Zebra Medical Vision and DePuy Synthes to bring AI to orthopaedic care

Israel's Zebra Medical Vision has teamed up with Johnson & Johnson subsidiary DePuy Synthes to jointly bring cloud-based AI solutions to the orthopaedic and bone health industry. Under the partnership, Zebra Medical Vision's machine learning algorithms will be used to create three-dimensional models of patients from X-ray images. Conventional orthopaedic procedures are based on two-dimensional CT scans or MRI imaging to assist with pre-operative planning. However, CT scans and MRI imaging can be expensive, associated with more radiation and are painful for some patients. Zebra Medical Vision co-founder and CEO Eyal Gura said: "We are thrilled to start this collaboration and have the opportunity to impact and improve orthopaedic procedures and outcomes in areas including the knee, hip, shoulder, trauma, and spine care.