Chicago – November 24, 2008.  Orthocrat, Ltd. will unveil true 3D orthopedic templating at the Annual Assembly of the Radiological Society of North America.

Doron Norman, MD, Chairman of Orthopedics B at Rambam Medical Center (Haifa) and Orthocrat’s Medical Director and Co-Founder, said, “Orthopedic templating has always been performed using regular two-dimensional x-rays, and it is simply not possible to visualize, for example, how the cup will fit precisely inside the pelvis during a hip replacement procedure.  With 3D templating using CT images, especially coupled with the ability to see the results in 3D, the surgeon can have a far more precise understanding of the surgery that he is about to perform.”

Dr. Lawrence X. Webb, Professor of Orthopedic Surgery at Wake Forest University Medical Center (Winston-Salem), comments: “In our Medical Center we have been fortunate enough to have access to some of the best medical technology. Our orthopedic surgeons are heavy users of TeraRecon.  Ever since we were introduced to digital orthopedic templating we felt that TeraRecon and TraumaCAD should begin working together. We are very excited to see this development in the market and are looking forward to seeing the product in action.”

“Orthocrat and TeraRecon have both pursued a vision of delivering advanced imaging capability as an enterprise resource that is ‘IT friendly’, enabling medical professionals to access radiology images in greater harmony with IT and security policies, while enabling radiology to produce less film. We are excited about this integration, because it brings together two complementary visualization and planning solutions that will enable orthopedic surgeons unprecedented access to digital decision support tools, while enabling radiology to offer extended services to the surgical department”, said Robert Taylor, TeraRecon president and chief operating officer.

 “We chose to integrate with TeraRecon’s Aquarius iNtuition^TM visualization platform because of its commanding presence in the marketplace, and because it will immediately allow any hospital which already has the Aquarius iNtuition solution to expand the capabilities it can offer to its orthopedic surgeons,” said Zeev Glozman, Orthocrat’s CEO.  “We are looking for partnerships with leading institutions to further advance the state of presurgical planning with such advanced tools.”

Orthocrat will display its 3D templating with TeraRecon integration at the 2008 RSNA meeting in Chicago, from November 30 to December 3.  South Hall, Booth # 4470.

About Orthocrat, Ltd. (www.traumacad.com)
Orthocrat has a simple mission:  To dramatically improve the orthopedic surgeon’s workflow, so that more time can be spent with patients.  TraumaCad, our flagship product, is installed at over 1,000 locations in ten countries, including hospitals, clinics and academic institutions. OrthoFlow, our newest workflow solution, is already proving that a busy surgeon can expect to get rid of an hour of repetitive drudgery each day, and spend that time with patients instead.
Orthocrat has worldwide offices in Los Angeles, Charlotte, Baltimore, London and Tel Aviv

About TeraRecon, Inc. (www.terarecon.com)
TeraRecon Inc. is an award-winning provider of enterprise 3D advanced visualization solutions for medical imaging. Founded in 1997, TeraRecon has developed a unique family of client-server solutions powered by the company’s own processors that provide the most powerful server-side rendering for enterprise-wide advanced visualization. TeraRecon is privately held, with global headquarters in San Mateo, CA, and branch offices in Concord, MA; Tokyo, Japan; Osaka, Japan; and European Headquarters in Frankfurt, Germany.

Contact, Orthocrat
Claudio Perl
Manager, Marketing Communications
888-227-8129
claudio.perl@traumacad.com

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Vishal Sharma
Business Development Manager
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