ARTICLE SUMMARY:
Mighty Oak Medical was founded with the goal of improving spine surgery safety by making navigation standard of care, especially in complex cases. Enthusiastic uptake of the company’s planning platform and 3D-printed patient-specific guides has enabled it to rapidly become cash-flow positive.
Intraoperative optical navigation has been available to surgeons for almost two decades. Despite a demonstrated positive impact on procedure accuracy and patient outcomes, these systems have received a lukewarm response from spine surgeons, who generally believe that they add to the complexity of the operating environment rather than simplify it.
