Product Overview
Axoguard® Nerve Connector is the only porcine submucosa extracellular matrix (ECM) coaptation aid for tensionless repair of transected or severed peripheral nerves. While allowing for the close approximation of severed nerves, Axoguard® Nerve Connector aligns and connects severed nerve ends with less than a 5 mm gap. The Axoguard® ECM material allows the body’s natural healing process to repair the nerve by isolating and protecting it during the healing process. The patient’s own cells incorporate into the extracellular matrix to remodel and form a tissue similar to the nerve epineurium.
Axoguard® Nerve Connector can be used to:
• Relieve tension at the coaptation site of severed nerves
• Aid coaptation in direct repair, grafting or cable grafting repairs
• Reinforce the coaptation site
Axoguard® Nerve Connector has the following key advantages:
• Alleviates tension at the repair site1
• Preserves the native architecture of the extracellular matrix
• Reduces the number of required sutures (versus direct repair)2
• Reduces potential for fascicular mismatch3-5
• Strong and flexible, easy to suture
• Stored at room temperature with 18- to 24-month shelf life
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