News from AAOS: ExactechGPS Launch Conicides With Exactech Knee 20th Anniversary

Exactech Inc. has launched the new ExactechGPS guided personalized surgery, a real-time, patient specific surgical solution for total knee arthroplasty (TKA). The launch coincides with the twentieth anniversary of the Exactech Knee system, which has over the past two decades provided a document implant survival rate of more than 97 percent.

Exactech touts the system as having an easy-to-read graphical interface on a touch screen in the sterile field and streamlined operative flow. According to the company, ExactechGPS allows surgeons to fully understand the knee anatomy through instantaneous data and imaging, which can be an invaluable reference in their decisions regarding bone removal and where to position the implant based on the anatomical structure of the patient.

“ExactechGPS introduces a new concept that offers surgeons the benefits of a patient-specific solution in total knee replacement with the precision and accuracy of navigation, creating a new space in the market for advanced surgical technologies,” Exactech President David Petty said. “Through early clinical evaluations, surgeons who use conventional instrumentation and those who use advanced surgical technologies have had remarkable response and positive results.”

ExactechGPS supports various soft tissue strategies, ligament balancing options and less invasive approaches and techniques. Through mechanical testing, ExactechGPS has demonstrated a high level of accuracy and precision to within one degree and one millimeter of variability. Medical literature documents the importance of precise implant alignment for implant longevity.

At the 2014 American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons annual meeting, Exactech also will introduce a patented real-time guide, which allows for positioning of the femoral resection through a single, navigated device.

“Twenty years ago, Exactech made a commitment to develop a comprehensive knee system that would meet the wide range of total knee replacement patients,” Petty said. “With this exciting launch, Exactech showcases its investment in providing innovative solutions to better patient outcomes.”

Based in Gainesville, Fla., Exactech develops and markets orthopedic implant devices, related surgical instruments and biologic materials.