A humble beginning with vision, perseverance, and teamwork
Lento’s PtoleMedic System for Pre-operative Personalized Surgery Plan
Once upon a time, there was an engineer who dreamed of a world where every joint replacement surgery returned with a high-quality outcome, with smiling patients walking and sitting painlessly, happy families, and accomplished surgeons. His name was Ilwan (Ben) Park.
After finishing post-graduate studies at UC Berkeley with a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, Ben pursued different career routes until he landed in an orthopedic robotic company in 1990s. As the technical lead in the first several human cases with robotic in Total Knee Replacement (TKR) surgery, Ben had a foundational realization: attaining precision in TKR did not need more precise tools (such as robots), but rather a more precise and personalized plan with effective execution.
Ben began a quest to address “precision” planning in total joint replacement surgery. He observed those closest to him. His mom’s friends, mostly between 60 to 80-year-old, suffered from low quality of life either due to shortcoming of their TKR surgery or the aversion to undertaking it; many contin...
