Salt Lake City, UT — April 20, 2026 — The L. S. Peery, M.D. Orthopaedic Innovation Center at the Department of Orthopaedics, Spencer Fox Eccles School of Medicine, University of Utah, today announced FDA 510(k) clearance of the CoAptix™ S 7.5mm System, a dynamic compression, cannulated, headed and headless bone screw system in lengths ranging from 45mm to 180mm. The bone screws are engineered to provide continuous dynamic compression to a bony repair construct in the presence of up to 4mm of resorption at the bone healing interface.
The CoAptix™ S 7.5mm Systemis part of the CoAptix™ platform technology, a Dynamic Compression Implant System that includes Bone Screws, Intramedullary Fixation Devices, and Hybrid Devices designed to transform fracture fixation, joint fusion, and osteotomy stabilization by potentially reducing the incidence rate of non-unions. Development of the smaller CoAptix™ S 3.5mm, 4.5mm, 5.5mm, and 6.5mm System, also a cannulated, headed and headless bone screw system, is currently underway.
Unlike traditional static implants, the CoAptix™ technology delivers continuous dynamic compression, a proven biomechanical principle that has already revolutionized bone staple technology. Just as dynamic compression bone staples made from nitinol have replaced static staples made from stainless steel, dynamic compression screws and dynamic compression intramedullary devices are poised to become the new standard in orthopedic fixation…