Enabling Technologies

Smart Orthopedic Tech Offers Intelligent Incisions

(ODT) – Smart technology in surgery includes a suite of technologies all aiming at improving the patient’s care journey and the surgeon’s procedural efficiency and success. It encompasses artificial intelligence (AI), robotics, augmented reality (AR), 3D printing, implants with embedded sensors, and much more to improve precision and outcomes. […]

Press Release

Smart Implants to Monitor Healing

Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh Swanson School of Engineering are creating patient-specific 3D-printed smart metamaterial implants that double as sensors to monitor spinal healing. A paper detailing their work was recently published in the journal Advanced Functional Materials. […]