AO Innovation Translation Center
The AO ITC is the AO's innovation hub. By bringing different AO innovation units under one roof, silos are broken down and ideas flow more freely.
Under the leadership of Claas Albers, the AO ITC explores and channels innovative ideas from the AO global network to realize their full potential, thus generating value according to the AO's core mission. Innovation translation at the AO ITC encompasses the conception and development of clinical solutions and the creation of scientific evidence to prove the added value of new solutions.
Strengthening Innovation within the AO
2020 saw the realization of a new approach to foster innovation within the AO by the creation of a new AO innovation hub—the AO Innovation Translation Center (AO ITC), which comprises four business units, the AO Technical Commission, Clinical Operations, Clinical Science, and Technology Transfer. The AO ITC brings together AO teams engaged in innovation, streamlines the process, and makes innovation translation at the AO more efficient and agile.
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AO Foundation and Rimasys enter strategic partnership to advance surgical education
In March 2021, the AO Foundation and German-based education start-up Rimasys announced a strategic partnership to join forces in their efforts to develop high-fidelity solutions to educate surgeons. Rimasys technological capabilities and disruptive product portfolio complement the state-of-the-art expertise in orthopedics and trauma surgery that the AO has built with global impact over the past 60 years.
Chris Lindenmeyer, CEO of the AO Foundation, and Marc Ebinger, CEO and Co-Founder of RIMASYS, sat down for an interview with Dankward Höntzsch, MD, who was an early advocate of the synergies of a potential partnership, to provide more information about the future benefits of the collaboration for both the surgeon community and industry partners
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