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Materialise NV Announces Collaboration with Mathys Ltd Bettlach
Mathys to use Materialise’s web-based Shoulder Guide System, allowing surgeons to virtually plan their surgeries and use 3D printed patient-specific guides
LEUVEN,
Hilde Ingelaere, Executive Vice President of Materialise’s Medical Segment, states, “Through our collaboration with Mathys, our goal is to enable even more surgeons to discover the benefits of 3D printing in the planning and execution of total and reverse shoulder replacement surgeries. It is through partnerships like this that we at Materialise continue realizing our mission of developing innovations that result in a better and healthier world. ”
Ronald Lenzeder, Director Marketing of Mathys, said, “Since 1958, Mathys has been committed to offering our clients and their patients the best possible restoration of quality of life. By including Materialise’s Shoulder Guide System in our portfolio, we are able to deliver on this promise by helping surgeons achieve more predictable surgical outcomes through the use of pre-operative planning and 3D printed patient-specific guides.”
The Materialise Shoulder Guide System, a solution consisting of easy-to-use 3D surgical planning software and patient-specific surgical guides for shoulder surgery, allows surgeons to efficiently and accurately plan shoulder surgeries based on the patient’s unique anatomy. Based on that pre-operative plan, patient-specific guides are designed and 3D printed for use during surgery.
About Materialise
With its headquarters in Leuven,
About Mathys Ltd Bettlach
Swiss Orthopedics Company Mathys
was founded in 1946 and looks back at 58 years of experience in the
field of medical technology. Since
Mathys operates 11 subsidiaries in
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Materialise Shoulder Guide System is not commercially available with
Mathys implants in
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Materialise NV
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