AToAAdditive Tech on Anatomy

Spine · New

See the whole curve before you correct it.

Severe kyphosis from a recent case, printed at true scale in one piece: every vertebra, every disc space, the apex of the deformity where you can put your hand on it.

Thoracic spine with severe kyphosis, vertebrae in bone colour and discs in blue, side view

Severe kyphosis

About 29 cm of spine, segmented from CT.

Drag to rotate. The side view shows the kyphotic angle; turn it to see the posterior elements.

Vertebrae in bone colour, intervertebral discs in blue. We print the full length of a spine like this in one piece, with the discs in a second colour.

Clinical case, 2026. Shown with identifying details removed.

Services

What we deliver for spine surgery.

Deformity models

Kyphosis, scoliosis and congenital deformity at true scale, for planning osteotomy levels and rehearsing the correction.

Screw trajectory planning

Pedicle diameter and screw paths measured on the segmented vertebrae, level by level, where the anatomy is distorted by the curve.

Drill guide templates

Patient-specific templates that seat on the lamina and guide the pedicle drill. On request, planned and approved level by level.

Evidence in spinal deformity

More screws exactly where they should be.

OR 3.66

odds of an acceptably placed pedicle screw with a 3D-printed drill guide against free-hand, in spinal deformity surgery.

Liang 2021, Eur Spine J; 2,776 screws
-28 min

total screw placement time with the printed template.

Liang 2021
-105 mL

blood loss with the printed template, with no difference in curve correction.

Liang 2021

Measured in centres that also have fluoroscopy on demand and, often, navigation. Where those are limited, the printed guide and model carry more of the operation.

Orthopaedic and spine references

A deformity to plan?

Send the CT of the whole curve. We reply with timeline and cost.