Materialise NV Announces Collaboration With Consensus Orthopedics (press release)
Consensus to Use Materialise's Knee Guide System, Allowing Surgeons Working With Consensus' Knee Implants to Plan Their Surgeries in 3D and Use 3D Printed Patient-Specific Guides
Materialise NV, a leading provider of 3D software and sophisticated 3D printing solutions, and pioneer in medical image based knee guide technology, today announced that Consensus Orthopedics Inc. will use its Knee Guide System.
The Materialise Knee Guide System, a solution consisting of easy-to-use 3D surgical planning software and patient-specific surgical guides for knee surgery, allows surgeons to efficiently and accurately plan knee surgeries based on the patient's unique anatomy and structural damage. Based on that pre-operative plan, patient-specific guides are designed and 3D printed for use during surgery. This widely-used system will now include Consensus Orthopedics.
Jeroen Dille, Director of Materialise's Clinical Unit, states: "Since the start of Materialise 25 years ago, it has been our mission to improve people's lives through meaningful applications of 3D printing. It is the realization of this mission that fi...
