Fusion Implants

Fusion Implants Advanced Veterinary Devices Fusion Implants is a newly established company created as a spin-out from the University of Liverpool and backed by venture capital.

The purpose of the company is to specialise in the manufacture of veterinary implants and associated instruments. The company consists of engineers, scientists, and orthopaedic veterinary surgeons, all with extensive research experience, and associated staff, to implement the running of the company and to drive the ideas into products. The core manufacturing capability is based on additive layer m

anufacture which permits an intuitive approach to design and development. Products are manufactured based on a technology which is patent protected, and already used to produce hip and knee components for human use. Our aim is to bring this most up-to-date technology into the veterinary market to produce advanced products.

Fabulous Rosario! Temporomandibular Joint Fractures: What can we learn from human medicine.3 of our team members sat in ...
13/09/2025

Fabulous Rosario! Temporomandibular Joint Fractures: What can we learn from human medicine.

3 of our team members sat in this lecture and thoroughly enjoyed seeing our Ramus Anatomic Plate presented as a case study!

This is a challenging area to treat clinically, our feline (and we have used it in small canine patients too) often have concurrent injuries, are needing complex a**lgesic needs and often have soft tissue damage to contend with. We hope this plate goes some way in helping support veterinary teams when they care faced with a patient where RAP can be applied and used.

Additionally, post operatively, many of these cats can eat immediately after surgery (or as soon as they want to), and this helps support their nutritional needs while hospitalised, we know this is a huge challenge for cats with facial injuries, but equally we need to encourage patients to maintain the daily energy and nutritional requirements.

Thank you Rosario, an insightful lecture and case series.

The last day at It has been a beautiful few days here in Palma, and we have had a brilliant time speaking to delegates...
13/09/2025

The last day at
It has been a beautiful few days here in Palma, and we have had a brilliant time speaking to delegates.
We have heard great things about the lectures, so well done to all the speakers as you have clearly delivered some incredible scientific insights.
Today our team will be attending some more of the lectures, speaking to even more of the wonderful profession and soaking up the atmosphere.
Come speak to us if you have any questions - we are happy to follow up with more information.
Esvot European Society Of Veterinary Orthopaedics and Traumatology

What a wonderful day at The atmosphere here is so lovely, all our veterinary colleagues are clearly having a great tim...
12/09/2025

What a wonderful day at
The atmosphere here is so lovely, all our veterinary colleagues are clearly having a great time.

Popular themes this year - elbows!
Practitioners from around the world are seeing the same issues within the spaniel and French Bulldog populations, and humeral intracondylar fissures and humeral condyle fractures are a big topic.

We are pleased with the feedback we are getting for our medial and lateral epicondylar anatomic plates; these are challenging surgeries regardless, but it is great to know that having these anatomic implants contoured to the topography of the bone is going some way in supporting the surgical team in these challenging cases.

We can't wait to meet more of the profession over the next two days.

Esvot European Society Of Veterinary Orthopaedics and Traumatology

Another 'Feline Friday' Case Study ➡What: Right long oblique non-articular ilial body fracture and a left sacroiliac lux...
12/09/2025

Another 'Feline Friday' Case Study

➡What: Right long oblique non-articular ilial body fracture and a left sacroiliac luxation
➡Treatment: The ilial fracture was stabilised using a Fusion FLIP 2.4mm locking plate, and the sacroiliac luxation repaired with two cortical screws
➡Who: James Guthrie and team

This is an incredible case by James Guthrie and the team on a 2 year old cat involved in a road traffic accident. Although alert and responsive on the initial examination; sadly the patient was non-ambulatory on their pelvic limbs, with no deep pain sensation in the right limb or tail. There was motor function present in the left pelvic limb and reduced a**l tone with some sensation of the peria**l area.

➡Investigations:
Radiographs revealed a right long oblique non-articular ilial body fracture and a left sacroiliac luxation. Pelvic floor fractures were also present. The last lumbar vertebra was congenitally malformed; creating the equivalent of two S1 sacral bones. There was a minimally displaced coccygeal luxation (between the sacrum and first coccygeal vertebra). Radiographs of the left and right pelvic limbs as well as thorax and abdomen revealed no abnormalities.

➡Surgery:
The right ilium was approached via a gluteal roll-up. The sciatic nerve was not severed at the fracture site; suggesting a chance of nerve function recovery was possible. The fracture was subsequently reduced and stabilised using a Fusion FLIP 2.4mm locking plate.
A standard dorsal approach was made to the left sacroiliac joint. Due to the abnormal anatomy, the typical C-shape cartilage landmark was not present. Two Ilio-sacral screws were placed (the screws exited the sacrum ventrally to ensure they did not enter the spinal ca**l).
Due to the minimal displacement the sacrococcygeal displacement was managed conservatively.


➡Post Operative:
This amazing patient was hospitalised for 3 weeks for bladder management and daily physiotherapy and made great improvements in their condition thanks to the incredible care of the registered veterinary nurses, care assistants, and physiotherapists

The patient recovered deep pain sensation in the right pelvic limb and then motor function; so that they were almost ambulatory, as the left pelvic limb regained normal functional.

At 7 weeks following the pelvic fracture repair, the function of the right pelvic limb was continuing to improve. Radiography of the pelvis confirmed a static implant position and osseous union across the previous fracture site.

At 12 weeks post-surgery the client updated the team that the patient was walking well on both limbs and elevating tail off the ground.

➡James Guthrie - Fitzpatrick Referrals Ltd | LinkedIn
➡Dr James Guthrie () • Instagram photos and videos

Hey We have been meeting some wonderful veterinary surgeons - please pop by and ask us any questions.The added bonus t...
12/09/2025

Hey

We have been meeting some wonderful veterinary surgeons - please pop by and ask us any questions.

The added bonus that the coffee and breakfast is right next door!

Here you can see Tom, referral RVN, experienced user of all our systems, and our business developer and Anna, our lead research and development engineer.

Esvot European Society Of Veterinary Orthopaedics and Traumatology

We are so excited to be in de Mallorca for What an amazing venue! We look forward to seeing you all tomorrow. The top...
12/09/2025

We are so excited to be in de Mallorca for

What an amazing venue! We look forward to seeing you all tomorrow.

The topic is joint surgery

We've been busy preparing for the 24th ESVOT Congress, covering 'Challenging joint surgery' inPalma de Mallorca!Our team...
11/09/2025

We've been busy preparing for the 24th ESVOT Congress, covering 'Challenging joint surgery' in
Palma de Mallorca!

Our team may be small, but mighty! And after an airport delay and lots of organisation, we also got the chance to relax, explore and meet up with good friends too.

We are looking forward to seeing you all tomorrow!

Esvot European Society Of Veterinary Orthopaedics and Traumatology

Decompressive Spinal Surgery Course🗓 23 & 24th March 2026📍Liverpool, UKhttps://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/decompressive-spin...
10/09/2025

Decompressive Spinal Surgery Course

🗓 23 & 24th March 2026
📍Liverpool, UK

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/decompressive-spinal-surgery-2-days-wet-lab-tickets-1500025449499?aff=oddtdtcreator

This course is suitable for vets already experienced in basic and orthopaedic surgery (advanced practitioners, interns and residents, specialists) with an interest in developing skills and knowledge for the management of intervertebral disc disease (IVDD) in dogs.

Decompressive Spinal Surgery (2 Days Wet Lab) covering mini hemilaminectomy, hemilaminectomy and ventral slot.

The course will cover:

➡Pathophysiology of IVDD and differential diagnoses
➡Diagnostic imaging (including myelography, CT and MRI) and case selection
➡Surgical approach and technique – thoracolumbar hemilaminectomy (day 1), cervical ventral slot (day 2)
➡Trouble shooting / complications
➡Aftercare / patient management

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/decompressive-spinal-surgery-2-days-wet-lab-tickets-1500025449499?aff=oddtdtcreator

To Register, please email [email protected] and we can invoice your practice directly.

Dogwood Referrals have been busy bees recently! Two recent patients, Willow and Mac, came in within a week of each other...
09/09/2025

Dogwood Referrals have been busy bees recently! Two recent patients, Willow and Mac, came in within a week of each other with almost identical elbow fractures after injuring themselves out on a run. Both had their elbows repaired by Dogwood’s Specialist Surgeon Tom Cox, using screws and the Lateral Epicondylar Anatomic Plate (LEAP) from us here at Fusion Implants — one short plate for Mac, and a longer one for Willow!

As you can probably tell from our case studies these two spaniel cases are not uncommon!

Some spaniel breeds have a particularly high prevalence of humeral condyle fractures. That is why we here at Fusion implants mapped the topography of humeri of English Springer Spaniels to create the design of the Lateral Epicondylar Anatomic Plate (LEAP), we also have a French Bulldog variant as this breed is at partial risk of juvenile fracture (see Edinburgh university 2023, https://www.ed.ac.uk/research-innovation/animal-research/news/french-bulldogs-puppies-prone-to-elbow-fractures).

Furthermore, as well as French bulldogs and spaniels being predisposed to humeral condylar fractures (medial humeral condylar fractures were more common in French bulldogs), epicondylar plate fixation was associated with reduced complications. https://doi.org/10.1111/vsu.13432

During the design of LEAP, we investigated the configuration of fractures, and optimised screw hole position and screw direction to maximise bone holding, and minimise the risk of joint pe*******on and a short and longer variant were made to help support multiple fracture configurations.

We’re pleased to say both surgeries went smoothly (we knew they would be in very safe hands with Tom and the Dogwood team) and they’re now recovering at home on strict rest with physiotherapy plans in place. A huge thank you to their wonderful families and our referring veterinary community for trusting us with these complex cases.

Medivet Dogwood Referrals

Cervical spondylomyelopathy (CSM) is a disease of the cervical spine commonly seen in large-and giant-breed dogs. It is ...
09/09/2025

Cervical spondylomyelopathy (CSM) is a disease of the cervical spine commonly seen in large-and giant-breed dogs. It is characterized by compression of the cervical spinal cord or nerve roots, or both, leading to variable degrees of neurologic deficits and neck pain. Many different names have been used to describe cervical spondylomyelopathy, the most common being wobbler syndrome.

Anatomic differences explain why cervical spondylomyelopathy rarely occurs in small-breed dogs, in contrast to its high incidence in large-breed dogs. The vertebral ca**l of small-breed dogs is proportionately much larger than that of large- and giant-breed dogs. An ex vivo morphometric study demonstrated that the height of the cranial aspect of the vertebral ca**l of large-breed dogs is significantly smaller than that in small breeds, resulting in a funnel-shaped vertebral ca**l, particularly affecting the caudal cervical vertebrae.

An example is a case of a 55kg canine with tetra paresis caused by Cervical spondylomyelopathy (CSM)/ wobbler syndrome, surgery led by Colin Driver FRCVS

There was significant improvement in the early post-operative phase due to restoration/increase in vertebral ca**l dimensions following implantation of a microporous end-plate conforming inter body spacer.

Read our open access publication on the open access publication

Front. Vet. Sci., 26 June 2023
Sec. Veterinary Neurology and Neurosurgery
Volume 10 - 2023

https://www.fusionimplants.com/publications/

Ramus Anatomic Plate Course🗓 25th March 2026📍Liverpool, UKhttps://www.fusionimplants.com/courses/Featuring 3D printed Ma...
08/09/2025

Ramus Anatomic Plate Course

🗓 25th March 2026
📍Liverpool, UK

https://www.fusionimplants.com/courses/

Featuring 3D printed Mandibles, Fusion RAP (Ramus Anatomic Plate), Wet Lab Practicals including; Transmylohyoid intubation & Implant placement.

Each delegate on the course will be assigned a specific case. The mandible will have fractures prior to the course and they will be assigned a number, all cases are CT scanned before the course. Mirrored versions of the intact mandible will be 3D printed and embossed with the fracture configuration from the intact contralateral side, these models will be used to help with planning, templating and placement of RAP for the final wet lab practical of the day.

Wednesday 25th March 2026

➡Equipment and getting set up
➡Overview of anatomy
➡Anaesthetic Considerations and Patient Management
➡RAP Design and custom mandible 3D printing service
➡General Procedure and Case Study Discussions
➡Planning and Templating
➡RAP Dry Lab - CT Scanned Cases and 3D printed Mandibles
➡RAP Wet Lab - Transmylohyoid Intubation
➡RAP Wet Lab - CT Scanned Head, Fracture Reduction and RAP Placement
➡Complications and Discussion

https://www.fusionimplants.com/courses/

To Register, please email [email protected] and we can invoice your practice directly.

Vertebral Drilling GuidesFusion Implants’ vertebral drilling guides assist in the placing of screws to incorporate bicor...
08/09/2025

Vertebral Drilling Guides

Fusion Implants’ vertebral drilling guides assist in the placing of screws to incorporate bicortical placement and maximize bone purchase whilst controlling position, angulation and depth. Used to treat conditions such as Atlantoaxial instability or spinal arachnoid diverticulum. Spine drilling guides help to place screws into high risk areas safely and with confidence.

As with all Fusion Implants’ guide systems, they are designed by biomedical engineers and verified by specialists. Your order will include in silico plan images, a sterilizable bone model, and duplicate surgical guide(s) for preoperative planning and rehearsal.

➡ https://www.fusionimplants.com/product/spine/
➡ https://www.fusionimplants.com/product/pedicle-implant-kit/

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Fusion Implants is a company created as a spin-out from the University of Liverpool and backed by venture capital. The purpose of the company is to specialise in the manufacture of veterinary implants and associated instruments. The company consists of engineers, scientists, and orthopaedic veterinary surgeons, all with extensive research experience, and associated staff, to implement the running of the company and to drive the ideas into products. The core manufacturing capability is based on additive layer manufacture which permits an intuitive approach to design and development. Products are manufactured based on a technology which is patent protected, and already used to produce hip and knee components for human use. Our aim is to bring this most up-to-date technology into the veterinary market to produce advanced products.