Stryker
Stand number: 13
Stryker - Advancing Meaningful Innovation
Stryker is a broadly based, global leader in medical technology that consistently delivers exceptional results. We make a difference in the world, especially for patients, by advancing meaningful innovation, reducing healthcare costs and ultimately Improving peoples lives.
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FACT: 80% of elderly women would rather die than suffer a Hip Fracture.
FACT: 20% of Hip Fracture patients die within one year.
FACT: 25% of Hip Fracture patients NEVER return home.
FACT: By 2020 the 101,000 fractured neck of femur cases will cost the NHS > £2.5 Billion.
These truly shocking statistics come from the BOA's Blue Book 'The care of patients with fragility fracture' published in September 2007.
How can Stryker help to improve the lot of this group of patients through advancing meaningful innovation where a hip replacement is the treatment of choice ?
X3 Polyethylene is a material advancement in bearing technology in hip and knee replacement. In the hip it's superior strength means that the acetabular component can be made significantly thinner, this allows for the replacement head of the femur to be significantly larger. A larger head is closer to natural anatomy. Restoring a more natural anatomy gives the patient more confidence and speeds rehabilitation. Early treatment and mobilisation is key to reducing the risks to these patients. X3 is the key to cost effective 'big heads'.
How does X3™ make a difference ? A cost effective material advancement in hip and knee technology which offers the possibility of extending the indications for advanced bearings.
The Stryker stand innovation offering at EXPO will centre on the installation of an i-suite, which will feature a carefully selected range of their most innovative/patient benefitting products, including:
i-Suite Integrated Operating Room / Communications – Designed to create the optimal operating environment for surgeon, staff and patient through integrated technology. Connecting surgeons and other medical professionals with the information that they need. Systems that exchange MRI’s, x-rays, live pictures and other data amongst operating rooms, doctor’s offices and teaching institutions around the world making real time telemedicine a reality.
Navigation – Redefining the way surgeries are performed. Our technology combines tracking devices and wireless instruments to more accurately analyse and monitor instrumentation relative to a patient’s anatomy during surgical procedures.
PrecisioN – An enabling technology bringing together Stryker navigation, power tool and innovative disposable knee arthroplasty cutting guides to help deliver a Total Knee Arthroplasty procedure with tremendous accuracy and a greatly reduced instrument platform. The facilitation of this technology is a robust femoral sizing algorhythm on the Stryker navigation system and the Precision saw which because it only oscillates at its tip permits the use of plastic, disposable cutting blocks.
Zoom - is a state-of-the-art powered patient transport stretcher that makes moving patients virtually effortless. It solves many problems for hospitals that have slopes or ramps and for departments handling heavy patients (eg A&E / theatres). Many hospitals are experiencing nursing and portering staff shortages because of recruitment and retention issues and an ageing nursing population. This adversely impacts operational efficiency and quality of patient care. There is also a related high level of patient-associated manual handling injury for these staff, which incur significant compensation costs and adds to the staffing issue. Increasing levels of obesity in patients exacerbate both problems.
Shape Matching Technology - Takes things a step further permitting a more custom built knee implant for each patient and their own personalised cutting guides. MRI or CT scan technology is used to gather the 3D information required, together with some mathematics which have their origins in Stryker navigation software. The end result should be custom fit with minimal instrumentation and bespoke instrumentation for each patient.
JointPathways - A goal driven patient pathway programme designed to improve patient experience before, during and after joint replacement surgery. The programme's goal is to educate and assist patients from the moment they come into contact with a hospital on their journey, to support them and staff right through to the time they leave hospital care and beyond in their life after joint replacement surgery.
For the hospital, the programme breaks into three modules: Patient Education, Process Enhancement and then finally - Marketing and Community Outreach. For the patient JointPathways aims to provide a fluid and most importantly, consistent and empowering programme of education and goal driven rehabilitation to a better more active life, well satisfied with their experience.
X3 Poly Bearing Surfaces - X3 is the first highly crosslinked polyethylene to address three of the major causes of failure in hip and knee replacement. X3 polyethylene is used in the bearing surfaces of joint replacements. Provides long term performance through preserving strength, reducing wear and resisting oxidation. One of the major reasons for failure of joint replacements is the wearing outof the bearing surface. X3 gives significantly reduced wear meaning a longer lasting joint, less revision surgery and the associated costs savings.
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