09.24.13
Warsaw, Ind.-based Zimmer Holdings Inc. has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for its Zimmer patient-specific instruments (PSI) shoulder system, which is a partner system to its Trabecular Metal reverse shoulder system, for reverse shoulder arthroplasty procedures. The PSI Shoulder uses 3-D visualization software designed to allow a surgeon to create a customized surgical plan for each patient, and then provides patient-specific surgical instrument guides to facilitate placement of the implant corresponding to the personalized surgical plan. Zimmer PSI Shoulder has been available to a limited number of surgeons in Europe since May and it will now be made available to shoulder surgeons across the United States.
“Reverse shoulder arthroplasty has helped restore function and alleviate pain for thousands of patients each year,” said Roberto Munoz, vice president and general manager of Zimmer’s extremities business. “But the primary challenges remain on the glenoid. With PSI Shoulder, we present our surgeon customers with a powerful new tool to plan the glenoid side of the surgery with the patient’s unique anatomy in full view and functional needs in mind, resulting in a physical reference in the operating room to complete the surgery with confidence.”
The glenoid cavity is located on the lateral angle of the shoulder blade.
“Zimmer’s PSI shoulder makes you look at the patient in an entirely different way,” said Olivier Verborgt, M.D., of AZ-Monica hospital in Antwerp, Belgium, who has performed several Zimmer PSI shoulder cases. “The planning software and patient-specific instrument guides help you think about what you want to do in the [operating room], and then actually do it.”
Zimmer makes orthopedic reconstructive, spinal and trauma devices, dental implants, and related surgical products.
“Reverse shoulder arthroplasty has helped restore function and alleviate pain for thousands of patients each year,” said Roberto Munoz, vice president and general manager of Zimmer’s extremities business. “But the primary challenges remain on the glenoid. With PSI Shoulder, we present our surgeon customers with a powerful new tool to plan the glenoid side of the surgery with the patient’s unique anatomy in full view and functional needs in mind, resulting in a physical reference in the operating room to complete the surgery with confidence.”
The glenoid cavity is located on the lateral angle of the shoulder blade.
“Zimmer’s PSI shoulder makes you look at the patient in an entirely different way,” said Olivier Verborgt, M.D., of AZ-Monica hospital in Antwerp, Belgium, who has performed several Zimmer PSI shoulder cases. “The planning software and patient-specific instrument guides help you think about what you want to do in the [operating room], and then actually do it.”
Zimmer makes orthopedic reconstructive, spinal and trauma devices, dental implants, and related surgical products.
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