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At J2 Medical, we like to keep things fresh and keep our customers involved so we have added a blog to our new website. Enjoy!
HAVE A NICE X-RAY!!!!
Attention all current and potential J2 Medical customers!
During the month of November, J2 Medical will be promoting “Twitter Tuesdays.” Any new followers added to J2 Medical’s Twitter account on Tuesdays throughout November (1st, 8th, 15th, 22nd and 29th) will receive FREE shipping on their next order for any Akucal scaling tool or Akucal accessory item. Simply mention “Twitter Tuesdays” when ordering to receive this offer.
**Please note, offer does not apply to overnight shipping requests**
1. “There did not appear to be any correlation between body mass index and inaccuracies in the preoperative template.”
This point is open for debate. J2 Medical would like to hear everyone’s thoughts and experiences on this matter and will be happy to publish any results that we recieve.
2. “Digital templating is an accurate tool to preoperatively plan total hip arthroplasty. The accuracy demonstrated in this study should be achieved easily with any digital templating software.”
3. “The benefit comes from the ability to scale the templates to the actual x-ray magnification.”
This is the principle that J2 Medical was founded upon and precisely why the Akucal scaling tool was developed. The Akucal is the best selling and most functional scaling tool in the world. It’s our job to make digital templating worth the jump and we accept the challenge.
Digital radiography is becoming the standard of care for many hospitals and clinics worldwide. The introduction of this new standard has led to the development of arthroplasty templating software. We sought to compare our results using the standard acetate method with the new software method. Our digital pre operative plan was accurate to within 1 size in 78% of the acetabular components and 90% of the femoral components. The manually templated plan was accurate to within 1 size in 67% of the acetabular components and 82% of the femoral components. There did not appear to be any correlation between body mass index and inaccuracies in the preoperative template.
Have you ever tried to pick the right wrench to loosen a bolt. First, you take a look at the bolt and then at the wrench assortment and guess which wrench is the magic wand. The odds are against even the best mechanic to get the right fit the first time, every time. Sometimes it’s not the right one and you still think it may be or it will still work and larger issues become apparent later when you have to readdress the situation. Now think what would happen if every time that you guessed the wrong wrench, you had to throw it in the waste bin and buy a new one.$$$
This was common practice for orthopedic surgeons before orthopedic templating software promised to make the process of pre surgical planning more accurate and efficient. If the surgeon misjudged the replacement, there was no putting it back into inventory. It gets added to the bill of sale. Even simple math adds up very quickly when you’re two or even three sizes off multiple times a day.$$$
So, those days are long gone right?
Well, not exactly…
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J2 Medical has been the leading brand in X-ray image scaling since it’s market debut almost 5 years ago with the Akucal.
The truth is that orthopedic templating is only as accurate as the tool used to scale the image properly. If you begin the process with a poorly scaled x-ray image, it doesn’t matter what software you have chosen, the pre surgical planning measurements will be off proportionately… With up to 20% magnification if the image is not scaled at all.
The Akucal Evo is a patented x-ray scaling tool that ensures the most accurate orthopedic templating calculations and most functional abilities in the world. It performs reliably in any situation whether it’s a hip study, knee study or any study. The Akucal has the smallest table footprint and has the best suction cup known to man so it works on an upright study just as well.
The Akucal’s reputation speaks for itself and is placed in thousands of cutting edge orthopedic facilities worldwide and is responsible for hundreds of thousands of successful replacements per year. Contact J2 today and try one for free!
Congratulations to Shawn Gottschalk from UPMC’s Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh as J2 Medical’s “Have a Nice X-Ray” Tech of the Month for August 2011!
Shawn has been at UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh since May 2009 after attending UPMC School of Radiologic Technology. In addition to Shawn’s hard working nature, reliability, and versatility, his colleagues nominated Shawn due to his:
Congrats again Shawn and keep up the great work! I am sure the children and families at your facility appreciate your knowledge, positive attitude and support in their time of pain and suffering.
If you would like to nominate someone from your staff for J2 Medical’s Have a Nice X-Ray Technologist of the Month, please contact J2 Medical at smitty@j2medical.com
The same sleek, stylish design that has become the standard for J2 Medical now offers yet another great advancement in image scaling. The ”Undercover” uses a protective 2.2 mm copper shield to provide better clarity of the calibration marker by absorbing low attenuation scatter during body part imaging that requires higher beam intensity. Better visualization of the spherical marker improves accuracy of the presurgical plan yielding improved post surgical outcomes!
If you are an orthopaedic surgeon and unaware of the American Academy of Orthoaepdic Surgeons (AAOS) and what they offer, then you are missing out on some major benefits to not only yourself, but your practice affiliation as well. Members see a significant ROI from their monthly dues in a variety of facets. AAOS strives to assist all members through a variety of programs, incentives, and services that every orthopaedic surgeon should take full advantage of now and throughout their career.
The top 12 AAOS membership incentives include:
