platform manufactured through a 3D printing, additive manufacturing process. The company plans to extend the TrellOss platform with a series of lateral, anterior and stand-alone devices in 2020.

“We are very excited to announce the launch of the TrellOss Platform,” commented Jim Cloar, president of Zimmer Biomet Spine. “3D printing allows us to create a 7-micron surface roughness over the entire implant rather than on the endplates alone. Combined with varying pore sizes of 300, 500 and 700 microns, this surface technology creates an amicable environment for bone ingrowth.”

Jay Eaton, senior product manager, Posterior Interbody Solutions at Zimmer Biomet Spine, told OTW, “We chose pore sizes similar to that of bone (300, 500 and 700 microns) and that the various pores provide additional surface area on the implant. The 7-micron surface texturing creates an environment for potential cellular adhesion. We chose this implant design because of its combination of structured porosity and cellular relative surface texturing; this combination truly makes it a new foundation for growth.”