What is Visionaire protocol?

What is Visionaire protocol?

The VISIONAIRE process allows Smith & Nephew to design and produce a set of cutting guides based on your patient’s unique anatomy. The VISIONAIRE set of customized cutting guides reduces the number of steps and surgical instruments required for surgery creating a simplified surgical environment.

What is a Visionaire protocol MRI?

Visionaire total knee replacement is a system that uses X-ray and MRI images to design surgical tools specifically customized for your unique knee anatomy. Modern knee implants are designed to not only relieve pain but to function better.

What is Smith and Nephew protocol?

The Smith & Nephew VISIONAIRE™ X-Ray protocol is essentially an AP leg length image. The images are preferred to be done erect, but can be done supine if necessary due to the type of equipment available or patient safety issues. The protocols below describe multiple ways in which this imaging can be performed.

What is oxinium made of?

Oxinium™ is produced by heating zirconium alloy (97.5% zirconium + 2.5% niobium) in air. The outer 5µm of the head is oxidised to form the hard zirconium oxide.

What is Visionaire Smith and Nephew?

How long is MRI after knee replacement?

A: Most people who have metal in their body after surgery can have an MRI. For example, patients with hip or knee replacements can have an MRI six weeks after surgery. Other implanted devices require less time after surgery.

What is oxinium technology?

Oxinium is the brand name of a material used for replacement joints manufactured by the reconstructive orthopedic surgery division of medical devices company Smith & Nephew. It consists of a zirconium alloy metal substrate that transitions into a ceramic zirconium oxide outer surface.

Is oxinium ceramic?

OXINIUM is a metal, with excellent fracture toughness like cobalt chrome, but it has a ceramic surface that offers outstanding wear resistance.

Do knee replacements affect airport security?

Over 90% of implanted total hip and knee arthroplasty devices will set off airport metal detectors. Many implants now include ceramic and plastic materials in addition to metal, and the metal will still likely cause an alarm in the metal detector.

Can you get an MRI with screws in your knee?

Metal that is well secured to the bone, such as hip and knee joint replacements, will not be affected by an MRI. The metal won’t heat up or move in response to the machine.

What is oxinium implant?

Oxinium implants are composed of a zirconium alloy with a hard ceramic surface formed by oxidization of the outer layer. This material has been shown to be an effective bearing surface for total joint arthroplasty and an alternative material for use in patients with metal hypersensitivity.

Can you have an MRI with a knee replacement?

Can I have an MRI? A: Most people who have metal in their body after surgery can have an MRI. For example, patients with hip or knee replacements can have an MRI six weeks after surgery. Other implanted devices require less time after surgery.