FiberTag® TightRope® II Implant

The FiberTag TightRope II implant adds optimized features to the revolutionary FiberTag TightRope implant design. New shorter locking splices create a shorter minimum loop length to maximize the amount of graft in the socket. A flat-tape loop and tensioning strands improve strength, fell, and handling.¹

Additionally, the FiberTag TightRope II implant is available with a preloaded FiberTape® suture for the InternalBrace™ technique, which peer-reviewed research associates with lower graft retear rates,² less pain, improved patient-reported outcomes, and a faster and higher rate of return to preinjury level of activity.³

The redesigned cortical button includes a proprietary knotless fifth locking mechanism for increased strength and resistance to cyclic displacement, allowing for precise, incremental retensioning of the construct after final fixation.⁴ Finally, the enhanced design of the packaging card improves suture management during implant assembly.

^References

^{1. Arthrex, Inc. Data on file (LA1-00038-EN_B). Naples, FL; 2017.}

^{2. Daniel AV, Wijdicks CA, Smith PA. Reduced incidence of revision anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction with internal brace augmentation. Orthop J Sports Med. 2023;11(7):23259671231178026. doi:10.1177/23259671231178026}

^{3. Bodendorfer BM, Michaelson EM, Shu HT, et al. Suture augmented versus standard anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: a matched comparative analysis. Arthroscopy. 2019;35(7):2114-2122. doi:10.1016/j.arthro.2019.01.054}

^{4. Arthrex, Inc. Data on file (APT-G01155). Munich, Germany; 2020.}

^{The InternalBrace surgical technique is intended only to augment the primary repair/reconstruction by expanding the area of tissue approximation during the healing period and is not intended as a replacement for the native ligament. The InternalBrace technique is for use during soft tissue-to-bone fixation procedures and is not cleared for bone-to-bone fixation.}