Healthcare Applications
- Pre-surgical planning: The ability to use models for pre-surgical planning reduces operating room time, lowers cost, and enhances patient outcomes by minimizing incision sizes, reducing recovery time and allowing for procedure rehearsals. Examples of pre-surgical planning:
- Implant pre-contouring (screw trajectory, screw selection/location, instrument selection, technique rehearsal)
- Custom implant manufacture: Z Corp. models permit the world’s leading implant manufacturers to fabricate custom implants rapidly and cost effectively for the ultimate in performance
- Physician to physician communication: Z Corp. models permit excellent communication between physicians and surgical teams; particularly useful in multi-disciplinary cases
- Powerful patient presentation tool: Z Corp. models enhance the physician’s ability to communicate with patients; raising confidence in the surgeon and the likelihood of a successful outcome
- Medical student/resident education: Z Corp. models prove very useful in communicating with students and residents. Complex 2D images can be converted into easy to understand 3D models that can be held and easily manipulated for a more complete understanding of the anatomy
- 3D Surface Scanning/Custom Prosthesis Design: Utilizing 3D surface imaging technology; custom prosthesis can be fabricated from Z Corp. models used as patterns for the development of molds