The Intelligent Surgery Blog

An Interview with João Pedro Ribeiro of PeekMed

Collaboration is key with everything we do at Enhatch and as such, we endeavor to dialogue with other innovators doing extraordinary work in the world of surgery. This led us to our conversation with João Pedro Ribeiro, CEO of PeekMed. PeekMed is a powerful AI-based pre-operative planning system for orthopedic surgery based in Portugal. Much like us, they’ve been dogged in their pursuit of solving challenges for surgeons in planning and preparing for surgery. In this video interview with our CEO, Peter Verrillo, João says, “In the future, we’ll be planning every single procedure in 3D.” We couldn’t agree more. Watch this video for insights into how ecosystems are vital to this future. 

An Interview with Menno Ellis of 3D Systems Healthcare

Our CEO, Peter Verrillo sat down with Menno Ellis from the Healthcare Solutions division of 3D Systems Corporation to talk about the latest advances with 3D printing in surgery. Both agreed that the future of medicine is around personalization and in this discussion, we see how partnerships like Enhatch’s with 3D Systems are paving the way. Menno shares how they’ve managed to break the technical challenge around 3D printing with PEEK (polyaryletheretherketone). They are already seeing advances in cranial implants, restoration, and to a lesser extent in spinal. In this engaging dialogue, Menno shares a number of insights around advances in personalized implants, bio-printing, and more.  

Computer-assisted navigation for surgery is not new. 

CEO, Peter Verrillo sat down with Harsha Gupta from United Orthopedics Corporation to discuss the future of surgery ecosystems and how strategic partnerships will take us into the future. Meanwhile, the top players in orthopedics are “gobbling up companies like Pac Man” says Harsh Gupta. We tend to agree. 

A huge part of being an orthopedic surgeon is the commitment to peer-to-peer education. 

We are very excited to announce our partnership with Holo-Light to deliver an immersive streaming platform for intraoperative procedures and surgical training using augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR).

AR and VR dynamically improve the surgical experience for both patient and surgeon. 

This integration of Holo-Light into the Enhatch Intelligent Surgery Ecosystem increases the ecosystem’s capacity to bring more intelligence, precision, and efficiency to surgical procedures.

3D printing or additive manufacturing is a hugely disruptive force in orthopedics innovation. 

Orthopedic surgeons have always been guided by the pursuit of excellence. Rigorous science, ingenuity, technology, and good old-fashioned elbow grease helped advance the field by leaps.

Orthopedic surgeons need to make all their decisions in 3D - the way real life works. 

Dr. Anil Ranawat at the Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) may need no introduction, but we’re going to do it anyway.