May 12, 2015
The photo below shows a patient education model set we are now making available to surgeons who utilize the KineMatch Custom PFR.
This set includes sample PFR implants (femoral and patellar), a bone model (with cartilage) and a drill guide, along with a display case. The display case can also be used to hold that surgeon’s actual patient models and drill guides as cases are completed (as shown in the photo). The drill guides from the actual cases can then be used to educate the patient on the variability of the human trochlea by trying to fit them on other models from other patients. The typically poor interfit from patient to patient helps to educate the patient on the benefits of our custom approach. If the surgeon fills up a display case with patient models we can send him/her another case to park alongside the first. Having these models and way to display them should result in more cases for you because the surgeon will have better tools to educate potential patients and the surgeon will also have a reminder of the typically great results he has been getting with the KineMatch device!
To the right of the display case in the photo is our KineMatch Custom PFR patient brochure. You’ll note that the pamphlets are in a clear plastic stand. We are now making these pamphlet stands available to you to provide to your surgeons along with the patient pamphlets.
To order your KineMatch patient education materials please contact Patrick Miller at pmiller@kinamed.com. We will require detailed information on where these sets are to be placed. The display sets with sample PFR are costly for us to build and supplies are very limited but we will work to get these materials to you and your surgeons as quickly as we can. And a special thanks to Steve Barber and Don Hules, Kinamed agents, who each had come up with similar concepts that they shared with us for presenting KineMatch samples to key surgeons.