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Medacta Group SA: First NextAR surgeries in Japan with the award-winning NextAR Augmented Reality Surgical Platform

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Sunday, January 22, 2023
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CASTEL SAN PIETRO, 10 January 2023 – Medacta is pleased to announce the first NextAR TM surgeries have been successfully performed in Japan with its innovative NextAR, Augmented Reality Surgical Platform.

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  • CASTEL SAN PIETRO, 10 January 2023 – Medacta is pleased to announce the first NextAR TM surgeries have been successfully performed in Japan with its innovative NextAR, Augmented Reality Surgical Platform.
  • NextAR is the first surgical platform to offer personalized augmented reality solutions for both joint replacement and spine procedures leveraging patient-specific, unique real-time data to efficiently complement operative workflow.
  • NextAR represents a new dimension for enabling technologies, seamlessly integrating into well-established surgical workflows,” says Francesco Siccardi, Chief Executive Officer of Medacta International.
  • The NextAR surgical platform is part of Medacta's MySolutions Personalized Ecosystem , an advanced network of digital solutions designed to improve patient outcomes and healthcare efficiency.

Medacta NextAR Spine wins the 2022 Spine Technology Award from Orthopedics This Week during North American Spine Society Annual Meeting

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Wednesday, October 12, 2022
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CASTEL SAN PIETRO, 12 October 2022 - Medacta announced today its NextAR Spine application was awarded the 2022 Spine Technology Award from Orthopedics This Week, the second Medacta product to receive this prestigious honor after MySpine Platform , patient-matched technology.

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  • CASTEL SAN PIETRO, 12 October 2022 - Medacta announced today its NextAR Spine application was awarded the 2022 Spine Technology Award from Orthopedics This Week, the second Medacta product to receive this prestigious honor after MySpine Platform , patient-matched technology.
  • This award will be formally presented during the 2022 North American Spine Society (NASS) Annual Meeting in Chicago, IL.
  • The 15th Annual Spine Technology Award is voted on by a highly accomplished panel of spine surgeons and recognizes exemplary and innovative technologies developed to improve spine care.
  • The NextAR Spine provides a unique vision with real-time surgical guidance for open and MIS approaches.

Medacta Announces First Lumbar Fusion Procedure with NextAR Augmented Reality Surgical Platform in Australia

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Thursday, June 23, 2022
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CASTEL SAN PIETRO, Switzerland, 23 June 2022 Medacta announces the first lumbar fusion procedure in Australia utilizing the M.U.S.T.

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  • CASTEL SAN PIETRO, Switzerland, 23 June 2022 Medacta announces the first lumbar fusion procedure in Australia utilizing the M.U.S.T.
  • Pedicle Screw System in combination with NextAR TM Spine, the first CE-marked and FDA-cleared augmented reality surgical application with intraoperative guidance in spine surgery.
  • The procedure was successfully performed by Assistant Professor Laurence McEntee at the Gold Coast Private Hospital, in Southport, Queensland.
  • NextAR is the first platform to offer personalized augmented reality solutions for both joint replacement and spine procedures.

Medacta Announces First Lumbar Fusion Procedure with NextAR Spine Augmented Reality Surgical Application in US

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Monday, April 25, 2022
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(R) Pedicle Screw System in combination with the NextAR (TM) Spine, the first CE-marked and FDA-cleared Augmented Reality (AR)-based surgical application with intraoperative guidance in spine surgery.

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  • (R) Pedicle Screw System in combination with the NextAR (TM) Spine, the first CE-marked and FDA-cleared Augmented Reality (AR)-based surgical application with intraoperative guidance in spine surgery.
  • The NextAR Spine Application assists the surgeon in precisely locating the anatomical structures in either open, mini-open or percutaneous spine procedures for the safe placement of spine implants.
  • NextAR is Medacta's proprietary Augmented Reality Surgical Platform, which includes dedicated smart delivery tools:
    - NextAR Smart Glasses, surgical guidance on the surgeon's line-of-sight.
  • NextAR is the first platform to offer personalized augmented reality solutions for both joint replacement and spine procedures.

Vuzix Blade Smart Glasses Support Medacta's Launch of its NextAR™ Shoulder Augmented Reality Surgical Platform in Europe and the US

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Friday, April 22, 2022
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ROCHESTER, N.Y., April 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Vuzix® Corporation (NASDAQ: VUZI), ("Vuzix" or, the "Company"), a leading supplier of Smart Glasses and Augmented Reality (AR) technology and products, today announced an additional follow-on volume order of Vuzix Blade® Smart Glasses from Medacta in connection with that company's launch of their NextAR™ shoulder augmented reality surgical platform in Europe and the US.

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  • ROCHESTER, N.Y., April 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Vuzix Corporation (NASDAQ: VUZI), ("Vuzix" or, the "Company"), a leading supplier of Smart Glasses and Augmented Reality (AR) technology and products,today announced an additional follow-on volume order of Vuzix Blade Smart Glasses from Medacta in connection with that company's launch of their NextAR shoulder augmented reality surgical platform in Europe and the US.
  • Surgeons equipped with Vuzix Blade Smart Glasses can then access biomechanical visualizations using augmented reality in real time, without having to divert their eyes from the procedure to glance at a computer screen.
  • To read more about Medacta's NextAR shoulder augmented reality surgical platform, please click here - https://nextar-shoulder.medacta.com/ .
  • Vuzix is a leading supplier of Smart Glasses and Augmented Reality (AR) technologies and products for the consumer and enterprise markets.

EQS-News: Medacta Announces Successful Completion of First Reverse Shoulder Arthroplasties using NextAR Augmented Reality Surgical Platform

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Friday, July 16, 2021
Surgery, Medical specialties, Prosthetics, Clinical medicine, Applications of computer vision, User interface techniques, Augmented reality, Shoulder replacement, NEXTAR, Joint replacement

NextAR Shoulder is designed to improve efficiency and precision in total shoulder replacement, while supporting the advancement of personalized surgery.

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  • NextAR Shoulder is designed to improve efficiency and precision in total shoulder replacement, while supporting the advancement of personalized surgery.
  • "The intraoperative guidance helped me to perform a more accurate implant positioning and the Augmented Reality allowed me to stay focused on the surgical field.
  • With this process, the NextAR Shoulder platform allows for exceptional precision and control, ultimately translating to enhanced efficiency in the operating room.
  • NextAR is the first platform to offer Augmented Reality solutions for both joint replacement and spine procedures.