(Metronor: Oslo, Norway)  Metronor—a leading supplier of industrial and military geometry measurement systems—has won the first multi-system contract for its new line of precision guidance systems for surgical procedures.

Developed from mature Metronor core technology, the new product line offers unique advantages over existing surgical guidance products and is a perfect match for initial customer Ortoma’s surgical planning and navigation suite.

Says Metronor CEO, Oeyvind Roetvold, “We are delighted to enter the medical market, and particularly to do so with Ortoma as our launch customer. Our companies share the philosophy that to be truly value-added, a planning and navigation solution must enable the surgeon to secure a better outcome for the individual patient. This means efficient high-precision measurements based on patient-specific geometry rather than library approximations, but equally important it means that the navigation system must offer what current solutions generally don’t.

“An unobtrusive tool that adapts to the surgeon’s work flow, rather than a cumbersome device that—physically—interferes with the process.

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