Regardless of the source, when a medical device fails to meet lifecycle standards, the results are product recalls, lost market share, insurance claims and, of course, litigation. All of which are costly propositions.
In just over two decades, Mike Miller founded and led Stealth Technologies from a five-man operation supplying high-performance auto parts to its existence today as Orchid Orthopedic Solutions, one of the larger contract manufacturers in orthopaedics.
The procedure offers 3D mini-optical navigation to provide quantifiable intra-op measurements for cup position, leg length and offset in Direct Anterior Approach Total Hip Arthroplasty.
The system establishes the mechanical axis of the tibia, determining varus/valgus angle and the posterior slope angle of the cutting block relative to the tibia, for the transverse resection.