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Columbus®
Suitable solutions for different patient needs

The interchangeable and anatomically-designed Columbus® Knee prosthesis offers proper physician choice and patient specificity. Columbus® has comprehensive options to cover all bicondylar indications and intraoperative situations.

 

Discover universality – Discover individuality

  • Implant to conserve or sacrifice the posterior cruciate ligament
  • Fixed or rotating platform
  • Cemented or cementless with Plasmapore® (for AS version, the Plasmapore® coating is only available as custom made implant)
  • Tibial Augmentation options and tibial stems
  • PE heights up to 20 mm
  • Extensive size options with 14 femur sizes and 11 tibia sizes
  • AS coated version for optimized wear and patients with metal allergy

 

Discover mobility – Discover stability

  • ROM up to 140°
  • Improved stability even in difficult ligament situations
  • Trochlea design supports natural patella tracking

 

Discover quality – Discover innovations

  • Good clinical performance
  • Navigated or manual operating technique
  • Minimally invasive or conventional operating technique
  • Wear results down to below 1 mg per million cycles acc. to ISO 14243


Two decades of success

With over 650,000 implantations in 43 countries all over the world, Columbus® is our most established knee system. Well proven in 54 publications with 98% survival rate after 10 years in studies.[1] Fantastic results in the English, Australian and German national joint registry.[2-4]

20 years Columbus®. 20 years of excellent outcomes. We are proud of it.

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The interchangeable and anatomically-designed Columbus® Knee prosthesis offers proper physician choice and patient specificity. Columbus® has comprehensive options to cover all bicondylar indications and intraoperative situations.

 

Discover universality – Discover individuality

  • Implant to conserve or sacrifice the posterior cruciate ligament
  • Fixed or rotating platform
  • Cemented or cementless with Plasmapore® (for AS version, the Plasmapore® coating is only available as custom made implant)
  • Tibial Augmentation options and tibial stems
  • PE heights up to 20 mm
  • Extensive size options with 14 femur sizes and 11 tibia sizes
  • AS coated version for optimized wear and patients with metal allergy

 

Discover mobility – Discover stability

  • ROM up to 140°
  • Improved stability even in difficult ligament situations
  • Trochlea design supports natural patella tracking

 

Discover quality – Discover innovations

  • Good clinical performance
  • Navigated or manual operating technique
  • Minimally invasive or conventional operating technique
  • Wear results down to below 1 mg per million cycles acc. to ISO 14243


Two decades of success

With over 650,000 implantations in 43 countries all over the world, Columbus® is our most established knee system. Well proven in 54 publications with 98% survival rate after 10 years in studies.[1] Fantastic results in the English, Australian and German national joint registry.[2-4]

20 years Columbus®. 20 years of excellent outcomes. We are proud of it.

References

[1] Lützner J, Beyer F, Lützner C, Tille E, Postler AE. A Novel Multilayer-Coating for Total Knee Arthroplasty Implants is Safe - 10-Year Results From a Randomized-Controlled Trial. J Arthroplasty. 2023 Jan;38(1):90-95.e1. doi: 10.1016/j.arth.2022.07.014. Epub 2022 Jul 31. PMID: 35921997.
[2] National Joint Registry of England Wales and Northern Ireland (NJR). Annual Report 2023.
[3] Australian Orthopaedic Association National Joint Replacement Registry (AOA NJRR). Annual Report 2023.


[4] German Arthroplasty Registry (EPRD). Annual Report 2022