The SupraSpacer is a cobalt-chrome implant that recreates the subacromial space to treat massive irreparable rotator cuff tears. Unlike patch repairs that degrade over time, this permanent metal device keeps the humeral head centered using technology proven in shoulder replacements.
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is the Super Spacer. What we wanted was something that's lasting and has been used for 50 or more years. So this is made out of the same material as our humeral head replacements, cobalt chrome and molybdenum. On the undersurface, it's got the same ingrowth and ongrowth material that's been tried and tested in the proximal humerus. So we know this is not gonna be a materials play. We wanted to have it the same stuff that's been tried and true. And what this will do is recreate that space to allow that humeral head to stay centered. So you can try and raise the floor— I mean, lower the floor, raise the ceiling, combination of both. You can try and put a patch in there, but none of those are long-lasting. And that's why we're really looking at going with the metal option here, same as we do with humeral head replacements, is something that's going to be much longer enduring and permanent.