Titanium cable

Titanium cable

The mechanical reinforcement of titanium cables stems from their multi-strand braided structure. Each individual filament not only bears tension independently when subjected to force, but also distributes the load uniformly through close friction and synergistic interaction between strands. This resembles the ‘rope effect’ – a single strand breaks easily, whereas strands twisted into a cable become resilient and difficult to sever. Increasing the number of strands directly expands the load-bearing cross-sectional area and optimises stress distribution. This simultaneously enhances both ultimate static strength (resistance to single-event breakage) and fatigue strength (resistance to fracture under cyclic loading). Consequently, in orthopaedic fixation, titanium cables with a higher strand count provide more reliable long-term mechanical assurance for high-stress areas, such as long bone fractures and periprosthetic fixation.

Features:

Tough, durable, and pliable. The titanium alloy ligation system combines these properties to achieve ideal tension and secure fixation, ensuring bone fragments remain stable and immobile. It completely eliminates the risk of entanglement or kinking associated with rigid steel wires.

This performance stems from titanium's material properties and precision engineering:

1,Foundation of Strength and Durability: Medical-grade titanium possesses exceptional specific strength and fatigue resistance, maintaining stable performance in the complex mechanical environment of long-term in-body use to provide reliable, enduring fixation.

2,Clinical Value of Flexibility: Its unique pliability allows it to conform to complex bone or implant surfaces, delivering uniform 360-degree compression. This not only provides exceptional mechanical stability but, more importantly, reduces the risk of rigid irritation and cutting to periosteum and soft tissues.

3,Innovation Over Traditional Rigid Wires: Rigid wires often form uncontrollable “loops” or “knots” during shaping, creating stress concentration points that can lead to breakage or bone cutting. The flexible nature of the titanium alloy ligation system fundamentally eliminates this issue, ensuring controllable manipulation, secure fixation, and biocompatibility.

Application :

Based on the anatomical and functional purpose, tension band fixation technology of Titanium Binding System has been clinically applied to: patella fractures, olecranon fractures, proximal and distal ulna fractures, periprosthetic fractures, humerus and ankle fractures, medial malleolus fracture, pilon fracture, acromioclavicular dislocation...etc. All these fractures are characterized by obvious fracture displacement and dysfunction. Treatments of these fractures request balancing out muscle strength, but the fragments are too small to be fixed by big internal implants. So, titanium cable can play an irreplaceable role.

Titanium binding system can play an important role in many other case, such as PFF, comminuted fracture of femoral shaft, nonunion owing to failed internal fixation, reconstruction of bone defect and wide-bound splitting fracture. If need other measures to fix, titanium binding system can coordinate regular internal fixation to get better stability.

Technical Specifications：

Needle-free cable

Straight needle cable

Curved needle cable

Conclusion

Therefore, the titanium cable ligation system is not merely a fixation tool but an advanced solution integrating biomechanical safety with operational reliability. It is particularly suitable for challenging fixation scenarios such as fractures around implants, complex comminuted fractures, and revision surgeries.