Cutting device for pediatric orthopedic nails

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Pega Medical is a medical devices manufacturer dedicated to pediatric orthopaedics. Two of Pega Medical'sproducts are the Fassier-Duval Telescopic IM System (FD) and the Simple Locking IntraMedullary System(SLIM) which are a self-extending rod designed to correct deformities and a pin designed to create a stablefixation in long bones respectively. During surgery, as the anatomy of every patient differs, the implants are cutat various lengths to get the best fits as possible.Currently, when implanting the FD, the female component is cut intra-operatively with a diamond-coatedcutting disc and de-burred with a de-burring tool. The male implant is cut in-situ with a specially designedcutter. In the case of the SLIM, the hospitals are provided with implants of different lengths and diameters thatsurgeons use as-is in surgery. In order to cover all the cases, this method requires surgeons to have many sets ofimplant ordered and prepared for every intervention and therefore increases the cost of the interventions.To eliminate the need to have many lengths available during every surgery, a standard length implant could beused along with a cutting device. This project consists in the conception of this cutting device and will berealized through three main phases that are the design and fabrication, the testing and validation and thepreparation for manufacturing the device. The benefits that this project will bring are the cost reductions forthe fixation system, but also for the time saved during the interventions and for the simpler inventorymanagement. Moreover, Pega will benefit of our expertise and the PIs lab will benefit of an industrialpartnership.