Here are eight recent firsts in the orthopedic surgery space to know, from AI-assisted procedures to new orthopedic implants, as reported by Becker’s since June 5:
- Jay Pond, MD, completed the first successful use of b-ONE Ortho Corporation’s MOBIO Total Knee System utilizing the TMINI Miniature Robotic System.
- James Germano, MD, completed the first AI-assisted total hip replacement surgery in the U.S. using the ORTOMA platform.
- Sarasota (Fla.) Memorial Hospital added the first FDA-cleared, mixed-reality navigation system for total hip replacements.
- Travis Scudday, MD, an orthopedic surgeon of Irvine, Calif.-based Hoag Orthopedic Institute, became the first on the West Coast to perform a total hip arthroplasty using Corin’s ApolloHipX.
- Allentown, Pa.-based Lehigh Valley Orthopedic Institute became one of two systems in the Northeast to offer elbow joint replacements.
- Maxx Orthopedics successfully completed the first U.S. cases using Invibio’s Peek-Optima femoral component. Andrew Palmisano, MD, an orthopedic hip and knee specialist with Ascentist Healthcare in Kansas City, Kan., performed the procedures.
- Gregory Nelson, MD, a physician at Orthopedic Associates in St. Louis, became one of the first surgeons in the region to perform an Oxford cementless partial knee replacement.
- Orthopedic innovator Corin completed the first total hip arthroplasty cases using the ApolloHipX, a new application for the Apollo platform. Stefan Kreuzer, MD, founder of ASC Inov8 Surgical at Memorial City in Houston, performed the first cases with ApolloHipX.
