The VIP™ preoperative planning system is a medical device designed to facilitate the transfer of information between surgeons and Arthrex technicians. With purposeful functionality, the application allow surgeons to make adjustments to protocol-based plans created by Arthrex technicians. Once the initial plan is created, a surgeon can adjust an implant’s position and orientation on the isolated scapula in both 2D and 3D within the ArthrexVIP application. The application also serves as a communication channel between surgeons and technicians through the approval process. Once a plan is approved in the application, further changes are prohibited.
Key Features:
View bones and implants in 3D as well as orthographic 2D cross sections
Display/adjust plans created by Arthrex technicians
Comments function that allows surgeons and technicians to communicate
Perform angle and length measurements in 2D views
Surgeons can approve preoperative plans by typing their password into the application
Snap the view of the 3D model to anatomic reference planes (anterior, posterior, inferior, superior)
Adjust the type and size of the implant that was chosen by the Arthrex technician
Show/hide 3D model components (guide pin, implant, bone)
Show the original CT slices in the 2D and 3D views
Adjust the transparency of the bone and implant in the 3D view from 0% to 100% visibility
View articulating surfaces for both anatomic and reverse total shoulder replacements
View and select locking and non-locking screw trajectories for baseplates with screw options
View backside seating coverage of the implant with the patient anatomy
View maximum gap and maximum depth of the implant into the patient anatomy
View planned postoperative deviation from the native center of rotation
View preoperative native volumetric humeral head subluxation
About Arthrex
Arthrex is a global medical device company and leader in new product development and medical education in orthopedics. With a corporate mission of Helping Surgeons Treat Their Patients Better™, Arthrex has pioneered the field of arthroscopy and develops more than 1,000 innovative products and procedures each year.
Arthrex continues to experience unprecedented growth and demand for our products throughout the world; however, we remain a privately held company with a family business culture committed to delivering uncompromising quality to the health care professionals who use our products, and ultimately, the millions of patients whose lives we impact.
We invite you to learn more about Arthrex and the positive contributions we are making to medicine and the communities we serve. Please visit us at www.arthrex.com.