iUni Custom Made Knee Implant By ConForMis?

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Does anyone have any information on this custom made implant (patient specific)?

Its supposed to preserve more bone than a traditional implant. Thanks

http://www.conformis.com/index.asp

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A couple years ago I investigated device manufacturers and lots of other things

while seeking a solution to my knee problem which resulted in a TKR. I'd heard

knee resurfacing was coming in and that conformis was probably making the

prosthesis. So I called them, pretending to be a surgeon, and asked how many

resurfacings they had used them for...the rep told me none. So I dropped that

idea.

I've now had both knees TKR'd and my OS, Dr. Coon, is now doing knee resurfacing

(no bone cut)along with his quad sparing TKRs, but he's not using conformis.

I don't know of anyone who has had a conformis prosthesis. A good place to look

at prosthesis results is the Australian Joint Registry which lists the

prostheses and results they've had with each. I can't remember a Conformis

being used.

http://www.dmac.adelaide.edu.au/aoanjrr/documents/aoanjrrreport_2009.pdf

Hollie

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> Does anyone have any information on this custom made implant (patient

specific)? Its supposed to preserve more bone than a traditional implant. Thanks

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> http://www.conformis.com/index.asp

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