Game Changing SMARTdrill® technology published in the Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Global Research and Reviews JAAOS Global Research & Reviews Sept. 2018 Dual Motor Drill Continuously Measures Drilling Energy to Calculate Bone Density and Screw Pull-out Force in Real Time Dr. Brian Gilmer from the Mammoth […]
The Limb Lengthening and Reconstruction Society hosted their 27th annual scientific meeting in San Francisco. This meeting marked the second podium presentation on SMD’s revolutionary vTorq® drilling technology in one week. Dr. Alexander Cherkashin, from Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children (“TSRHC”) presented the research study performed with the SMARTdrill: […]
The World Conference of Biomechanics marks the first Podium presentation in the world on SMD’s revolutionary drilling technology. Florida Institute of Technology’s (“FIT”) Scott Baskerville, Masters candidate in biomedical engineering presented his research with SMARTdrill®, “Evaluation of the Effects of Modified Orthopedic Drill Bits on Pilot Hole Drilling Energy, Orthopedic […]
SMD Gets An “A” – at The 2018 America Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Annual Meeting SMARTdrill® – Lookin’ Good!
The America Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Annual Meeting – “the world’s largest meeting of orthopaedic surgeons, researchers and allied health professionals” – took place March 6-10 at the Morial Convention Center in New Orleans, Louisiana. Surgeons Want Better, SMARTer tools:
The America Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Annual Meeting – “the world’s largest meeting of orthopaedic surgeons, researchers and allied health professionals” – took place March 14-18 at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, California. The Exhibit Hall was lively and dynamic with the industries’ best exhibiting their latest […]
The SMARTdrill® Graphical User Interface or GUI gives the surgeon both feedback and control. The surgeon selects the information to display and how to display it. In addition, the surgeon controls the drilling parameters such as RPM, linear feed rate, and maximum depth. The visual information and auditory clues allow […]
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Surgeons are taught to stay within ‘Safe Zones’. Recent articles identify problems with existing safe zones and suggest new modified safe zones in some instances. Read further on Safe Zones here:
Today’s orthopedic surgeons are faced with the dilemma of plunging when they apply the proper pressure upon the drill bit so that it will cut efficiently, or to let up on the drill bit so that it will not plunge as far past the distal cortex, which leads to reduced […]
Sometimes intra-operative x-ray and fluoroscopy can not detect certain screws that are “too long”. This can lead to pain, dysfunction, tendonitis and even tendon rupture. Re-operation is often required in these situations. 2015 article on multiple tendon ruptures after radius ORIF
