LimaCorporate and HSS Open First Provider-based Design and 3D Printing Center for Complex Joint Reconstruction

LimaCorporate opened the first provider-based design and 3D printing facility for custom complex joint replacement. Known as the ProMade PoC (Point of Care) Center, the FDA-regulated commercial facility is located at the Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) main campus in New York City. The Center will create faster and more accessible care for U.S. patients requiring personalized solutions for their orthopedic conditions.

HSS patients will be scanned onsite, and their custom implant will be designed and fabricated in the onsite center using LimaCorporate’s Trabecular Titanium technology. This design and manufacturing service will also be accessible to patients from other U.S. hospitals.

HSS and LimaCorporate have worked together on patient-specific custom solutions since 2016. Now, under one roof, increased daily interactions between LimaCorporate’s ProMade engineers and HSS surgeons and engineers will enable both to draw on their collective intelligence and leverage combined strengths to advance solutions to solve some of the world’s most complex orthopedic cases.

Until now, HSS reserved this approach only for its most extreme cases. Like all hospitals, it worked with outside manufacturers to produce 3D-printed parts, a process that took three months and limited the number of these surgeries it could perform per year. HSS anticipates that 3D printing onsite will cut the production timeline in half for patients.

The process offers an alternative to use of off-the-shelf joint replacements, which may require future surgeries when the implant wears out.

“The Promade PoC Center opening marks the next stage of realizing our ultimate goal: to restore the emotion of motion, by empowering surgeons to improve patient outcomes from joint replacement surgery,” said LimaCorporate CEO Luigi Ferrari. “We are no stranger to challenging the status quo and, through this world-leading partnership, will continue to innovate our industry-leading solutions to answer real patient needs. We look forward to sharing our expertise with HSS and furthering our commitment to advancing patient-centric care.”

“This groundbreaking partnership continues our campaign to advance the musculoskeletal field for patients in and beyond HSS,” said Louis A. Shapiro, CEO and President of HSS. “Nearly half a century ago, HSS experts developed the modern total knee replacement, transforming the lives of millions of patients. Today, alongside LimaCorporate, we hope to further accelerate critical musculoskeletal solutions by expanding our ecosystem and providing surgeons with best-in-class technology for their procedures.”

JAV

Julie A. Vetalice is ORTHOWORLD's Editorial Assistant. She has covered the orthopedic industry for over 20 years, having joined the company in 1999.

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