Medtronic expands AiBLE spine surgery ecosystem with new technologies and Siemens Healthineers partnership

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Medtronic, a global leader in healthcare technology, announced the commercial launch of several software, hardware, and imaging innovations. These enhancements are designed to advance AiBLE, the Medtronic smart ecosystem of innovative navigation, robotics, data and AI, imaging, software and implants that enable more predictable outcomes in spine and cranial procedures.

New advancements in the AiBLE ecosystem build upon the company's commitment to procedural innovation and execution, and include the following:

• O-arm 4.3software, which introduces advanced navigation volumes, dose reduction, and enhanced image confirmation. With this release, Medtronic now offers the industry's longest 3D scan length for cone-beam CT images, which allows surgeons to capture additional spine levels in one scan and streamline their workflow. O-arm is the first and only intraoperative imager that uses AI, with 70 percent less radiation dose compared to the standard protocol, while maintaining image quality. Medtronic Implant Resolution (MIR) further enhances decision-making by reducing metal artifacts around select screws, enabling confident final screw placement.
  
• UNiD Adaptive Spine Intelligence (ASI),a Medtronic integrated service and software platform that leverages AI and predictive models to help surgeons deliver patient-specific surgical plans and implants, now includes MRI Vision, which integrates with CoLumbo from Smart Soft Healthcare into the UNiD workflow. This new tool employs computer vision technology to automatically analyze lumbar MRIs to segment, label, and measure key aspects related to common pathologies.
• Mazor robotic guidance system with 5.1 software is the first and only spinal robotic system that integrates AI, bone cutting, and graft delivery. Mazor enables comprehensive preoperative and intraoperative planning that goes beyond screw placement to include complete construct design with screws, rods, interbodies, and bone removal.
• New implant innovation with ModuLeX Spinal System,which offers increased visualization of the surgical area while allowing the operative flexibility to create an optimized construct for the patient. ModuLeX is the next generation of the Medtronic CD Horizon product family, a 40-year leader in spinal fixation.

Medtronic also announced a partnership with Siemens Healthineers to explore opportunities to further expand access to advanced pre-and post-operative imaging technologies for spine care.

The two companies anticipate comarketing the Siemens Healthineers Multitom Rax imaging system and integrating the platform into the Medtronic AiBLE ecosystem for spine surgery. The companies also anticipate collaborating across technology development, marketing, and commercial activities to advance clinical outcomes.

The Multitom Rax offers a unique combination of imaging technologies that can be used across musculoskeletal conditions, including spinal patients. With standing, weight-bearing imaging, cone-beam CT, and supine X-ray capabilities, the Multitom Rax supports the commitment Medtronic has to advancing the standard of care across the care continuum. The envisioned partnership will be an evolution of the AiBLE ecosystem which integrates connected care and predictive technology to advance surgery.