Part 4: CORI Robotic Assisted Surgery

Orthopedic surgeon, Dr. Michael Hannon, describes the benefits of the Smith & Nephew CORI Robotic Assisted Surgery System he uses for his partial and total knee replacement surgeries.

The CORI Surgical System doesn’t require any preoperative imaging such as an MRI or CAT Scan. The patient's anatomy is mapped at the time of surgery with a stylist, which is essentially like a pen or a pencil. It allows us to create a three-dimensional model of that particular patient's actual knee. And that allows us to precisely put in the new replacement exactly how we want.

It also prevents us from removing bone where we're not supposed to, which provides an added level of safety and security. This hand-piece has these arrays, which is how the robotic system communicates with this hand-piece. And so this allows us to be very precise in surgery.

And by obtaining data with respect to the patient's native ligament tension, that actually allows us to balance their knee robotically on the screen prior to resecting any bone. And this really helps in terms of ensuring that we're going to have an excellent outcome.

DISCLAIMER: Individual results may vary. There are risks associated with any surgical procedure including CORI-enabled Knee Replacement. The CORI Surgical System is not for everyone. Children, pregnant women, patients who have mental or neuromuscular disorders that do not allow control of the knee joint, and morbidly obese patients and patients contraindicated for UKR, PFA and TKA should not undergo a CORI procedure. Consult your physician for details to determine if surgery using the CORI Surgical System is right for you.

CORI is a trademark of Smith+Nephew and is registered with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.



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