Blue Belt Technologies Announces World's First Surgery Performed with NavioPFS™ Robotic Surgical System

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Blue Belt Technologies Announces World's

First Surgery Performed with NavioPFS™

Robotic Surgical System

PR Newswire

PITTSBURGH, July 12, 2012

PITTSBURGH

,

July 12, 2012

/PRNewswire/ -- Blue Belt Technologies, Inc.

announced the world's first clinical use of the NavioPFS™ system, a

Unicompartmental Knee Replacement (UKR) completed on

July 10, 2012

by

Professor Johan Bellemans at the University Hospital at Pellenberg,

Belgium

.

The NavioPFS surgical system represents the next generation of precision

robotics in the orthopedic operating room, with an initial application in UKR

surgeries, and a wide array of applications in development in neurosurgery,

otolaryngology (ENT), and spine. NavioPFS received a CE Mark for European

commercialization at the end of the first quarter 2012.

"This technology has impressed me as being years ahead of expectations. The

surgical outcome was excellent, perfectly planning and executing the implant

placement," said Professor Bellemans, chairman of the Orthopaedic

Department at the University Hospitals Leuven and Pellenberg,

Belgium

.

Professor Bellemans continued, "Less-invasive surgeries like partial knee

replacements lend themselves to quicker patient recovery and the opportunity

to return to an active life-style. The NavioPFS system provides a platform to

achieve these surgeries with greater precision and reproducible results than

ever before."

Utilizing the integrated CT-free navigation system with intraoperative

registration and planning, Professor Bellemans successfully planned the left-

medial knee replacement surgery and executed bone preparation through a

less-invasive incision using the NavioPFS precision freehand sculpting

handpiece.

Commenting on the procedure, Eric B. Timko, President and CEO of Blue Belt

Technologies, said, "We are thrilled to have worked so closely with Professor

Bellemans and his team in order to accomplish this significant milestone. The

ability to successfully transition from the development stage to the clinical

environment is most challenging so we do not take for granted the importance

of what we accomplished today. This represents both the culmination of the

Blue Belt team's years of hard-work, as well as the next chapter for this

company as we work hard to bring this innovative technology to orthopedic

operating theaters around the world."

Mr. Timko went on to say, "This has been an exciting summer so far for Blue

Belt Technologies, having submitted our 510(k) to the FDA, receiving

recognition through Frost & Sullivan's 2012 Global Orthopedic Surgery

Technology Innovation Award, and now treating the first patient with NavioPFS.

We couldn't be more pleased with the progress we are making at Blue Belt and

expect that our positive momentum will continue."

Blue Belt Technologies, Inc.

Blue Belt Technologies, Inc. is developing the next generation of "smart"

surgical instruments with precision robotics for use initially in orthopedic

procedures and then for other surgical specialties, including neurosurgery,

spinal and otolaryngology (ENT). The company's NavioPFS System incorporates

patented technology to provide precise robotic control to surgeons via an

intelligent, handheld, computer-assisted bone-cutting tool. The NavioPFS

System provides the surgeon with a layer of safety and enhanced accuracy

while performing bone-shaping tasks through minimally invasive incisions.

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