Materialise NV Announces Expansion of Collaboration With Lima Corporate

Materialise NV

, a leading provider of 3D software and sophisticated 3D printing solutions, and pioneer in medical image based knee guide technology, today announced that Lima Corporate will use its Knee Guide System for the new full knee replacement implants released in April, 2015; Lima's Physica system. In July of this year, Materialise and Lima already announced the signing of an agreement for the use of surgical guides for partial knee implants. The Materialise Knee Guide System, a solution consisting of easy-to-use 3D surgical planning software and patient-specific surgical guides for knee surgery, allows surgeons to efficiently and accurately plan knee surgeries based on the patient's unique anatomy and structural damage. Based on that pre-operative plan, patient-specific guides are designed and 3D printed for use during surgery. This widely-used system will now include Lima Corporate and their Physica system. Lima's Physica system is designed to meet the needs of today's high-demand patients while enabling enhanced performance and function. The portfolio range provides the orthopedic surgeon a wide selection of sizes and options to respect the morphologies of every patient's native knee for a more physiological outcome. Jeroen Dille, Director of Materialise's Clinical Unit, states: "Just months after announcing our first contract with Lima Corporate, we are excited to announce another collaboration agreement, this time with regard to our Knee Guide System for total knee implants. Through this latest collaboration we are even further positioned to help even more surgeons discover the benefits that 3D printing can offer in the planning and execution of total knee arthroplasty." Luigi Ferrari, CEO of Lima Corporate said: "Lima is committed to supporting healthcare professionals in their daily efforts to improve the lives of their patients and to enabling better outcomes for patients and healthcare systems, and the Physica system demonstrates this commitment. The aim of our collaboration with Materialise remains unchanged. Our goal is to allow the surgeons we work with to pre-operatively plan and use patient-specific guides in pursuit of more predictable surgical outcomes." Materialise has 25 years of experience in 3D planning and printing for medical applications, which includes the development of dedicated 3D visualization and planning software, engineering and design services and the production of 3D printed patient-specific guides and implants.