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Stryker receives 510(k) clearance of ShapeMatch cutting guides

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Stryker Orthopaedics announced in a press release that its ShapeMatch cutting guides received 510(k) clearance by the FDA to use with their Triathlon Total Knee System.

“Achieving this clearance is an important milestone for the OtisMed business unit, and it demonstrates our commitment to bringing new, innovative technologies to market that have the potential to improve surgical and operating room efficiencies,” Mike Mogul, Stryker Orthopaedics group president, stated in the release.

The ShapeMatch Technology is only available for use with Stryker’s Triathlon Knee System. By using these two systems together, Stryker reports that it has the ability to contain cost and nonoperative time to make total knee surgery more efficient in the future. According to the release, this technology reportedly has the potential to lower costs throughout the patient care during knee surgery by reducing procedural time, which can lead to more procedures per day.