Hamburg, Germany-based GO German Orthopedic Implants GmbH (GOeasy) and Braga, Portugal-based Peek Health, S.A. (PeekMed®) have entered into a global agency agreement to promote PeekMed’s artificial intelligence (AI)-based pre-operative planning solution.
GOeasy and PeekMed Announce Artificial Intelligence Deal
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Founded in 2016, GOeasy is a global medical device company that develops and manufactures joint replacement implants and instruments. The company is part of the Waldemar Link group. It believes that “decreasing complexity translates to better quality and reduced costs.” GOeasy products include the EasyKnee, a posterior stabilized total knee replacement, and the EasyHip, a hip replacement system.
PeekMed is an international software-as-a-medical-device company centered around the medical imaging field. It provides a three-dimensional (3D) pre-operative planning software for orthopedic surgery. According to its website, the software’s features include picture archiving and communication system (PACS) integration, cloud integration, 2-dimensional/3D hybrid planning, surgery templating, fracture reduction, and a “simple wizard and measurement tool” to perform an osteotomy.
PeekMed’s web-based and mobile optimized product enables instantaneous surgical 3D planning to “virtually suit the implant to the patient’s own anatomy.” Both companies value pre-operative planning as “the most important step in predicting and preventing complications.”
GOeasy Managing Director Richard Zeissig discussed the importance of digital planning. Zeissig said, “Easy digital planning is also in line with GOeasy’s drive to reduce cost by optimizing inventories.”
Zeissig continued, “When every surgery is planned, inventory needs can be more easily predicted, which also reduces the risk of delaying surgeries when certain implant sizes are missing. Ultimately, this is consistent with today’s democratization of technology which simplifies conventional tasks and is rapidly becoming more accessible to surgeons we are serving in every corner of the world.”
GOeasy plans to promote PeekMed’s AI-based pre-operative planning solution through its global sales network. PeekMed’s product for EasyKnee will launch this year. Next year the companies plan to launch PeekMed for EasyHip.
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This is a fascinating development. In my practice we've seen similar outcomes with the revised protocol. The key differentiator seems to be patient selection criteria. Has anyone else noticed the correlation with BMI thresholds?
Great point. I'd push back slightly on the conclusion, the sample size in the cited study is too small to draw population-level inferences. That said, the directional signal is compelling and worth a larger RCT.
We implemented a similar approach last year. Early results are promising but we're still gathering 12-month follow-up data. Happy to share our protocol if anyone is interested.
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