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ISTA 2016 Industry Session: a Business Perspective on the Next 10 Years of Innovation in Orthopedics

Sjoerd Kolk
December 15, 2016
ISTA 2016 Industry Session: a Business Perspective on the Next 10 Years of Innovation in Orthopedics

With ever increasing cost-pressure and requirements from regulators to show the efficacy of new arthroplasty (joint replacement) devices, the International Society for Technology in Arthroplasty has become a more relevant conference than ever before. With a mix of orthopedic surgeons, academics and representatives from the industry, the conference was a great opportunity to have fruitful discussions about new and ongoing topics in arthroplasty. We look back at the highlights and the lessons learned.

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Beyond Acetate Templates: Making the Move to Digital Templating

Alex M
December 06, 2016
Beyond Acetate Templates: Making the Move to Digital Templating

When Dr. Noble, an orthopaedic surgeon specializing in total joint replacement at Palm Beach Orthopaedic Institute, FL, found himself without hard copy X-rays to plan his hip and knee arthroplasty procedures, he took a leap towards digital pre-operative planning.

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The Legacy of Vesalius: Engineering on Anatomy

Stephanie Benoit
November 24, 2016
The Legacy of Vesalius: Engineering on Anatomy

Roughly 500 years ago, Andreas Vesalius was born in Brussels to a family of court physicians. During his lifetime, he revolutionized the field of anatomy, disproving theories that had gone uncontested for the past 1,300 years. We printed out a 3D model of a brain in homage to the enduring genius of Vesalius.

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Functional Respiratory Imaging: Novel Diagnostics for Lung Diseases

Sandrine Debecker
November 22, 2016
Functional Respiratory Imaging: Novel Diagnostics for Lung Diseases

During the Mimics Innovation Conference, Dr. Jan De Backer gave an illuminating presentation about diagnosing lung diseases with Functional Respiratory Imaging, or FRI. It’s is a proprietary technology that combines high-resolution CT scans with computer-based flow simulations.

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Corrective Osteotomy Restores an Oslo Teen's Mobility

Fredrik Sporrong
November 18, 2016
Corrective Osteotomy Restores an Oslo Teen's Mobility

Dr. Ola Wiig, an experienced pediatric orthopaedic surgeon, was confronted with a very challenging deformity in a young teenager. Dr Wiig’s patient was suffering from severely reduced mobility as a result of an epiphysiolysis in her proximal femur, which caused her leg to be severely rotated outwards. This wasn’t just causing the patient pain, it was stopping her from being a normal teenager.

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Study on aMace Custom Acetabular Cup Reports Satisfied Patients

Clare Satterly
November 16, 2016
Study on aMace Custom Acetabular Cup Reports Satisfied Patients

In a recent study in the Netherlands, all 12 patients who underwent an acetabular reconstruction of large Paprosky type 3 defects using the Materialise aMace custom acetabular cup, were recorded as being satisfied with the results of their procedure. The study, by Marieke Baauw, MD, Gijs Gerard van Hellemondt, MD and Maarten Spruit, MD, PhD from the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at Sint-Maartenskliniek in Nijmegen, the Netherlands reported on their use of the aMace as part of an integral approach which included “a detailed approach to defect analysis, including measurement of bone deficiency and bone quality”. As reported in Helio Orthopaedics, the study presents positive results from a follow up of the 12 patients at least 18 months after surgery.

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How a Modular Testbed Helps Medical Device Developers

Sandrine Debecker
November 08, 2016
How a Modular Testbed Helps Medical Device Developers

During the development of new medical devices, as well as in scientific research, it is of the highest importance to test and validate results. At the Bio-Inspired TEchnology research group of the Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands, engineer Awaz Ali has designed and developed a new multi-steerable catheter, with snake-like tip motions and complex curves, for complex cardiac interventions. The ability to create such a device with improved maneuverability inside the highly dynamic environment of the heart could allow more complex cardiac procedures to be performed through a transcatheter approach.

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Translating the Virtual Physiological Human into Patient Care

Dr. Zahra Asgharpour
November 04, 2016
Translating the Virtual Physiological Human into Patient Care

The Virtual Physiological Human Institute for Integrative Biomedical Research, or VPH Institute, is an international non-profit organization incorporated in Belgium, with a mission to ensure that the Virtual Physiological Human is fully realized, universally adopted and effectively used both in research and clinics. The VPH biannual conference series has grown out of the successful FP7 Virtual Physiological Human Network of Excellence and has become one of the major instruments for maintaining the coherence and momentum of the highly multidisciplinary VPH community.

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Asia’s Leap to Medical 3D Printing in Complex Congenital Heart Disease

Vickneswaran Renganathan
October 28, 2016
Asia’s Leap to Medical 3D Printing in Complex Congenital Heart Disease

Physicians around the globe have one goal in common, which is to improve patient care. Materialise recently attended the first workshop on Surgical Morphology and Imaging of Congenital Heart Disease in Asia organized by the Cardiac Centre at KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital (KKH). As an academic medical center and teaching hospital in Singapore, KKH is taking 3D Printing technology advancements in medicine to the next level by training specialists from the region – using actual 3D-printed heart models from patients.

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3D-Printed Cardiovascular Models Support the Development of Smart Catheters

Sandrine Debecker
October 27, 2016
3D-Printed Cardiovascular Models Support the Development of Smart Catheters

Catheter-based interventions are often the therapy of choice when treating the cardiovascular system of fragile and weak patients. Though often much less invasive than alternative treatments, this technique has its own limitations: it risks dislodging plaque or calcium into the circulatory system as well as potentially damaging, rupturing or penetrating the arterial walls. Also, imaging and the extensive use of contrast agent are not without risk.

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