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Smith+Nephew introduces first of its kind handheld digital tensioning device for robotically-enabled total knee arthroplasty

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Monday, April 24, 2023
LSE, Abdominal musculature absent with microphthalmia and joint laxity, International Reporting Project, Surgeon, Digital, Ligament, Knee, Movement, Hospital for Special Surgery, TKA, Hospital, SNN, Robotics, Orthopedic surgery, NYSE, Software, 3D printing, Medical device

The CORI Digital Tensioner goes into the knee, you see a force or load being applied, and the gap it created.

Key Points: 
  • The CORI Digital Tensioner goes into the knee, you see a force or load being applied, and the gap it created.
  • A true tensioning device using a software interface that allows surgeons to choose their preferred target force value (50±10N, 100±10N, or 150±10N).
  • "The integration of this dedicated soft tissue tensioning device brings a new realm of objective data to the technique of knee replacement," commented Dr. Kaper.
  • Smith+Nephew CORI™ Digital Tensioner for total knee arthroplasty (TKA): ligament tensioning and assessment prior to bone resections.

Smith+Nephew introduces first of its kind handheld digital tensioning device for robotically-enabled total knee arthroplasty

Retrieved on: 
Monday, April 24, 2023
LSE, Abdominal musculature absent with microphthalmia and joint laxity, International Reporting Project, Surgeon, Digital, Ligament, Knee, Movement, Hospital for Special Surgery, TKA, Hospital, SNN, Robotics, Orthopedic surgery, NYSE, Software, 3D printing, Medical device

The CORI Digital Tensioner goes into the knee, you see a force or load being applied, and the gap it created.

Key Points: 
  • The CORI Digital Tensioner goes into the knee, you see a force or load being applied, and the gap it created.
  • A true tensioning device using a software interface that allows surgeons to choose their preferred target force value (50±10N, 100±10N, or 150±10N).
  • "The integration of this dedicated soft tissue tensioning device brings a new realm of objective data to the technique of knee replacement," commented Dr. Kaper.
  • Smith+Nephew CORI™ Digital Tensioner for total knee arthroplasty (TKA): ligament tensioning and assessment prior to bone resections.

Smith+Nephew receives Innovative Technology designation from Vizient for LEAF™ Patient Monitoring System

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Monday, January 30, 2023
Safety, The Queen's Award for Enterprise: Innovation (Technology) (2002), INT, Turning, DOM events, Conference, Use, Health, NYSE, Hapi (Nile god), International Reporting Project, LSE, Contraindication, Hospital, Patient safety, Treatment, Albanian American Organization Chameria, Poster, Vizient, Inc., Patient, US Commercial Real Estate Index, Senior, SNN, Hospital-acquired infection, Pharmaceutical industry, Nursing, Medical device, Critical care

LONDON, Jan. 30, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Smith+Nephew (LSE:SN, NYSE:SNN), the global medical technology company, today announces that its LEAF Patient Monitoring System has received an Innovative Technology designation from Vizient, Inc., the largest healthcare performance improvement company in the United States. Smith+Nephew exhibited the LEAF Patient Monitoring System at the Vizient Innovative Technology Exchange on October 17th in Dallas, Texas.

Key Points: 
  • LONDON, Jan. 30, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Smith+Nephew (LSE:SN, NYSE:SNN), the global medical technology company, today announces that its LEAF Patient Monitoring System has received an Innovative Technology designation from Vizient, Inc., the largest healthcare performance improvement company in the United States.
  • Smith+Nephew exhibited the LEAF Patient Monitoring System at the Vizient Innovative Technology Exchange on October 17th in Dallas, Texas.
  • "We will not settle until we've solved this challenge and are excited for the role our LEAF Patient Monitoring System will play - fast becoming a standard of patient care in the U.S. and reducing facility costs."
  • Schutt SC, Tarver C, Pezzani M. Pilot study: Assessing the effect of continual position monitoring technology on compliance with patient turning protocols.

Pulitzer Prize-Winning Photojournalist Lynsey Addario to Release From the Flames on MakersPlace: An NFT Collection Calling Attention to the Deadly Effects of Climate Change

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Wednesday, June 1, 2022
Carbon, National Geographic, Multimedia, Christie's, Sale, Photograph, Sierra, Lynsey Addario, Fire, MacArthur, CALFIRE, VC, Marketing, Wilderness, The Flames, International Reporting Project, Partnership, Awareness, International, Solution, Aerial, Collection, Climate change, Pulitzer Prize, Amazon, Non-fungible token, National Geographic Partners, Paganini Competition, NFT, Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Photography, National Geographic Image Collection, Dixie, Pulitzer, Wildland Firefighter Foundation, Flame, USD, Wildfire, Climate, Biomass, Ownership, Flood, Firefighter, Environment, ETH, The New York Times Magazine, SAN, DIXIE, Renewable energy, Cryptocurrency, Review, The New York Times, Web3, Mike Winkelmann

SAN FRANCISCO, June 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- MakersPlace, the premier marketplace for rare and authentic digital artworks, today announced in collaboration with Ioconic, the company integrating global brands into Web3, that it will be offering the genesis NFT collection From the Flames of Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist Lynsey Addario. The photographs were featured in a National Geographic series on the California wildfires of 2021, one of which was a cover for National Geographic's Year in Pictures, will be released exclusively on MakersPlace on June 1st, 2022 at 3:30PM PT. The carbon neutral From the Flames NFT Collection will be offset using Aerial, a sustainability platform that calculates the carbon emissions based on associated energy use.

Key Points: 
  • The carbon neutral From the Flames NFT Collection will be offset using Aerial , a sustainability platform that calculates the carbon emissions based on associated energy use.
  • Addario is a Pulitzer Prize winner and one of the five most influential photographers of the past 25 years as named by American Photo magazine in 2015.
  • Her work is often centered around important social and environmental issues such as human rights and climate change.
  • Please visit: https://makersplace.com/
    Pulitzer Prize-winning American photojournalist Lynsey Addario has covered global humanitarian crises and conflicts for the past 20 years.