Name: AAOS 2026 Overview
Uploaded: 2026-03-13T00:00:00Z
Duration: 14 min 24 s
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Description: Join Arthrex President and Founder Reinhold Schmieding and members of the Product Management team for a tour of the Arthrex exhibit at the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) 2026 Annual Meeting and a comprehensive overview of the innovative technologies being featured.

<p>Join Arthrex President and Founder Reinhold Schmieding and members of the Product Management team for a tour of the Arthrex exhibit at the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) 2026 Annual Meeting and a comprehensive overview of the innovative technologies being featured.</p>

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AAOS 2026 Overview

Speaker  Welcome to the virtual tour of the Arthrex Aaos exhibit in New Orleans. I'm Reinhold Schmieding, president and founder of Arthrex. This year, Arthrex once again highlighted over 1000 new products across orthopedics and minimally invasive surgery. For those of you who are unable to visit the booth again in person this year, I'd like to walk you through the most important innovations we showcased to help you treat your patients better. Speaker  Arthroplasty achieved a significant milestone for Arthrex and Korn, as we brought together two complementary portfolios under long term family ownership. Our focus was clear combine innovation, workflow efficiency and clinical performance to create a complete competitive arthroplasty platform for surgeons worldwide. We showcased Apollo Knee with Unity Total Knee supported by balanced Hbot technology to personalize dynamic balance and alignment preferences. Combined with Omnibot robotic system, it delivers accurate execution with a smaller footprint supporting ASC adoption. Apollo provides pain free acetabular positioning with leg length and offset optimization. The Trinity Acetabular system offers versatile shell options and advanced bearing combinations, while triple tapered stem designs support biomechanical restoration. Together, these platforms represent a unified hip and knee solution designed for precision efficiency and ambulatory surgery center readiness in shoulder arthroplasty. We highlighted continued advancements across both primary and fracture solutions. We showcased the universe reverse enhanced with consolidated two tray configuration to streamline instrumentation and improve our efficiency. The Eclipse Total Shoulder system, supported by more than 20 years of clinical performance, now features an updated instrument set to enhance workflow while maintaining an anatomic humeral design philosophy. For fractures, the proximal humeral lateral plate was anatomically contoured using statistical shape modeling from VIP humoral data. It includes 13 variable angle proximal screw trajectories excepting crew lock compression screws, and supports fibertape cerclage integration for periprosthetic applications and fracture fragment reduction. Speaker  In Shoulder, we focused on improving efficiency and rotator cuff repair while expanding our leadership in knotless shoulder stabilization. Our latest systems were designed to streamline graft preparation, simplify fixation, and support durable clinical outcomes. We expanded the Koufman rotator cuff augmentation portfolio with the Speedflex pre sutured implant to reduce graft preparation steps and improve procedural efficiency. The fiber stitch RC simple enables rapid medial fixation through a simplified stitch configuration. New Koufman kits consolidate required instruments and implants, and the Autograft tissue compression system Supports biceps derived autograft patch creation. The Fiber Tack Speedbridge system delivers footprint compression through Knotless medial fiber tack, RC anchors, and lateral self punching swivel lock fixation. Expanded kit configurations address straightforward tears, delamination, medial rip stop constructs, and biologic augmentation using Alo and Arthro flex and instability. The Knotless one eight fiber tack system, supported by over a decade of clinical use, has demonstrated high return to sport rates when combined with the bankart repair. The interconnected bridge remplissage technique significantly reduces recurrent instability risk in high risk patients. Speaker  This year, we're advancing upper extremity fracture fixation and soft tissue repair with more anatomic lower profile solutions. Our goal is to provide surgeons with comprehensive options tailored to small joint precision. We introduced a new elbow fracture plating system with anatomically contoured plates and crew lock variable angle fixation for stable yet flexible screw trajectory options. Nanofiber tack expands soft tissue fixation in small joint procedures through an all suture design that preserves bone stock. Our CMC portfolio provides both implant based and biologic supported solutions for thumb CMC arthritis, supporting reliable stabilization and earlier mobilization. Speaker  In knee. We're advancing ACL fixation and extra articular repairs and reconstructions with all suture solutions designed for reproducibility and efficiency. Our focus is on simplifying techniques while maintaining strong, minimally invasive fixation. We showcase the tightrope SB, the first ever all suture ACL fixation. Tightrope SB is available for all graft types and is compatible with existing instrumentation. Sb enables control deployment, repositioning capability, and radiographic visibility without MRI scatter. The updated knee fiber Tech Mpfl kits incorporate improved instrumentation and a stabilizing plan to enhance reproducible patellar fixation. Femoral options include the hybrid fiber tag, the new smaller fiber tag tightrope, or the pre-loaded Fast Threads interference screw on a disposable driver for improved O.R. efficiency. Patient specific osteotomy planning allows surgeons to plan corrections, preoperatively, and transfer that plan intraoperatively with patient specific guides in hip arthroscopy. We highlighted advancements designed to improve capsular management and suture passing. We featured suture cast, a dedicated suture passer engineered to simplify capsular closure. Its unique jaw geometry allows for controlled suture passing and reliable retrieval, even in constrained joint spaces. With a slim 2.1mm shaft diameter and two angle options, surgeons can reproducibly pass sutures from multiple trajectories with minimal damage to the tissue. The device is compatible with Fiberwire, Fibertape and loop lock, providing flexibility and construct selection while maintaining efficient workflow. Speaker  In Synergy Visualization. We're focusing on delivering more power with greater efficiency and clearer visualization in every case. Our latest innovations are designed to simplify workflow while elevating performance across orthopedic procedures. The Synergy Power System delivers 35% more power in a lighter, fully autoclavable handpiece engineered to reduce or equipment redundancy. The Nanoneedle scope HD 30 maintains a stabilized 30 degree view throughout full rotation with an integrated fluid channel for cable free workflow. Demonstrated with 3D anatomy Arthro lab models, we highlighted realistic pathology, replication, and advanced procedural visualization. The Diamond Cut Bur provides controlled bone resection with minimized soft tissue wrapping in consistent cutting in forward and reverse. Speaker  For foot and ankle and trauma, we're focused on delivering stronger constructs with low profile implants and more efficient fixation techniques. The Tightrope Pro features lower profile buttons, smaller drill tunnel, self cinching, lateral fixation, and integrated tensioning handles. The Fibula Pro incorporates wider talons, expanded syndesmotic fixation options, and headless interlocking screw constructs with supplemental fixation capabilities. The proximal tibia plate system includes four anatomically contoured designs variable angle crew lock locking screws, up to 80mm integrated suture holes, and lock percutaneous insertion to preserve soft tissue. Speaker  In Orthobiologics. Speaker  We're advancing platelet rich plasma technology and wound healing solutions designed for precision and performance. Our systems provide customizable biologic processing and targeted delivery. The Angel system utilizes a proprietary platelet sensor to precisely control platelet and leukocyte concentrations across adjustable processing volumes, from 40 to 180ml. Acp Max PRP delivers high platelet concentration with reduced neutrophil content through a triple syringe configuration compatible with existing centrifuges. Jumpstart antimicrobial wound dressing. Disrupts biofilm and supports re-epithelialization with sustained antibacterial effect for up to seven days. Speaker  In spine, we focused on improving graft delivery, bone collection, and precision resection in minimally invasive spine procedures. The graft gun enables ergonomic single handed graft delivery compatible with allograft chunks up to five millimetres. Its Radiopaque tip allows Fluoroscopic confirmation, while a translucent cannula enables real time graft monitoring. The synergy resection burrs and blades support controlled endoscopic resection with integrated suction and a retractable hood for protection. The graft XL device collects large volumes of autologous bone with simplified assembly and a sterile workflow for optimization. Speaker  At the center of our exhibit This year, we showcase the evolution of the operating room of the future as a fully integrated technology platform. Speaker  The O.R. of the future highlights how advanced imaging, our integration and customizable modular architecture come together to help surgeons design their ideal surgical environment. Arthrex serves as a true turnkey partner, supporting O.R. design from conceptualization through implementation, providing integrated products, technology, and infrastructure that work together to elevate and streamline your entire O.R. ecosystem. After exploring a full range of ways to elevate the operating room, attendees were able to use our O.R. planner to design a customized surgical space aligned with their clinical and operational goals. The O.R. planner translates vision into practical, buildable design decisions using O.R. planner. Attendees explored multiple room layouts, lighting configurations, and equipment placements to determine the optimal setup for their workflow. The platform also allowed surgeons and administrators to evaluate modular glass wall options, spatial configurations and technology integration points. Ensuring that architectural design, imaging systems, and workflow infrastructure are completely aligned from the beginning. By visualizing these elements together, the Or planner helped transform conceptual ideas into executable or environments tailored to individual needs. Speaker  Our mock or showcase the technology and infrastructure that brought the Or of the future to life, highlighting innovations designed to enhance visualization, integration, and workflow efficiency. We featured the Synergy Vision platform, the scope, and the Positioner, delivering premier 4K visualization, hands free camera positioning, and seamless transitions between open and arthroscopic viewing. The synergy matrix, or integration system demonstrates how any imaging source could be routed to any display within the operating room, improving surgical awareness and team coordination. The system also imports surgical schedules and exports images and videos directly to the electronic health record while supporting case recording and surgeon vault for postoperative patient communication. Speaker  Finally, we showcase how information, intelligence and human connection come together within the surgical environment with the synergy LED wall. We design surgical intelligence as an integrated information hub that can be installed as an operating room, LED wall, or deployed as a foldable, rolling 135 inch display. Powered by DX intelligence, it functions as a centralized command center, providing surgeons and staff immediate access of surgeon preferences, device lists, preferred back table setup, and optimum room positioning before the case begins. At time out, the system could present a short patient introduction, reinforcing the purpose behind the procedure and aligning the surgical team during the case. The synergy LED wall serves as an auxiliary information hub, displaying real time scope or c-arm feeds alongside planning tools such as the Virtual Implant Positioning System, enables rapid retrieval of imaging, auxiliary patient information, and technique videos that support intraoperative decision making. We also showcase how automated sliding doors save space in the operating room with a modular glass wall system, so attendees could experience both its design flexibility and structural performance. These modular glass walls provide structural durability, hygiene support, fire and X-ray protection, and high customization to align architectural design with surgical technology. Speaker  We shared how we. Speaker  Continue to expand hands on training opportunities in online. Speaker  Education for surgeons around the. Speaker  World. Speaker  We showcase the Naval Surgical Skills experience, where we welcome over 20,000 visitors every year to experience the largest hands on cadaveric training facility in the world, featuring 120 individual lab stations. Surgeons participate in subspecialty focused, engaging meetings designed to translate directly into procedural proficiency and improve patient outcomes. We also highlighted Orthopaedia, our open access online educational platform serving surgeons and other healthcare professionals, including those in training and patients worldwide. Orthopaedia includes thousands of educational videos, a learning management system enabling curriculum assignment assessment, development and performance analytics, and a patient site with streaming capabilities for the patient waiting room. Together, these initiatives reflect Arthrex commitment not only to innovation and products, but to evidence based education that supports competent, effective surgical execution. Speaker  Thank you for taking this virtual tour of the Arthrex exhibit at Academy this year. We look forward to our continuing partnership, and we appreciate your support of our mission of helping surgeons treat their patients better.