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Veterinary orthopaedic technologies

Patient-specific implants and surgical guides, designed from your patient's CT.

Vimics is a veterinary orthopaedic technology company developing patient-specific orthopaedic implants, surgical guides and digital surgical planning solutions for animals.

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Patient-specific pedicle screw drill guide seated on a thoracolumbar vertebral segment, with four drill sleeves and planned trajectories Patient-specific pedicle screw drill guide seated on a thoracolumbar vertebral segment, with four drill sleeves and planned trajectories
Pedicle screw guide · rendered from case CAD data
Input
CT as DICOM
Patients
Dogs and cats
Implants
Ti6Al4V, Additive Manufacturing
Guides
Biocompatible, autoclavable resin
New

ViCage interbody fusion cage set

Ten sizes in one set: five footprints, two heights each. Gyroid lattice core in Ti6Al4V ELI, produced by Additive Manufacturing.

See ViCage Plan an order
ViCage interbody fusion cage in raw titaniumViCage interbody fusion cage in raw titanium
Portfolio

What we make

Each item starts from the patient's own CT data. Planning, design and production run case by case.

Planning and models

Available

  • Virtual surgical planning

    DICOM to 3D. Digital simulation of osteotomy and resection angles before surgery.

    Corrective osteotomy · tumour resection

  • Anatomical planning model

    Sterilisable, true-to-size replica of the patient's anatomy. Used as a pre-operative bending template.

    Complex surgical cases

  • Veterinary education model

    Replicas of pathological bone for veterinary faculties and surgical training centres.

    Training · simulation

Surgical guides

Available

  • Pedicle screw guide

    Patient-specific drill guide for cervical and thoracolumbar pedicle screws.

    Wobbler syndrome · vertebral fracture fixation · lumbosacral instability

  • Corrective osteotomy guide

    Cutting and drilling guide that transfers virtually planned osteotomy angles in angular limb deformities.

    Antebrachial deformity · malunion

  • Tumour resection guide

    Cutting guide that carries the resection margin planned on CT into the operating field.

    Osteosarcoma · chondrosarcoma · MLO

Patient-specific implants

Available

  • Vertebral cage and interbody fusion

    Patient-specific plate and interbody fusion cage for atlanto-axial, cervical and thoracolumbar stabilisation.

    Wobbler syndrome · atlanto-axial subluxation · vertebral fracture

  • Caged plate for limb salvage

    Reconstruction of a segmental bone defect after tumour resection, with a lattice cage built into the plate.

    Distal radius OSA · proximal humerus OSA · distal tibial tumours

  • Mandibular reconstruction plate

    Patient-specific titanium plate for reconstructing the mandible after mandibulectomy.

    Mandibular SCC (cats) · MLO, OSA (dogs) · traumatic defects

  • Palatal obturator

    Patient-specific obturator produced in bio-resin for palatal defects.

    Congenital cleft palate · oronasal fistula

Implant sets

New

  • ViCage

    Interbody fusion cage set with a gyroid lattice core. Ten sizes from 4.5 to 7.5 mm, with a keyed inserter.

    Ti6Al4V ELI · Additive Manufacturing

In development

Coming soon

  • ITAP

    Intraosseous transcutaneous amputation prosthesis: an osseointegrated implant with a connection for an external prosthesis.

    Pelvic or thoracic limb amputation, especially in cats

  • TTA Cage

    Titanium cage that holds the tibial tuberosity advancement distance set by the corrective angle.

    Cranial cruciate ligament deficiency
Workflow

How a case runs

  1. 01

    CT data

    You send the patient's CT as a DICOM series.

  2. 02

    3D planning

    We segment the anatomy and plan trajectories, cuts or implant fit on the 3D model.

  3. 03

    Design and production

    The guide or implant is designed on the plan and produced by Additive Manufacturing.

  4. 04

    Surgery

    You receive the guide or implant for the planned procedure.

In focus

Patient-specific pedicle screw guides

Planned on the patient's CT

Screw entry points, angles and lengths are set on the 3D model of the patient's own vertebrae.

One sleeve per trajectory

Each drill sleeve carries one planned trajectory. The guide body is shaped to the patient's vertebral surface.

Cervical to lumbosacral

Guides are designed for cervical, thoracolumbar and lumbosacral segments.

Transverse section of a vertebra showing two planned screw trajectories passing through the pedicles, with the guide sleeves above
Section view · planned trajectories through both pedicles
Exploded view: the guide lifted above the vertebrae, with dashed lines showing where its contact points seat
Exploded view · guide and contact points
Two views of a lumbosacral case with L7 and S1 drill guides seated on the bone
Lumbosacral case · L7 and S1 guides
Close-up of the frosted resin guide with drill sleeves and green trajectory pins
Detail · resin guide and drill sleeves
Materials

What the parts are made of

Implants

  • Produced from Ti6Al4V titanium alloy by Additive Manufacturing.
  • Porous lattice regions can be built into the implant design.
  • Designs can accept locking screws.

Surgical guides

  • Printed in a biocompatible guide resin.
  • Autoclavable.
About

Three disciplines, one case

Manufacturing engineering

Additive Manufacturing, materials knowledge and process control.

Medical device discipline

Experience with human orthopaedic implants, quality systems and biocompatibility evidence.

Clinical surgery

The view of veterinary orthopaedic surgeons who operate in the field.

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