AREAS
The Operating System for Arthroscopy
What is arthroscopy?
Arthroscopy is a technique for operating on a joint through small incisions.
To perform the procedure, the surgeon uses instruments specifically designed for this technique, together with a camera to see inside the joint.
This surgery offers many benefits for the patient, including faster recovery and a lower risk of complications than open surgery.
A demanding discipline
Arthroscopy is a real technical challenge for the surgeon.
The highly magnified view causes a loss of orientation, the working space is confined, and one hand must “film” while the other operates.
These particular conditions make arthroscopy a demanding
discipline with a long learning curve.
Our vision: augmented arthroscopic surgery
AREAS is developing a digital surgery platform dedicated to arthroscopy.
Our ambition: to bring minimally invasive surgery the precision that navigation and robotics brought to open surgery, without making the procedure more cumbersome.
Our workflow is built on three steps: plan the procedure on the patient’s 3D digital twin, register this model to the operated joint without any contact, and guide the surgeon’s actions in real time.
The digital revolution in surgery is reaching arthroscopy
In open surgery, navigation and robotics have transformed practice in three steps: plan, register, guide. Arthroscopy, with its limited access, has been left behind. AREAS is developing the breakthrough technologies that bring it into this era.
1/3 Plan
In open surgery
Planning on a 3D model derived from preoperative imaging.
With AREAS
AI-generated 3D digital twin from MRI. Functional planning: graft isometry and laxity control according to tunnel position.
2/3 Register
In open surgery
Point-by-point palpation of the bone surface with a tracked probe.
With AREAS
In arthroscopy, palpation is slow and difficult. We capture the articular surface by filming it: contactless registration.
3/3 Guide
In open surgery
Anatomy tracking with markers fixed to the bone by several pins.
With AREAS
Minimally invasive, real-time tracking of anatomy and instruments, ultimately marker-free. AR targets on the arthroscopy screen.
The devices presented are not CE marked and may not be placed on the market or used in clinical practice in the European Union.
510(k) pending - not available for sale in the United States.
The areas team
A multidisciplinary and complementary team :
Our team is composed of specialized engineers in artificial intelligence, 3D imaging, mixed reality and quality control, as well as specialists in production of medical devices.
The team benefits of continuous communication with ultimate users of the originated solution (surgeons and medical staff).
