Implant maker Total Joint Orthopedics is collaborating with Think Surgical, an orthopedic robotics company, to help surgeons enhance total knee replacement procedures.
What you should know:
1. Think Surgical will develop software allowing Total Joint Orthopedics' Klassic Knee System to be implanted using Think's TSolution One Total Knee Application.
2. Pending FDA 510(k) clearance for their combined solution, Think Surgical and Total Joint Orthopedics plan to co-market the pairing.
3. Total Joint Orthopedics describes its Klassic Knee System as "a modernized universal design that offers seven sizes of femurs, six sizes of tibial inserts and baseplates and five sizes of patellae to accommodate a variety of patient anatomy."
4. The TSolution One Total Knee Application comprises a 3D preoperative planning workstation, as well as an active robot that helps execute the preoperative plan.