As total hip arthroplasty numbers rise in the United States, surgeons have created a market for an an affordable tool for intraoperative assessment of limb alignment and component positioning.
OrthoGrid Systems has created the HipGrid Drone, a non-invasive tool that facilitates alignment and positioning with results that meet or exceed other technology on the market.
Here's what you should know:
1. The HipGrip Drone is relatively low tech, lost cost and it reduces time surgeons spend in the operating room.
2. The device allows surgeons to achieve proper cup abduction, leg length and hip offset.
3. The device is being marketed as the first of its kind to provide solutions that improve surgical results and lower costs.
4. OrthoGrid CEO Richard Boddington said "Why eyeball a procedure when you can verify alignment and positioning onscreen in real time? It aligns surgeons', administrators' and patients' goals of good, low-cost clinical outcomes for outpatient THA procedures perfectly.
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