medical tech – AC Demo

March 17, 2016

Intellijoint Surgical and Corin Group enter strategic partnership for intellijoint HIP

Waterloo, Ontario, March 17, 2016 – Intellijoint Surgical Inc., a privately held Canadian medical technology company committed to developing and commercializing miniaturized surgical smart tools announced today the signing of a distribution agreement with Corin Group. The deal gives Corin distribution rights for Intellijoint’s flagship product, intellijoint HIP™, in Australia and paves the way for broader distribution and co-development between the two companies.

intellijoint HIP provides surgeons with vital intraoperative measurements in real time, enabling proper establishment of cup position, equalization of leg length and restoration of hip offset. These critical measurements enable surgeons and hospitals to improve surgical outcomes by reducing uncertainty and risk, while improving patient outcomes and economics.

Russ Mably, Corin’s Chief Operating Officer commented, “We are delighted to partner with such a progressive company as Intellijoint Surgical, and are excited about our future collaboration. This partnership will further strengthen our market leading position in functional implant positioning with our existing OPS Technology (Optimized Positioning System), and underlines our commitment to continue to invest in Personalized Procedural Innovation”.

“We are pleased to partner with Corin to offer intellijoint HIP to surgeons in Australia. The broader capability of Corin’s organization and their commitment to innovation will expand access to the latest technology available for 3D surgical measurement to the growing Australian hip replacement market where surgeons currently perform about 45,000 procedures annually. We look forward to the beginning of a meaningful relationship between our two companies and are excited about future opportunities,” says Armen Bakirtzian, Chief Executive Officer and Co-founder of Intellijoint Surgical.

About Intellijoint Surgical Inc.

Intellijoint Surgical is a Waterloo-based innovative medical technology company. Founded in 2010, they develop and commercialize miniaturized surgical smart tools that enhance surgeon accuracy, increase hospital economic efficiencies, and improve patient outcomes. The company’s R&D team is led by the former co-founder of Medtronic’s computer assisted surgery division, and driven by a team of renowned orthopaedic surgeons: Drs. Allan Gross and David Backstein in Toronto, Dr. Wayne Paprosky in Chicago, Dr. Javad Parvizi in Philadelphia and Drs. Michael Cross and Ran Schwarzkopf in New York.

About Corin Group

As a leader in orthopaedic innovation, Corin has pioneered a number of landmark developments since it was founded in 1985. Corin is very proud to have been able to improve the quality of life of hundreds of thousands of patients around the world through the introduction of these groundbreaking products, and believes that this heritage distinguishes Corin within the global orthopaedic market. Corin’s talented and dedicated teams share a common commitment – to deliver quality orthopaedic products, procedural innovation technologies and services to patients, surgeons and healthcare providers, which exceed their expectations and positively impact their lives, through Responsible Innovation.

January 14, 2016

Aultman Hospital Goes Live with Client Outlook's eUnity

AC Grad’s Universal Image Viewer Provides All Users With Anywhere, Anytime Access to Diagnostic Quality Images Regardless of Underlying System

WATERLOO, ON (Marketwired – January 13, 2016) – Client Outlook Inc., a leading provider of FDA Class II diagnostic and clinical image viewing solutions, announced today that Aultman Hospital, Stark County Ohio’s largest hospital and largest employer, has gone live with Client Outlook’s eUnity™. The universal image viewer is now used hospital-wide by more than 2,000 physicians, referring physicians, residents, nurses and registered practical nurses for anywhere, anytime viewing of diagnostic quality images.

Aultman chose eUnity for its truly universal nature. Unlike the proprietary solutions offered by vendor neutral archive (VNA) vendors, eUnity is truly 100 percent agnostic. The viewer can be implemented on top of any PACS or any VNA, eliminating painful upgrades for users while completely future-proofing the imaging workflow. This approach frees the healthcare enterprise to make future changes to underlying infrastructure with minimal disruption.

“When we first began looking at a PACS replacement or upgrade a few years ago, we were very worried about change management. A change in system meant disruption for our physicians’ workflow and a support nightmare for our imaging and IT team,” says Rafael Gonzalez, executive director of imaging and information technologies at Aultman. “Then we discovered eUnity. More than any other product, it offered us a truly universal solution. It was vendor-neutral, browser-neutral and a completely agnostic solution that can work with anything. It supports all types of imaging and also offers incredibly fast querying of images from a variety of sources.”

“Aultman worked with the Client Outlook team to configure eUnity specific to the needs of its physicians, adding new hanging protocols to address how images first open, and image enabling their electronic medical records (EMR) system to allow users to open images in context with all of the other patient data,” says Brenda Rankin, Executive Vice President, Client Outlook. “Aultman and Client Outlook are working closely together to shape the future of enterprise image viewing, such as viewing EKGs — a current viewing challenge no other vendor can solve.”

“I keep saying the industry has it all backwards. What healthcare enterprises need is a universal viewer that can query anything and work with any underlying system. Then you are free to use any system you want,” says Gonzalez.

Availability

eUnity™ is available for iOS on the Apple App Store, for Android through Google Play. When used on mobile devices, eUnity™ is for reference and referral only.

About Client Outlook, Inc.

Client Outlook is an innovative healthcare technology company who design imaging solutions that ultimately save people’s lives. Driven by our own personal healthcare experiences, we challenge ourselves every day to develop and deliver the most practical, useful and secure diagnostic, clinical and mobility solution for physicians and frontline healthcare professionals — right where healthcare happens. For more information about our company and our eUnity™ product suite, visit us on the web at www.clientoutlook.com

January 12, 2016

Intellijoint Surgical Wins 2015 Frost & Sullivan Award for Enabling Technology Leadership

Frost & Sullivan Commends Intellijoint Surgical for the Success of intellijoint HIP™

Intellijoint Surgical’s core technology represents the latest in miniature 3D surgical measurement within the sterile field — intellijoint HIP can improve accuracy in achieving preoperative planned targets, ultimately improving patient satisfaction and healthcare economics

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Jan. 12, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — Based on its recent analysis of the hip replacement market, Frost & Sullivan recognizes Intellijoint Surgical with the 2015 North American Frost & Sullivan Award for Enabling Technology Leadership. Intellijoint Surgical’s flagship product, intellijoint HIP™, can greatly increase the success rates of hip replacement procedures by providing orthopedic surgeons with real-time data measurements of cup position, leg length, and offset intraoperatively. Accurate implant selection and alignment improves patients’ outcomes and reduces overall treatment costs.

“intellijoint HIP™, incorporates Intellijoint Surgical’s proprietary core technology, a miniaturized 3D surgical measurement system placed within the sterile field that provides surgeons with accurate measurements in real-time,” said Frost & Sullivan Best Practices Director,Tonya Fowler. “The data assists surgeons in selecting the best-fitting implant for the patient and helps align the implant in the desired location that is critical for a successful surgical outcome.”

Orthopedic surgeons are equipped with preoperative images of the patient’s hip, but these images are only useful in helping the surgeon create a preoperative plan, not execute it. intellijoint HIP™ provides surgeons with 3D information intraoperatively, helping them with proper implant selection, positioning, and alignment that ultimately improves accuracy in achieving preoperative targets.

Aided by intellijoint HIP™, orthopedic surgeons no longer have to ‘eye ball’ or manually position hip implants, as the device enhances placement precision and minimizes the risk of joint instability, which can lead to additional negative consequences for the patient such as dislocation and leg length discrepancy. intellijoint HIP is safe, fast, accurate and seamlessly integrates with surgeons’ workflows. It is affordable and does not impact operating room time. Additionally, intellijoint HIP™ gives surgeons greater confidence to recommend hip replacement surgery, as the risk for revision hip surgery may be lowered.

Intellijoint Surgical is aware of the huge capital expenses hospitals incur in surgical procedures and, as such, the company does not demand a large upfront capital investment for intellijoint HIP™. Intellijoint Surgical has a pay-per-use model, with manageable fees that do not require C-level executive approvals. The approvals can be obtained from the Operating Room Manager.

“Intellijoint Surgical has demonstrated the long-term viability and impact of its core technology through its innovative new product in hip replacement. It is a great pleasure to recognize Intellijoint Surgical for developing a technology that allows all orthopedic surgeons to benefit from computer-assisted surgery and deliver improved outcomes for their patients,” said Krishna Srinivasan, global president and managing partner, Frost & Sullivan.

For its utility in enhancing the efficiency of orthopedic surgeries and reducing hospital costs, Frost & Sullivan is pleased to present Intellijoint Surgical with the 2015 North American Frost & Sullivan Award for Enabling Technology Leadership.

Each year, Frost & Sullivan presents this award to a company that has developed a pioneering technology that not only enhances current products but also enables the development of newer products and applications. The award recognizes the high market acceptance potential of the recipient’s technology.

Frost & Sullivan Best Practices awards recognize companies in a variety of regional and global markets for demonstrating outstanding achievement and superior performance in areas such as leadership, technological innovation, customer service and strategic product development. Industry analysts compare market participants and measure performance through in-depth interviews, analysis and extensive secondary research to identify best practices in the industry.

About Intellijoint Surgical

Intellijoint Surgical is a Waterloo-based innovative medical technology company. Founded in 2010, they develop and commercialize miniaturized surgical smart tools that enhance surgeon accuracy, increase hospital economic efficiencies, and improve patient outcomes. The company’s R&D team is led by the former co-founder of Medtronic’s computer assisted surgery division, and driven by a team of renowned orthopedic surgeons: Drs. Allan Gross and David Backstein in Toronto, Dr. Wayne Paprosky in Chicago, Dr. Javad Parvizi in Philadelphia and Drs. Michael Cross and Ran Schwarzkopf in New York.

About Frost & Sullivan

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