An online system for the support of Total Hip Arthroplasty and rapid implant design and manufacturing

As Information Technology (IT) and Engineering advances are becoming widely available, other scientific disciplines are taking advantage of them. Especially, medicine can benefit greatly from applications of IT or Engineering or their combination. Nevertheless, medical professionals lack the required IT-expertise and training. This fact poses several problems, both in the initial acceptance of novel technologies and their subsequent efficient use. This work presents an IT system, as applied to Total Hip Arthroplasty (THA) preoperative planning. The system is designed to provide insight to the patient's anatomy, as well as assist the operating surgeon with the selection, design and fitting of orthopedic implants. Furthermore, special care has been given to ease of use and hiding the complexities involved when cross discipline expertise is required.