Sophie MUNOZ VINCENT

MEDTECH - www.medtech.fr

MedTech, founded in 2002, is an innovative company specialized in robot assisted surgery.

MedTech first product is a surgical robot called BRIGIT™ (an acronym for “Bone Resection Instrument Guidance by Intelligent Tool”) used in orthopedic surgery for knee reconstruction. During a knee arthoplasty surgical procedure, this voice-activated surgical robot provides the surgeon with the ability to accurately position instruments based upon patient-specific, pre-operative plans established through a software interface. The surgeon then makes surgical cuts at precise angles required for the patient’s specific anatomy and the robot arm assists the surgeons in maintaining the desired position.
Use of the BRIGIT system has the potential to reduce the number of instruments needed in knee surgery and is designed to shorten the transition between different steps in a surgical procedure. It also has the potential to benefit hospitals by reducing procedure times through minimizing the number of instruments used, which can also reduce requirements for cleaning and sterilization of instruments.
MedTech obtained regulatory clearance for European and North American markets (CE Marking and 510(k)). On March 22, 2006, Zimmer Holdings, Inc. (NYSE and SWX: ZMH), a world leader in the orthopaedics industry, acquired from MedTech all of the intellectual property for this intelligent surgical assistive robot.

MedTech continues to develop and market technologies matching surgeons’ needs. The Company currently focuses on Neurosurgical applications through its product ROSA and plans to further expand its technology to other fields of surgery.

ROSA™ is the first multi-application platform for Neurosurgery, offering valuable assistance in a variety of neurosurgical procedures (EEG, stereotactic brain biopsies, open-sky procedures, neuroendoscopy, etc.).
ROSA™ system includes preoperative planning software, navigation, 3D visualization and robotics capabilities.
ROSA™ features both conventional marker-based registration and an exclusive contactless automatic surface matching technique.