Praxim: Transforming Orthopedics Through Robotics
Executive Summary
Robotic technology in orthopedics has been around for years, but with less than striking success. Now Praxim, a French surgical navigation technology company, believes it has solved the technical problems and has an "intelligent instrument" system that surgeons will be eager to adopt. Praxim argues that as OR technology advances, linking imaging, navigation, and computer-assisted intelligent instrumentation, robotic systems will represent not an adjunct technology play, but rather the centerpiece of an orthopedics offering.
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