Rodin4D

Rizzoli Ortopedia is Italy’s leading orthopaedic company and produces made to measure medical devices using CAD-CAM technology since 1996.

We chose the Rodin4D software after an extensive research because of its versatility and user-friendliness and because it allows to rapidly make models that would be hardly realised with similar programs. The software has been integrated in our new CAD-CAM system, personally projected by us, and realised interfacing the best 3D laser scanning systems and carving robotic systems on the market.

We use Rodin4D to produce lower limb prostheses, paediatric devices, trunk braces and lower limb orthoses, about 7000 pieces per year in all.

CTO is the largest private orthopaedic company in Belgium. We currently work for all the major university hospitals and rehabcentres all over Belgium.

CTO began working primarily with the Barlach system, but a few years ago this could not be updated anymore. So we started looking for other systems, limiting our selection to just a few after having made a short list of our needs and goals for the future. The final decision was made by taking cost, user friendlyness and technical support into account. Here, RODIN4D came out as the best option.

We were able to try RODIN4D half a year for free, so there was no need for a quick decision. From the beggining it was very important for us to work with a library of our own CTO-models, which was not a problem for RODIN. To get started they helped us creating different measurement-based libraries for various types of our own Bodyjackets, Spinals, AK prosthetics and Helmets. The possibility of inserting jpeg photos from our scoliosis patients was very useful to us.

At first we ordered the carvings at their headquarters near Bordeaux by email. Although there were some hesitations initially due to learning process, we never considered these to be unreasonable and we soon developped a good success rate. We saw results becoming better in short time. Once you get started with RODIN you will notice it is a very user friendly system with lots of possibilities.

The training of ou technicians in Bordeaux as well as CTO in Belgium was excellent. After this trial CTO decided to purchase the RODIN system, to which we added the Polhemus Cobra scanner. This gave us the possibility to digitize various other forms, such as Seatings, AFO's, Transtibial forms and Cosmetics. RODIN helped us by teaching us how to insert the scanner files into RODIN. It gave us the possibility to scan patients and plasters directly. The RODIN4D software has been updated several times now, but not with useless gimmicks !

RODIN advised us to complete their system with an ABB Robotcarver, so that we could carve our own models in one piece. This Robotcarver is now located in our main office near Gent, and working perfectly. Because of the success of RODIN4D we are already thinking of purchasing a second carving table in the near future.

The time it takes to go from mold to fabrication has been significantly shortened, allowing us to see more patients in our already busy schedules. We are seeing a better fit or our orthoses and prostheses. What more could one whish ?

CTO has been using the RODIN4D system for almost 1+ year and is more than pleased with the system. It gives our company a doorway to the future, and a higher performance rate for our patients.

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