MIAMI, 10 May, 2012 - Internal Fixation Systems announced that it has entered into a distribution agreement with Intelligent Orthopaedics Ltd. (IO) to market its Staffordshire Orthopaedic Reduction Machine (STORM) which is a reusable device that is used to reduce (align) fractures of the tibia prior to surgical fixation.

06 March 2012, Stoke, UK. It was reported at the Annual Ortho Update Symposium in Hannover¹ that using STORM (the Staffordshire Orthopaedic Reduction Machine) to treat unstable fractures of the tibia shortened total operating time by 25% and reduced radiation exposure by 50%. Dr Michael Müller from the Klinik für Unfallchirurgie in Kiel, Germany co-ordinated the multi-centre study[1] comparing tibial fractures reduced using STORM versus tibial fractures reduced using alternative methods.

October 2011. Plateau, Shaft or Pilon – A novel approach to reducing unstable tibial fractures

September 2011. At the annual Trauma OP Update Symposium hosted by Professor Christian Krettek and his colleagues in Hannover, Intelligent Orthopaedics ran a series of three Practical Skills Workshops over two days.

June 2010. Fracture reduction operating times shortened by almost 50%

Interview with Professor Peter Thomas on STORM re-usable surgical device for the reduction of fractures throughout the tibia

April 2008. A description of how the STORM device is used in the operating theatre, within the sterile field, to help reduce a fracture and hold it until the definitive method of fixation is applied

Intelligent Orthopaedics finalist for MacRobert Award.

April 2007. Article in Orthopaedic Product News on the STORM fracture reduction device. By Professor Peter Thomas