OrthAlign Receives FDA 510(k) Clearance for Lantern® Hip

OrthAlign, Inc., a privately held medical device company, announces FDA 510(k) clearance of their Lantern Hip handheld technology for direct anterior total hip arthroplasty with the patient in the supine position. Lantern Hip is the latest addition to the Lantern platform, joining existing applications for total knee, revision knee, and partial knee arthroplasty.

Lantern Hip builds upon the legacy of HipAlign® with enhanced technology and usability. Next-generation accelerometers and gyroscopes offer orthopedic surgeons a streamlined workflow, real-time navigation for cup positioning, and restoration of leg length and offset. The technology enables individualized cup positioning compared across multiple planes, including the functional pelvic plane, anterior pelvic plane, and coronal plane, with live pelvic tracking. Designed for personalized patient care, Lantern Hip eliminates the need for pre-operative imaging or capital equipment and is compatible with most implant systems, making it an ideal choice for the ASC setting.

“Technologies like Lantern Hip represent the future of orthopedic surgery,” said Edwin Su, MD, orthopedic surgeon at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York, NY. “The system provides the information I need to accurately position each patient’s hip components based on their unique anatomy, and I can hit the leg length and offset targets I want to achieve. These advancements, coupled with the new ability to place the cup in relation to the functional pelvic plane, hold the potential to greatly improve patient outcomes.”

“Adding the total hip application to the Lantern platform is an enhancement that not only broadens our capabilities, but also reinforces our commitment to providing innovative solutions,” said Eric Timko, Chairman and CEO of OrthAlign. “As technology becomes the standard of care in total joint replacement, it’s essential to deliver solutions that are clinically, operationally, and economically efficient. Lantern Knee and Balance have been a great success for OrthAlign and now, with Lantern Hip, surgeons can confidently and easily take technology to any site of service for their total hip replacements. I applaud our internal team and surgeon advisors for the countless hours spent developing a product that we expect will make a positive impact on healthcare.”

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