• Hip Pain
  • Understanding Hip Pain
  • Stryker Treatment Options
  • Take Control
  • Real Stories from Hip Recipients
• Knee Pain
  • Understanding Knee Pain
  • Stryker Treatment Options
  • Take Control
  • Real Stories from Knee Recipients
• Shoulder Pain
  • Understanding Shoulder Pain
  • Understanding Your Treatment Options
  • Take Control
  • Real Stories from Shoulder Recipients
• Self-Assessment
• Surgeon Locator
• About Us
  • About Stryker
  • A Company of Firsts
  • Visit Stryker.com
  • Visit Stryker Orthopaedics
• Home

Change Text Size

Share this page

Knee Pain

• Understanding Knee Pain
  
  
• Stryker Treatment Options
  • Triathlon® Knee System
  • Stryker Total Knee Systems
  • Scorpio® Total Knee Systems
  • Total Knee Replacements Designed with Women in Mind
  • MIS (Minimally Invasive Surgery)
  • Computer-Assisted Surgery
  • Partial Knee Resurfacing
  • Knee Joint Replacement FAQs
  • What to Expect from Surgery
  • Sarcoma Treatment Options
  
  
• Take Control
  
  
• Real Stories from Knee Replacement Recipients
  
  

Total Knee Replacements Designed with Women in Mind

Cindy Goodfellow Stryker Knee Recipient, 2005 Dr. Hitt and Cindy talk about The Triathlon Knee and how it was designed with women in mind. Watch the video

Stryker’s Triathlon® Knee System represents the contribution of over 30 years of clinical success in orthopedic implants. It utilizes the latest in knee technology to help increase the extent to which you will be able to restore motion in your knee after surgery. The Triathlon® Knee is designed for natural knee movement, helping to relieve your pain and restore your independence.

Knee Replacements with a Better Fit for Women

There are over 300,000 knee replacements done each year in the US¹ and over 60% of them are performed on women.² Triathlon is a total knee system designed with women in mind.⁴ The design of Triathlon® offers a wide range of sizing options that closely match both the female and male anatomy. The smaller sizes are narrower, and a narrower implant accommodates the female bone structure, which improves fit and function for women.

Improved Wear Performance

The bearing surface is defined as the two parts of the knee that glide together throughout motion. Stryker’s new, advanced bearing technology, called X3®, has demonstrated a 96% decrease in wear in laboratory testing compared to competitive premium bearing technology.³

Increased Knee Motion

Restoring motion in your knee is likely one of the reasons you are considering knee replacement. Motion, the bending (flexing), straightening (extension) and rotation of your knee, affects your ability to perform everyday activities. The Triathlon® Knee System allows for natural knee motion and up to 150° of flexion. How much flexion do you need?

Find an Orthopaedic Doctor Search for Orthopedic Doctors in your area. Receive the names and addresses of Orthopedic Doctors who have used or are familiar with Stryker products.

References

1. National Institutes of Health Consensus Development Conference Statement: Total Knee Replacement 12/10/03.
2. American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons.
3. Stryker Orthopaedics Test Report RD-06-013.
4. Hitt, K., et al., “Anthropometric Measurement of the Human Knee: Correlation to the Sizing of Current Knee Arthroplasty Systems,” JBJS, Vol. 85-A, Supplement 4, 2003.

• Wang A, Manley M, Serekian P. “Wear and Structural Fatigue Simulation of Crosslinked Ultra-High Molecular Weight Polyethylene for Hip and Knee Bearing Applications.” In: Kurtz SM, Gsell R, and Martell J, eds. Crosslinked and Thermally Treated Ultra-High Molecular Weight Polyethylene for Joint Replacements; ASTM STP1445. West Conshohocken, PA: ASTM International; 2003:151-168.
• Stryker® Orthopaedics Test Report: RD-03-082.
• Stryker® Orthopaedics Triathlon® CR Tibial Inserts made from X3® UHMWPE, 5530-G-409 show a 68% reduction in volumetric wear rate versus the same insert fabricated from N2\Vac™ gamma sterilized UHMWPE, 5530-P-409. The insert tested was Size 4, 9 mm thick. Testing was conducted under multiaxial knee simulator (multi-station MTS knee joint simulatora) for five million cycles using appropriate size CoCr counterfaces, a specific type of diluted calf serum lubricant and the motion and loading conditions, representing normal walking, outlined in ISO/DIS 14243-3. Volumetric wear rates were 17.7 ± 2.2 mm3/106 cycles for standard polyethylene inserts and 5.7 ± 1.5 mm3/106 cycles for test samples. Test inserts were exposed to a gas plasma sterilization process. In vitro knee wear simulator tests have not been shown to quantitatively predict clinical wear performance.
• Stryker® Orthopaedics Triathlon® PS Tibial Inserts made of X3® UHMWPE, 5532-G-409 show a 64% reduction in volumetric wear rate versus the same insert fabricated from N2\Vac™ gamma sterilized UHMWPE, 5532-P-409. The insert tested was Size 4, 9 mm thick. Testing was conducted under multiaxial knee simulator (multi-station MTS knee joint simulatora) for five million cycles using a size 7 CoCr counterfaces, a specific type of diluted calf serum lubricant and literature or fluoroscopy based motion and loading conditions representing stair climbing. Volumetric wear rates were 3.6 ± 0.61 mm3/106 cycles for standard polyethylene inserts and were 1.3 ± 0.44 mm3/106 cycles for test samples. Test inserts were exposed to a gas plasma sterilization process. In vitro knee wear simulator tests have not been shown to quantitatively predict clinical wear performance.