UniPlasty Pre-Operative Planning & Templating – with Smart Fixator® Software
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SoftwareSmart Fixator®
Smart Fixator®
Preoperative Planning and Templating
Plan the correction on the X-ray, before you operate.
Web-based software for orthopaedic surgeons: calibrate the radiograph, measure the deformity, simulate the osteotomy or fracture reduction, and template the implant on the patient’s own X-ray.
Overview
Smart Fixator® is web-based software that helps orthopaedic surgeons foresee the result of surgery before the operation.
Its planning screen holds the X-ray and every planning tool. Calibrate the image, take basic and complex measurements, simulate an osteotomy or a fracture reduction by cutting the image and moving the bone segments, and template the implant at the scale of the calibration.
Fields of use: trauma, deformity, foot and ankle, and paediatrics.
- Web-based, nothing to install
- Calibrated measurements in millimetres
- Osteotomy and fracture-reduction simulation
- Implant templating at the calibrated scale
- AI-assisted long-leg measurement
- One login with the Smart Fixator® hexapod module
History
The planning software grew out of the software written for the Smart Fixator® hexapod.
- 2009
Smart Fixator® is developed, named Smart Correction until 2023, together with software for entering the parameters of the hexapod frame and calculating the prescription.
- 2010
The software moves onto the radiograph: planning is carried out digitally, directly on the X-ray images.
- 2013
Preoperative planning and templating features are added, and the software is used as Click2Correct.
- Today
With its scope and technology extended, the software serves under its new name, Smart Fixator®, at www.SmartFixator.com. Preoperative planning and the hexapod prescription share one web platform and one login, and AI supports the planning, for example with automatic Orthoroentgenography measurements and bone segmentation.
What you can do
Calibrate
Calibrate each X-ray on an object of known size, such as two marks of a ruler or a calibration ball. Lengths are then shown in millimetres.
Measure
Lines, circles and angles placed point by point on the landmarks. Every value sits next to what it measures and follows its points when you drag them.
Measurement templates
Templates guide you point by point: long-leg alignment (Orthoroentgenography, HTO, Mechanical Axis Deviation), spine, paediatric, foot and wrist. The long-leg template lists Mech. Axis, mMPFA, mLDFA, HKA, mMPTA, JLCA and mLDTA for each leg.
AI-assisted long-leg measurement
Orthoroentgenography AI places the points of the long-leg template on each leg it finds. The points are a suggestion: check each one before you use any value.
Simulate the correction
Cut the image around the part you plan to correct, then move and turn the bone segment around its centre of rotation. Measurements inside the cut move with it and show the result.
Template the implant
Product templates draw the implant on the X-ray at the scale of the calibration. The UniPlasty® - HTO template draws the UniX® Metaphyseal Hinge Fixator in sizes S, M and L.
Patients, cases and X-rays
Every X-ray belongs to a case and every case to a patient. The plan is stored with its X-ray and opens with it wherever you sign in. Patient records and X-rays can be shared with colleagues.
Nothing to install
Runs in an HTML5 web browser. Upload JPG or PNG images up to 10 MB, or DICOM files up to 50 MB.
Planning a UniPlasty® high tibial osteotomy
With the UniPlasty® - HTO product template the whole plan fits on one long-leg X-ray, from the mechanical axis to the angulated tibia. Select a picture to see the full screen.
1Calibrate
Calibrate the X-ray on the ruler. The product template is drawn at the scale of the calibration.
2Measure the alignment
Place the HTO or Orthoroentgenography template to see the mechanical axis.
3Select the area
Cut around the proximal tibia and the leg below it, keeping the points of the template inside.
4Add the template
Add UniPlasty® - HTO, choose the side and the size (S, M or L) and place it on the proximal tibia.
5Cut
Position the red osteotomy line and select CUT: the distal part becomes a segment of its own.
6Angulate
Angulate the distal part 1° at a time and read the new mechanical axis and the total correction.
Videos
Smart Fixator® Hexapod Software Demo
Hexapod frame calculation
Getting started
- Go to www.SmartFixator.com and select Request access.
- Open the link in the verification e-mail you receive.
- Sign in. Planning and measuring are available at once; the Smart Fixator® hexapod module is requested separately and is not needed for planning.
What you need
- Display
- 1024 × 768 or higher
- Browser
- HTML5, with JavaScript and cookies enabled
- Connection
- High-speed internet recommended
- X-rays
- JPG or PNG up to 10 MB; DICOM up to 50 MB
The instructions for use (IFU-SF-PT) are in the software, under Documents.
Go to www.SmartFixator.comImportant information
- The software is an aid, not a decision-making tool. Clinically verify and check every result before it is used to treat the patient.
- For trained personnel who are qualified, licensed and experienced in the medical procedures they plan.
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Send your enquiry to our team about Smart Fixator® – Preoperative Planning and Templating.