US based MAKO Surgical has announced that it will display its MAKOPlasty Total Hip Anthroplasty (THA) application at the annual meeting of American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons 2012 (AAOS), which is being held in California from February 7th to 11th.
MAKOPlasty THA is being implemented in the company’s application MAKO’s Robotic Arm Interactive Orthopedic System (RIO).
The company will also exhibit the RIO system and the MAKOPlasty THA at the AAOS meeting through live presentations and demonstrations from experienced surgeons. MAKOPlasty THA was first developed in the year 2011 specifically to support surgeons in positioning and aligning hip implants more accurately according to the needs of the patient. The system provides a 3D reconstructed image of the patient’s hip which is used by the surgeon to come up with a surgical plan. Based on this plan, the surgeon uses the RIO robotic arm to implement the procedure and place the hip implant at an optimal position. The MAKOPlasty THA is an extension of the MAKOPlasty Partial Knee Resurfacing technology.
As of now around 13,000 patients are believed to have benefited from these procedures. The company has sold 49 MAKOPlasty THA applications alone to hospitals in various locations in the US such as California, Florida and New York.
According to the President and CEO of MAKOSurgical, Maurice R. Ferre, the need for accurate knee and total hip replacement and the RIO system’s ability to provide consistently accurate results is the driving factor behind the company’s growth in the field of orthopaedic surgery.
Source: http://www.makosurgical.com