Cutting device for pediatric orthopedic nails

Pega Medical是一家致力于儿科骨科的医疗器械制造商。Pega Medical的两种产品是Fassier-Duval伸缩式髓内系统（FD）和简单锁定髓内系统（SLIM），这两种产品分别是设计用于矫正畸形的自延伸棒和设计用于在长骨中形成稳定固定的销。在手术过程中，由于每个患者的解剖结构不同，植入物被切割成不同的长度，以获得尽可能最佳的配合。目前，在植入FD时，使用金刚石涂层切割盘在术中切割女性部件，并使用去毛刺工具去毛刺。使用专门设计的切割器原位切割雄性植入物。在SLIM的情况下，医院提供不同长度和直径的植入物，外科医生在手术中使用。为了覆盖所有病例，这种方法要求外科医生为每次介入手术订购和准备许多套植入物，因此增加了介入手术的成本。为了消除在每次手术中需要有许多长度可用的需要，标准长度的植入物可以与切割装置一起使用沿着。该项目包括该切割装置的概念，并将通过三个主要阶段实现，即设计和制造，测试和验证以及制造设备的准备。该项目将带来的好处是降低固定系统的成本，但也节省了干预期间的时间和简化库存管理。此外，Pega将受益于我们的专业知识，PI实验室将受益于工业合作伙伴关系。

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.