Is this the future of orthopaedics?
The development of smart implants for use in orthopaedic surgery has the potential for making dramatic improvements to patient diagnostics. The global market for orthopaedic devices is booming. It’s currently valued at US $60.2 billion and is projected to be worth $81.4 billion by 2027 1, though when it comes to a better quality of life, the value for patients who are fitted with implants such as prosthetic knees, hips or elbows is priceless.The development of smart implants for use in orthopaedic surgery has the potential for making dramatic improvements to patient diagnostics. Dominic Connor, Seco Tools’ Global Medical Application Engineer, explains more about this new technology.
The global market for orthopaedic devices is booming. It’s currently valued at US $60.2 billion and is projected to be worth $81.4 billion by 2027 1, though when it comes to a better quality of life, the value for patients who are fitted with implants such as prosthetic knees, hips or elbows is priceless.
The sophistication of implants is also growing. The latest frontier for the technology is ‘smart implants’. In August 2021, industry giant Zimmer Biomet and medtech company Canary Medical announced the launch of Persona IQ ®, the world’s first ‘smart knee’, cleared by the US Food and Drug Administration for use in knee replacement surgery.
The ‘smart knee’ combines the proven technology of Zimmer Biomet’s prosthetic knee with Canary Medical’s implantable reporting processor (CHIRP). The processing chip is implanted inside the tibial extension segment of the knee, which is actually anchored to the patient’s tibia.
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