The VEPTR device is designed to mechanically stabilize and distract the thorax to correct three dimensional thoracic deformities and provide improvement in volume for respiration and lung growth in infantile and juvenile patients diagnosed with thoracic insufficiency syndrome. 

Key Features & Benefits

• Devices are attached perpendicular to the patient’s natural ribs
• Construct options are Rib-to-Rib, Rib-to-Lamina, or Rib-to-Pelvis
• Design allows expansion, anatomic distraction, and replacement of components through less-invasive surgery
• Approved for use by the FDA as a Humanitarian-Use Device

Indications

The VEPTR device is indicated for the treatment of Thoracic Insufficiency Syndrome (TIS) in skeletally immature patients.  TIS is defined as the inability of the thorax to support normal respiration or lung growth.

For the purpose of identifying potential TIS Patients, the categories in which TIS patients fall are as follows:

• Flail Chest Syndrome
• Constrictive Chest Wall Syndrome, including
  • Rib fusion and scoliosis
• Hypoplastic thorax syndrome, including
  • Jeune’s syndrome
  • Achondroplasia
  • Jarcho-Levin syndrome
  • Ellis van Creveld syndrome
• Progressive scoliosis of congenital or neurogenic origin without rib anomaly