Exactech’s Truliant® Knee System Instrumentation Honored with International Design Excellence Award (IDEA®)
August 21 2017 - 10:28AM
Business Wire
Exactech (Nasdaq:EXAC), a developer and producer of bone and
joint restoration products and biologic solutions for extremities,
knee and hip, announced today that the new Truliant® Knee System’s
surgical instrumentation received a bronze award in the 2017
International Design Excellence Awards (IDEA®). Sponsored annually
by the Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA), the
2017 winners were recognized on Aug. 19 in Atlanta, Ga.
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Exactech's new Truliant® Knee System’s
surgical instrumentation received a bronze award in the 2017
International Design Excellence Awards (IDEA®). Sponsored annually
by the Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA), the 2017
winners were recognized on Aug. 19 in Atlanta, Ga. (Photo: Business
Wire)
Exactech’s Truliant Knee System offers a comprehensive portfolio
of implants and instrumentation to help surgeons address the
remaining clinical challenges of total knee replacement. The goal
of the ergonomic instrumentation design is to help surgeons make
accurate and consistent bone cuts and adjustments to the joint
during total knee arthroplasty. The designs embody Exactech’s brand
strategy and offer surgeons a reproducible and efficient experience
through:
- Texturing and blue accents which
indicate touch points for adjustability and functionality,
- Elegant black background for
high-contrast markings and easily identified grip locations,
- Dials that offer tactile and auditory
feedback with every click, and
- Textured surfaces on handles and
specific points which provide a secure grip and accommodate
mechanical and functional needs of the user.
The industrial design project, a first for the company, was led
by Exactech’s knee business segment. According to Laurent Angibaud,
director of knee and CAS engineering at Exactech, “Merging customer
input with solid design principles, our industrial design and
technical engineers optimized the function and appearance of new
instrumentation to improve user experience, which is core to our
surgeon-focused culture. This award demonstrates Exactech’s
commitment to developing solutions to address real clinical
needs.”
Design Team Surgeon Sudheer Karlakki, FRCS (Orth) at the Robert
Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust in
the United Kingdom commented: “Truliant provides a harmonious
balance of both functional improvements and format enhancements
with a color scheme that aligns with the Exactech brand. An
important design emphasis was placed on users being able to pick up
any instrument and easily get a sense of its important working
features. With its ergonomic and intuitive design intentions,
surgeons and hospital staff should have an instant connection to
the system; that is the real beauty of Truliant.”
Surgical teams across the country have been experiencing the
benefits of Truliant through the system’s initial rollout and first
cases. According to Tomas Nemickas, MD of Illinois Bone and Joint
Institute, “My impression of the new Truliant system is that
Exactech has done a fantastic job at fine-tuning a new set of
instruments to allow for a more predictable and reproducible
outcome. The award is well deserved and demonstrates what I have
experienced firsthand with the Truliant Knee System.”
Certified Surgical Technologist Mary Joy Tanada from Stanford
University said, “I was unbelievably surprised with the ease of use
and simplicity of the Truliant instrumentation. The tools are well
balanced in surgeons’ hands and easy to understand. The system is
modular and organized into four trays that are all interchangeable
based on needs of the case, making it streamlined and efficient for
the entire surgical team.”
IDEA is a premier international design competition
sponsored annually by the IDSA and judged by renowned design
experts from around the world. The 2017 competition attracted
hundreds of entries from 54 countries on six continents.
About Exactech
Based in Gainesville, Fla., Exactech develops and markets
orthopaedic implant devices, related surgical instruments and
biologic materials and services to hospitals and physicians. The
company manufactures many of its orthopaedic devices at its
Gainesville facility. Exactech’s orthopaedic products are used in
the restoration of bones and joints that have deteriorated as a
result of injury or diseases such as arthritis. Exactech markets
its products in the United States, in addition to more than 30
markets in Europe, Latin America, Asia and the Pacific. Additional
information about Exactech can be found
at http://www.exac.com.
A current investment profile on Exactech (Nasdaq: EXAC) is
available online at http://www.hawkassociates.com/profile/exac.cfm.
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