Materialise and Exactech Collaborate on Personalized Implants

Materialise entered into a collaboration with Exactech to provide treatment options for patients with severe shoulder defects. Exactech will include the Materialise Glenius implant in their portfolio, enabling surgeons to help patients with personalized implants in Europe and Australia.

Orthopedic surgeons can leverage Materialise’s personalized implants to treat patients with substantial glenoid bone loss for whom standard and augmented reverse shoulder implants would not lead to sustainable results.

Materialise’s Clinical Engineers design each Glenius implant based on the patient’s unique anatomy using 3D data, simulation and artificial intelligence. Optimizing the fixation and stability of the implant while maximizing bone preservation aims for more predictable clinical outcomes in the most challenging eroded glenoid scenarios.

Materialise helps clinicians and medical device companies with implants, surgical guides, software, and other 3D technologies to provide mass personalization to patients around the world.

Source: Exactech and Materialise