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Back to School at MedCAD: Nine Years of Internships

Every summer for the past nine years, MedCAD has opened its doors to a small group of Ursuline Academy seniors, one at a time for two weeks each, for a firsthand look at how a patient-specific implant comes together. This year’s group included Addison Smith and Mary Claire Richardson,… Read More

New Technology Heals a Very Old Injury

For almost fifty years, a Dallas man lived with pain from a childhood ankle injury. With a big assist from MedCAD’s patient matched, 3d-printed componentry, a surgeon has helped him heal half a century of accumulated damage. Here’s Big John’s story. Nearly 50 years ago, a 13-year-old John… Read More

“Every Millimeter Matters,” A Q&A with Dr. Bradley Lamm

A conversation with Dr. Bradley Lamm on how patient-specific technology is transforming foot and ankle surgery, where every millimeter truly matters. Dr. Bradley Lamm is a fellowship-trained reconstructive foot and ankle surgeon at the Paley Institute in South Florida. He’s an innovator in the specialty — he’s invented and patented five different orthopedic surgical devices —so he was just the kind of collaborator that MedCAD wanted when we started developing our AccuStride Foot & Ankle product line. Read More

What does “patient-specific” truly mean?

An Explainer for Patients What is “patient-specific” surgery? The short answer is that it’s exactly what it sounds like — it’s one specific medical procedure that’s designed for one specific patient. Patient-specific surgical approaches may include surgical cutting guides and/or manufactured implants, and they fit the patient and… Read More