Smith+Nephew
Smith+Nephew is a portfolio medical technology company, focused on the repair, regeneration and replacement of soft and hard tissue. We exist to restore people's bodies and their self-belief by using technology to take the limit off living.
CORI◊ Digital Tensioner: What's the Real Value?
Dr. Aric Christal provides an illustrative talk on the value of assessing joint laxity in the native knee before bony resection and how the CORI Digital Tensioner reduces variability by 64% (Ref 1), allowing optimal ligament tension every time, in every patient (Ref 2). He compares soft tissue balancing with the CORI Digital Tensioner to manual tensioning in TKA procedures. This talk also conveys important features/benefits of using the first device to assess ligament laxity before bony resection on the femur or tibia, with a robotic system (Ref 1 and 3).
References:
1. Smith+Nephew 2022. Optimus TKA Tensioner Gap Assessment Verification Report. Internal Report. 10059269.
2. Smith+Nephew 2022. Tensioner KPC: Tensioner Calibration Check. Internal Report. TR100116, Rev.B.
3. Smith+Nephew 2021. Tensioner Design Verification Test Report. Internal Report. TR100123.
