Hospital-Based Unit
The Hospital-Based Unit delivers dedicated orthopaedic services within the hospital environment, supporting inpatients undergoing joint replacement procedures, fracture management, and other musculoskeletal interventions.
The unit incorporates integrated management tools including:
- Theatre Scheduling
- Ward Coordination
- Patient-tracking Pathways
- Physiotherapy Planning
The unit will support a smooth progression from admission through rehabilitation. Designed to align with hospital workflows, it enables multidisciplinary teams to deliver consistent, well-coordinated surgical and rehabilitative care.
Key Metrics & Operational Information
8-hour turnaround time from image upload to surgery
- Reduced Lead Times: Eliminates the weeks-long shipping and processing cycle of external vendors.
- Lower Logistics Costs: Removes shipping fees, courier risks, and the carbon footprint associated with transporting medical devices from a factory to the hospital.
- Real-Time Surgeon Feedback: Surgeons can collaborate directly with the on-site engineers to refine the instrument design based on the patient's specific anatomy.
- Optimized Patient Preparation: Reduced waiting periods allow for quicker scheduling of surgeries, preventing disease progression or patient discomfort during the "wait-to-treat" phase.
- Inventory Reduction: Hospitals can print exactly what is needed for a specific case, reducing the need to stock massive sets of expensive, multi-sized generic instrument trays.
- Improved Sterilization Workflow: On-site units can integrate the manufacturing and sterilization cycles, ensuring the tool is ready exactly when the OR requires it.
- Emergency Adaptability: For trauma cases, an HBU can produce stabilizing guides or custom plates on an emergency basis that a vendor could not provide in time.
- Educational Utility: On-site units can print anatomical models alongside the PSI, allowing the surgical team to "practice" the procedure or explain it more clearly to the patient.
