mediCAD Hectec GmbH today announced that the company has signed a cooperation agreement with the AO Foundation for the joint development of deformity analysis and osteotomy planning tools based on their software mediCAD® to improve patient outcomes and increase efficiency of care.
Through the agreement, mediCAD Hectec will be a partner of the AO Technical Commission to move forward on the development and promotion of new ways in hybrid planning methodologies, patellofemoral measurements, deformity corrections, validations, improvements and determination of measurement parameters as well as automatic dimensioning, dynamic planning, learning algorithms and full automatic processing in preoperative digital 2D and 3D knee planning.
“We are delighted to partner with the AO Technical Commission Trauma on this project. AO with its huge and profound expert knowledge through global leading orthopedic surgeons combined with our planning solution will make meaningful contribution to the global healthcare market in the area of preoperative digital planning”, states Jörn Seel, CEO at mediCAD Hectec GmbH.
The AO Foundation, founded in 1984, provides professional education to an extensive global network of surgeons, operating room personnel and scientists in more than 100 countries. It is a medically guided, not-for profit organization, a global network of surgeons and the premier education, innovation, and research organization for the surgical treatment of trauma and musculoskeletal disorders.
Through the agreement, mediCAD Hectec will be a partner of the AO Technical Commission to move forward on the development and promotion of new ways in hybrid planning methodologies, patellofemoral measurements, deformity corrections, validations, improvements and determination of measurement parameters as well as automatic dimensioning, dynamic planning, learning algorithms and full automatic processing in preoperative digital 2D and 3D knee planning.
“We are delighted to partner with the AO Technical Commission Trauma on this project. AO with its huge and profound expert knowledge through global leading orthopedic surgeons combined with our planning solution will make meaningful contribution to the global healthcare market in the area of preoperative digital planning”, states Jörn Seel, CEO at mediCAD Hectec GmbH.
The AO Foundation, founded in 1984, provides professional education to an extensive global network of surgeons, operating room personnel and scientists in more than 100 countries. It is a medically guided, not-for profit organization, a global network of surgeons and the premier education, innovation, and research organization for the surgical treatment of trauma and musculoskeletal disorders.
