Lima & Materialise's Knee Surgery Guides

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Through Materialis’s solution surgeons can efficiently and accurately plan knee surgeries based on the patient’s unique anatomy and structural damage. Based on that pre-operative plan, patient-specific guides are designed and 3D printed for use during surgery. Lima Corporate will now offer this solution to its surgeons with respect to the materialise lima knew feature

Lima Corporate provides reconstructive orthopaedic solutions to surgeons who face the challenges of improving the quality of life of their patients. The company, which has access to several in-house Arcam electron beam melting 3D printers, is committed to the development of innovative products and procedures to enable surgeons to select the ideal solution for every individual patient.

Its product range includes large joint revision and primary implants, as well as complete extremities solutions, including fixation. As mentioned, it also included trabecular titanium production capabilities, which are used for skull and hip implants among others. Now, it also adds surgical guides for knee surgery and it really looks like the 3D printed implant portfolio will soon grow to include the entire spectrum of bone implants, quite literally from head to toe.

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