BOCEMIX - Bone Cement Mixer for professional Surgeons  
   

Comparative table (*) for
acrylic bone cement devices


Functions:

BO.CE.MIX

Competitors (*)
Sterility
partially (not the “handgun”)
Disposable

partially (not the “handgun”)

Transparency

partially

Vacuum in mixing
Vacuum in preparing injection
NO
Opening of container to pull out the mixing system
NO
Necessity of cleaning the mixing system
NO
Contact with air after mixing
NO
Loss of cement or not total injection
Less of cc. 2
More than cc. 3
Mixing system
by hand or mechanical/elechtrical
by hand only
System to push out the cement
by hand
by hand
Component to obtain the push on the cement

included in the mixer
out from the mixer,
to assemble
Possibility of pre-compressing the cement (elimination of the residual air/gas bubbles)

by voluntary choice
NO
Hands to use to push out the cement
ONE
NO
Acceptance of different cements

all cement

NO, only
low viscosity cements

Cement static check (viscosity) before pushing it out

NO
Number of admissible doses
2
2
Total necessary time (from insertion of components to beginning of injection)
Max 60"
ABOUT 150"
Latex free
Tube for vacuum, with filter
Cannulae for cement delivery
2
1 (generally)
Accessory for phial breakage
sometimes

(*) Features and comparision with similar devices, with cost till $ 125,00

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