The financial and clinical toll of implant contamination is well-documented—and largely preventable. As the evidence continues to mount on the limitations of systemic antibiotics and post-operative protocols alone, the need for a surface-level solution has never been clearer. Ostaguard represents a fundamental shift in how the medical device industry can approach implant-contamination risk by protecting the device surface from the moment of implantation.  

Solving the largest medical-device problem. There’s no question that device contamination and failure can lead to a host of health complications for the patient, as well as the potential need for additional surgery and financial expenditure. In fact, implant-related infections, implant failure and revisional cost patients $8.6 billion every year

If you’re in the orthopedic device world, Ostaguard is a first-of-its-kind antibacterial surface coating—as well as the first-of-its-kind to be granted De Novo classification by the FDA with an initial application in the field of orthopedic spinal implants. After being tested on numerous surfaces against 12 microbes that represent nearly all cases of device-related infections, Ostaguard was shown to be 99.99% effective in killing multiple strains of bacteria that could come in contact with an...

Since being awarded FDA De Novo clearance last year, Orthobond’s Ostaguard™ has been the talk of the orthopedic implant world. The first Ostaguard-treated implants have been manufactured and delivered for use in surgery. In this relatively short time, Ostaguard has been recognized as a safe, effective way to minimize implant contamination during surgery.Orthobond’s Chief Scientific Officer Jordan Katz, Ph.D. and his team are working diligently expanding technology applications beyond orthoped...

Living things are divided into the Animal, Plant, Fungi, Protist and Monera kingdoms. Bacteria are part of the Monera kingdom because they are single-celled organisms that don’t have a nucleus. Just as there are relatively harmless and dangerous animals (rabbit versus Great White shark) and fungi (portobella mushrooms versus black mold), there are also good and bad bacteria.