The VIP™ preoperative planning system is a medical device designed to facilitate the transfer of information between surgeons and Arthrex technicians. With purposeful functionality, the application allow surgeons to make adjustments to protocol-based plans created by Arthrex technicians. Once the initial plan is created, a surgeon can adjust an implant’s position and orientation on the isolated scapula in both 2D and 3D within the ArthrexVIP application. The application also serves as a communication channel between surgeons and technicians through the approval process. Once a plan is approved in the application, further changes are prohibited.

Key Features:

View bones and implants in 3D as well as orthographic 2D cross sections

Display/adjust plans created by Arthrex technicians

Comments function that allows surgeons and technicians to communicate

Perform angle and length measurements in 2D views

Surgeons can approve preoperative plans by typing their password into the application

Snap the view of the 3D model to anatomic reference planes (anterior, posterior, inferior, superior)

Adjust the type and size of the implant that was chosen by the Arthrex technician

Show/hide 3D model components (guide pin, implant, bone)

Show the original CT slices in the 2D and 3D views

Adjust the transparency of the bone and implant in the 3D view from 0% to 100% visibility

View articulating surfaces for both anatomic and reverse total shoulder replacements

View and select locking and non-locking screw trajectories for baseplates with screw options

View backside seating coverage of the implant with the patient anatomy

View maximum gap and maximum depth of the implant into the patient anatomy

View planned postoperative deviation from the native center of rotation

View preoperative native volumetric humeral head subluxation


About Arthrex

Arthrex is a global medical device company and leader in new product development and medical education in orthopedics. With a corporate mission of Helping Surgeons Treat Their Patients Better™, Arthrex has pioneered the field of arthroscopy and develops more than 1,000 innovative products and procedures each year.

Arthrex continues to experience unprecedented growth and demand for our products throughout the world; however, we remain a privately held company with a family business culture committed to delivering