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Smith & Nephew announces its efforts to develop technology in Spatial Surgery

Smith & Nephew announces its efforts to develop technology in Spatial Surgery

Smith+Nephew announces its efforts to develop technology in the field of Spatial Surgery – a new frontier in arthroscopic surgical innovation. Smith+Nephew has submitted to the FDA a traditional 510(k) for a technology called the TESSA Spatial Surgery System. If cleared by the FDA, TESSA would combine a real-time, tracking-enabled device powered by a NVIDIA GPU. By using video processing and augmented reality guidance, TESSA would assist a surgeon in making anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction femoral tunnel decisions by navigating an operative plan.

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