MONTEREY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Allen Hershey, MD and Soquel Group today announced a new tool, the Shark Tooth Starter Broach, for performing minimally invasive hip replacement surgery. Measuring approximately 6 centimeters in length, the Shark Tooth is a much smaller broach than currently available in the toolkits provided with hip replacement systems. The Shark Tooth enables surgeons to more easily prepare the femur for joint implants through a smaller incision. The design of the new broach allows proper orientation of the broach when limited by the constraints of the anatomy of the anterior approach or when spatial constraints pose a problem.
