Sebastian De Boodt

Five Key Takeaways from Our Mass Personalization Summit

At the Mass Personalization Summit, healthcare pioneers gathered to offer important insight on mass personalization. Discover the key takeaways here. 

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DJO Optimizes Hip Implant With Image-Based Population Analysis

American surgical device company DJO was having challenges prior to the launch of their new implant, the TaperFill™ Hip Stem, a shorter femur stem designed to be inserted through a direct anterior approach hereby sparing the critical posterior soft tissue. The design of the implant proved to be very tricky as it needed to fit closely in the cortical bone to ensure stability. As there was not much room for error, it was difficult to create a design that fit a maximum amount of patients, since every anatomy differs slightly from person to person. DJO optimized the hip with the help of image-based population analysis.

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