Advita Ortho, a global medical technology leader, has been awarded the Innovation Award in the 2025 Medical Device Network Excellence Awards for its Newton Balancing Technology for total knee replacement surgery.

"We are thrilled to be recognised for our Newton Balancing Technology, which represents Advita Ortho's commitment to patient-centred innovation," said Aurelio Sahagun, CEO of Advita Ortho. "By transforming the technologies surgeons use to approach soft tissue management, we're helping make knee replacement outcomes more predictable and more reliable for patients everywhere. This award validates the hard work of our team and sets the tone for the next chapter of Advita Ortho, delivering intelligent solutions that empower surgeons and advance lives."

Newton provides ligament-driven balance by combining a force-controlled intra-articular tensioner with GPS, a platform that provides dynamic soft tissue analytics, pre-resection insights and full-range personalised planning. This streamlined technique helps surgeons reliably execute their surgical planning, transforming a traditionally subjective step into a data-driven, reproducible process.

At the core of Newton's innovation is its ability to measure real-time ligament laxity under controlled tension. By applying a controlled force across the knee's full arc of motion, the technology isolates ligament behaviour, reducing variability that can occur with manual methods. Integrated with the company's GPS, real-time gaps are displayed, empowering surgeons to make informed decisions about implant size, alignment, placement and soft tissue balance. 

The award also reflects the depth of evidence behind Newton's performance. More than 50 publications and scientific presentations have shown the system's advantages over conventional methods, including greater accuracy, higher reliability irrespective of surgeon experience and improved gap balancing.