Sam Brusco, Associate Editor10.12.23
DePuy Synthes has launched its VELYS robotic-assisted solution in the European market, following successful total knee replacement surgeries in Germany, Belgium, and Switzerland.
The successful surgeons were:
Germany—Dr. Med. Johannes Stöve from the St. Marienkrankenhaus Ludwigshafen Hospital.
Belgium—Dr. Pieter-Jan Vandekerckhove and Dr. Lucas Becker at AZ Sint-Jan Brugge.
Switzerland—Dr. Stefan Preiss, at the Schulthess Klinik in Zürich.
VELYS is used to assist surgeons with total knee arthroplasty (TKA), implanting the company’s Attune total knee system. The table-mounted solution helps them accurately resect bones to align and position the total knee implant relative to soft tissue during replacement, without needing pre-operative imaging.
According to the company, VELYS technology helps maintain the saw cut plane for reproducible cuts without needing a cutting block. It also features software for pre-resection alignment and predicted gap balance alignment, single-page planning, and soft tissue stability graphing. It first gained FDA clearance in 2021.
“...we mark an important milestone in our digital surgery offering, as part of our vision to be the most personalized and connected orthopedics company. We believe that the future of orthopedics requires a combined digital surgery approach alongside robotic solutions, to continue to transform the way surgeries are performed. The technology behind the VELYS Robotic-Assisted Solution provides precision and accuracy, allowing surgeons to personalize TKA to a patient’s individual needs and, ultimately, drives the simplicity that surgeons are looking for in complex technologies. It aims to both improve patient-reported outcome measures and provide a better quality of life for the patients,” VP of DePuy Synthes EMEA Martyn Inwood told the press.
The successful surgeons were:
Germany—Dr. Med. Johannes Stöve from the St. Marienkrankenhaus Ludwigshafen Hospital.
Belgium—Dr. Pieter-Jan Vandekerckhove and Dr. Lucas Becker at AZ Sint-Jan Brugge.
Switzerland—Dr. Stefan Preiss, at the Schulthess Klinik in Zürich.
VELYS is used to assist surgeons with total knee arthroplasty (TKA), implanting the company’s Attune total knee system. The table-mounted solution helps them accurately resect bones to align and position the total knee implant relative to soft tissue during replacement, without needing pre-operative imaging.
According to the company, VELYS technology helps maintain the saw cut plane for reproducible cuts without needing a cutting block. It also features software for pre-resection alignment and predicted gap balance alignment, single-page planning, and soft tissue stability graphing. It first gained FDA clearance in 2021.
“...we mark an important milestone in our digital surgery offering, as part of our vision to be the most personalized and connected orthopedics company. We believe that the future of orthopedics requires a combined digital surgery approach alongside robotic solutions, to continue to transform the way surgeries are performed. The technology behind the VELYS Robotic-Assisted Solution provides precision and accuracy, allowing surgeons to personalize TKA to a patient’s individual needs and, ultimately, drives the simplicity that surgeons are looking for in complex technologies. It aims to both improve patient-reported outcome measures and provide a better quality of life for the patients,” VP of DePuy Synthes EMEA Martyn Inwood told the press.