Biloine W. Young • Wed, April 23rd, 2014
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The Medicrea Group, a Lyon, France orthopedic implant company, has launched in Europe “the world’s first patient-specific spinal osteosynthesis rod system.” Spinal surgeons in France have successfully implanted the company’s UNiD rods into 43 patients with severe spinal deformities. According to the firm’s press release, the implants are pre-contoured using X-rays and the firm’s proprietary software so they accurately restore the sagittal alignment specific to each patient.
“This unique new technology provided by Medicrea will make it possible to eliminate the need for surgeons to manually bend spinal rods in the operating room during the surgery,” said Denys Sournac, company chairman and CEO. “I fully believe this precise new way of analyzing, planning and designing patient-specific implants will significantly reduce the need for a patient with spinal deformations to undergo a subsequent operation requiring a number of vertebrae to be realigned.”
