Custom-made surgical guides have a wide application area. They help surgeons manipulate complex orthopedic cases. In collaboration with the pre-operative planning and the detailed patient’s bones, they allow the surgeοns to perform surgeries with safety and accuracy. Every step of the surgery is implemented with no risk of unpredictable complications.
Surgical Guides
At bio3Dvet we specialize in patient-specific surgical guides for complex orthopaedic cases. We use state-of-the-art CAD systems to make the angle calculations for the bones, performing a virtual simulation of the surgery. Through 3D-Printing technology we are able to create in a short time, high-precision surgical guides that are fully consistent with the patient’s anatomy and needs. Our guide systems are made of high-accuracy, biocompatible resins and can be sterilized using an autoclave at 121°C / 250 °F and at 134°C / 273°F.
Our experienced team works closely with the surgeon in order to design a guide system that fulfils his needs. Our big experience ensures a high-quality final result.
bio3Dvet’s surgical guides main benefits:
- Precision – The surgical guides ensure that the final result will be according to the pre-operative planning.
- Reduce risk – The surgery is implemented according to the pre-operative planning that simulates every step.
- Reduce time – The surgical guides reduce dramatically the surgical time.
- Reduce surgeon risk – The surgical process is first simulated in a digital environment.
- Customization – This is the key to success.
- Minimal Invasiveness – The surgeon achieves minimal invasiveness.
- Quick rehabilitation – Due to the minimal invasiveness the rehabilitation comes faster.
Our Workflow
Veterinary Applications
A typically bio3Dvet’s guide system includes:
- 3D-printed bones in their deformity situation (items are printed in non-compatible plastic)
- 3D-printed bones in the corrected position (items are printed in non-compatible plastic)
- 2x osteotomy guides (printed in biocompatible resin)
- 2x stabilizer-reduction guide (printed in biocompatible resin)Note: all items can be printed in biocompatible resin although biocompatible resin is significantly more expensive.
Bone deformities
Distal Femoral Osteotomies , Antebrachial deformities, Complex Bone Deformities, Proximal Tibial Osteotomy, Fractures.
Spinal stabilization
Our team works closely with the surgeons in order to make optimized surgery planning for the customer’s needs. We use advanced CAD-CAM-CAE systems to improve the communication between engineers, veterinarians and customers.
At bio3Dvet, we say that “the key to success is the pre-operative planning!”.
Humeral Intracondylar Fissure (HIF/IOHC) – Transcodylar Screw
Humeral intracondylar fissure (also known as incomplete ossification of the humeral condyle) is a condition in which there is a weakness in the humeral condyle –part of the elbow joint in the forelimb.
Sacral-iliac luxation
Sacroiliac luxation is defined as traumatic separation of the iliac wing from the sacrum, without fracture of either structure.
Neurosurgery
3D-Printed Patient-Specific Surgical Guide to Facilitate Transsphenoidal Hypophysectomy.
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