Q&A With Jay Pierce, CEO of OrthoSensor (MedGadget)
Orthopedic surgery can often seem like car repair as wrenches, hammers, and other metal tools are put to work on the human body. And just like car mechanics of decades past, surgeons with years of experience develop the necessary intuition when performing certain procedures. Hoping to bring modern technology to orthopedic implants, and take a lot of the guesswork out of implantation and help monitor the devices post surgery, OrthoSensor, a company with offices in Florida and Arizona, has developed a system that can monitor various parameters, like movement and applied forces from within the implant, and relay the data wirelessly to the surgeon. We had a chance to ask Jay Pierce, CEO of OrthoSensor, a few questions about the technology and how it came to be.
Justin Barad, MD, Medgadget: How did the original OrthoSensor concept come to be?
Jay Pierce, CEO of OrthoSensor: The company was founded by an orthopedic surgeon named Martin Roche, MD, who performed a lot of hip and knee replacements, and also trained a lot of surgeons on those procedures. Total joint replacement surgery has historically been somewhat of a feel-based ar...
