Leuven, Belgium-based Materialise NV and Gainesville, Florida-based Exactech, Inc. are collaborating to bring personalized implants to patients with severe shoulder defects.
Exactech will now offer the Materialise Glenius as part of its extensive orthopedic implant portfolio. According to Materialise, the Glenius is a “personalized implant for treating non-inflammatory and inflammatory degenerative joint disease, bone deformities at the glenoid, and structural bone loss of the scapula.” Additionally, “most patients present Wallace type 2 and 3 defects in primary and revision cases.”
Furthermore, said Materialise, “orthopedic surgeons can leverage Materialise’s personalized implants to treat patients with substantial glenoid bone loss for whom standard and augmented reverse shoulder implants would not lead to sustainable results.”
Materialise Vice President, Medical Brigitte de Vet stated, “Demand is growing in the orthopedic industry for personalization of medical devices.”
de Vet continued, “Medical device companies adopt mass personalization by starting with high-value use cases and moving towards more high-volume applications. Materialise is dedicated to enabling researchers, engineers, and clinicians to revolutionize patient-specific treatment that improves clinical outcomes.”
Materialise Glenius is currently sold directly in Australia, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom. It is currently not commercially available in Canada and the United States.
Exactech Sr. Vice President, Extremities Chris Roche commented, “By including the Materialise Glenius implant into our existing offering, we’re providing surgeons in Europe and Australia access to an even more extensive shoulder portfolio.”
Roche continued, “We are happy to partner with Materialise to bring greater personalization and additional artificial intelligence technology to shoulder reconstruction.”
Materialise combines 3D printing services and software solutions to offer solutions to a broad range of industries. It utilizes 3D printing technologies to create personalized implants and countless other products.
Exactech is a global medical device company. It creates and markets implants, surgical instruments, and smart technologies for the orthopedic industry.
