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New canine knee implant developed by Texas University to treat pet’s injury | The Rev Knee method begins by uploading CT scans of a knee joint into software that recreates the patient’s unique tibial and femoral components.
A team of biomedical students has developed a revolutionary knee implant method for dogs by creating custom implants based on CT scans.
Considering the financial burden of a knee replacement, even with insurance, the decision of whether your best friend, family, or even dog should undergo the surgery can be incredibly difficult. “Our project is to create a secondary solution, and to do that, we added a couple more parts to the typical knee implant design,” said team member Cole Mandrona. The current knee implant design in the United States relies on the animal’s ligaments for movement and connection to the upper and lower leg bones.
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