07.28.15
Belgium-based Materialise NV, a provider of 3-D software and printing solutions, signed an agreement with Italian orthopedic firm Lima Corporate for the use of surgical guides for partial knee implants.
The deal allows Lima to offer the Materialise-powered surgical knee guide system in the European Economic Area and Switzerland.
"Materialise first pioneered medical image-based guide technology, including solutions for the knee, as part of our company-wide mission to realize a better and healthier world through meaningful applications of 3-D printing,” said Jeroen Dille, director of Materialise's Clinical Unit. “Through this collaboration with
Lima, orthopedic surgeons will be able to benefit from the advantages that 3-D printing can offer in the planning and execution of partial knee arthroplasty."
Luigi Ferrari, CEO of Lima Corporate, said: "Lima is committed to supporting healthcare professionals in their daily efforts to improve the lives of their patients and to enabling better outcomes for patients and healthcare systems. The aim of our collaboration with Materialise is to allow the surgeons we work with to continue to pre-operatively plan and use patient-specific guides in pursuit of more predictable surgical outcomes."
Materialise has 25 years of experience in 3-D planning and printing for medical applications, which includes the development of dedicated 3-D visualization and planning software, engineering and design services and the production of 3-D printed patient-specific guides and implants.
Materialise offers 3-D surgical planning software and patient-specific surgical guides for knee surgery, allowing surgeons to efficiently and accurately plan based on the patient's unique anatomy and structural damage.
Based on that pre-operative plan, patient-specific guides are designed and 3-D printed for use during surgery.
Lima Corporate will offer this solution to its surgeons with respect to the unicondylar knee system that it recently acquired from Zimmer. The acquisition of the Zimmer’s technology took place earlier this year to satisfy European regulators prior to their approval of the sale of Biomet Inc. to Zimmer Holdings Inc.
Lima Corporate is a global medical device company providing reconstructive orthopedic solutions. The company’s product range includes large-joint revision and primary implants and complete extremities solutions, including fixation.
The deal allows Lima to offer the Materialise-powered surgical knee guide system in the European Economic Area and Switzerland.
"Materialise first pioneered medical image-based guide technology, including solutions for the knee, as part of our company-wide mission to realize a better and healthier world through meaningful applications of 3-D printing,” said Jeroen Dille, director of Materialise's Clinical Unit. “Through this collaboration with
Lima, orthopedic surgeons will be able to benefit from the advantages that 3-D printing can offer in the planning and execution of partial knee arthroplasty."
Luigi Ferrari, CEO of Lima Corporate, said: "Lima is committed to supporting healthcare professionals in their daily efforts to improve the lives of their patients and to enabling better outcomes for patients and healthcare systems. The aim of our collaboration with Materialise is to allow the surgeons we work with to continue to pre-operatively plan and use patient-specific guides in pursuit of more predictable surgical outcomes."
Materialise has 25 years of experience in 3-D planning and printing for medical applications, which includes the development of dedicated 3-D visualization and planning software, engineering and design services and the production of 3-D printed patient-specific guides and implants.
Materialise offers 3-D surgical planning software and patient-specific surgical guides for knee surgery, allowing surgeons to efficiently and accurately plan based on the patient's unique anatomy and structural damage.
Based on that pre-operative plan, patient-specific guides are designed and 3-D printed for use during surgery.
Lima Corporate will offer this solution to its surgeons with respect to the unicondylar knee system that it recently acquired from Zimmer. The acquisition of the Zimmer’s technology took place earlier this year to satisfy European regulators prior to their approval of the sale of Biomet Inc. to Zimmer Holdings Inc.
Lima Corporate is a global medical device company providing reconstructive orthopedic solutions. The company’s product range includes large-joint revision and primary implants and complete extremities solutions, including fixation.