Colored sutures are increasingly important in orthopedic procedures due to their ability to differentiate between different surgical implants, providing surgeons with greater control and confidence. This leads to smaller, more precise incisions, resulting in reduced pain, fewer complications, less scarring, shorter hospital stays, faster recoveries, and lower overall healthcare costs. Leggi tutto…
Acuitive Technologies Inc. announced the first surgical use of its Citrelock ACL tendon fixation device. The new product provides surgeons with a differentiated design using a spiral wire suitable for tendons, incorporating a next-generation absorbable technology called Citregen, which has unique molecular and mechanical properties for orthopedic surgical applications. Dr. Leggi tutto…
Medical Microinstruments (MMI), a company based outside of Pisa, Italy, won the European CE Mark of approval for its Symani robotic surgical system. The product provides 7-20X scaling of hand movements, automatically removing tremors to allow for safe microsurgical and supermicrosurgical procedures. It is hoped that this impressive new device Leggi tutto…
Medtronic, having recently acquired Mazor Robotics, an Israeli spinal surgery firm, just announced the launch of the Mazor X Stealth Edition in the United States. The system provides planning, workflow, procedural execution, and confirmation capabilities to accurately place instruments and tools during spinal surgeries. “It is rare that huge sectors of technology such Leggi tutto…
Materialise, in collaboration with Carestream Health, is developing a work-in-progress zero footprint deployment of their pre-operative planning solution for orthopaedists, leveraging Materialise’s OrthoView software. Thanks to enterprise-wide licensing and an enterprise imaging-integrated zero footprint deployment, Materialise and Carestream will be able to give surgeons the freedom to plan procedures in Leggi tutto…
Siemens Healthineers has unveiled a new mobile C-arm, the Cios Spin, that can provide both 2D and 3D imaging in just about any operating room. Mostly intended for orthopedic procedures, the device allows clinicians that are currently using 2D C-arms to upgrade to 3D capability and see things in a much Leggi tutto…
There are several surgical solutions growing which engage 3D technologies. It provides to orthopedic surgeons access to a bunch of software and services to assist them when they plan their surgeries outcomes. Here, we list 5 (of many) key considerations that orthopedic surgeons should consider when evaluating the options available Leggi tutto…