Smart Medical Devices
SMARTdrill 6.0
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Conventional techniques for drilling bone and placing screws in
orthopedic surgery have their drawbacks — specifically, they
involve a lot of trial and error, guesswork, safety risks and, potential-
ly, waste. SMARTdrill 6.0 seeks to solve this problem — and reduce
the number of steps to place surgical hardware — with digital tech-
nology. It provides surgeons with real-time drilling data and drill bit
location, which can inform clinical decisions and choice of implant
hardware. The company says it reduces drill and screw plunge and
accurately measures depth, torque and energy in real time, present-
ing data to the surgeon via a graphical user interface.
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