Orthofix, LimaCorporate Start Partnership for High Hip Dislocation

Orthofix and LimaCorporate began a licensing partnership for the U.S. market to provide a solution for chronic high dislocation of the hip.
 
The limb-lengthening technology of Orthofix’s Fitbone intramedullary nail system will be combined with LimaCorporate’s 3D-printed pelvic fixation device. Once implanted, the devices work together to help surgeons distract the femur to an anatomically correct position and correct the leg-length discrepancy. This reduces strain on the spine and allows for a total hip replacement to follow.
 
“We are excited to partner with LimaCorporate to bring together our complementary technologies to satisfy the previously unmet needs of patients requiring a personalized and unique complex hip replacement solution,” Kimberley Elting, President of Orthofix Orthopedics told the press. “This solution will be the only offering in the U.S. for certain patients with hip dysplasia or abnormalities of the hip leading to leg-length discrepancy, and reflects the strength and versatility of the Fitbone platform.”
 
“This new solution to treat chronic high hip dislocation is not currently cleared by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and is only available through an FDA Compassionate Use Exemption,” added Elting.
 
Emmanuel Bonhomme, LimaCorporate CEO, stated, “This partnership is an important opportunity for us to explore new segments and support even more U.S. surgeons and their patients. Additionally, the collaboration with the ProMade Point of Care Center (PoC Center), which opened last year, will bring added value in terms of experience and knowledge combined with our market-leading technologies in custom prosthesis.”
 
LimaCorporate’s ProMade 3D-printed custom service incorporates design and manufacturing in its PoC center located at the Hospital for Special Surgery’s (HSS) main campus in NYC.
 
“This new treatment method has shown compelling results demonstrating improved patient outcomes in this challenging cohort, and I am pleased to see this procedure now being made available to surgeons in the U.S.,” said Professor Rainer Baumgart, M.D., the surgeon-inventor of the Fitbone limb-lengthening system.
 
Patient-specific implants designed and made at the PoC center were successfully used in two complex joint reconstruction surgeries in March.