New HipSextant is a simple mechanical navigation system that aligns the Hip Cups intraoperatively

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HipSextant™ Navigation System Receives Its First Commercial Use (press release)

Device Aligns Hip Implant Cup (written by Biloine Young @ OTW)
According to an October 18 press release, a surgical instrument to better align an artificial hip implant’s cup was used for the first time commercially at Putnam Hospital Center in Carmel, New York, by Dr. Winshih Chang, an orthopedic surgeon with training in biomedical engineering.  The HipSextant Navigation System, which received Class II FDA clearance as a patient-specific manual navigation instrument, w...

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