CLARIBONE®
CLARIBONE®
Clarity in hand fracture fixation training

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ABOUT THE COMPANY

CLARIBONE ® offers novel educational training tools to improve hand fracture fixation training, and demo hand trauma products. Current metacarpal simulators are homogenous, lacking tactile feedback necessary for drilling and K-wire insertion. We are a team of doctors and engineers who have designed and fabricated high-fidelity metacarpal bones with cortico-medullary differentiation to improve the quality of hand fracture fixation training nationally.

Innovative

Our innovative design makes our training models accurate representatives of real bones, providing cortico-medullary differentiation with tactile feedback necessary for drilling and K-wire insertion.

Green

CLARIBONE ® has partnered up with Circular11 who will upcycle our used prototypes into construction materials and gardening products.

Affordable

Our training models are 3D printed meaning we can keep costs down.

Awesome Team

We are a friendly team of doctors and engineers. Feel free to get in touch.

The product.

Our high fidelity metacarpal bones are constructed of two different materials to simulate the cortex and medulla. Our engineers have delved into the material properties of metacarpal bone to get the right cortico-medullary ratio. The outer cortex is 3D printed using an SLA printer, and then injected with plaster-of-paris to represent the inner softer medulla.

View Our Works

Full Hand Prototype

THE REVIEWS

Feedback from orthopaedic and plastic surgeons

“I like the fact that is see through so you can see progress of K wire”

“Distinction between cortex and medulla was appreciable in terms of the haptic feedback”

“Good for all levels specifically in terms of K-wire fixation techniques”

“The resin simulates the slippery surface of the periosteum well”

“Better comparison [than other prototypes] to normal bone”

“Doesn't have the same spongy/crumbly feeling that a [homogeonous control model] alone has”

“Good for beginners who have not had experience of what drilling actual bone feels like”

“Will revolutionise the AO hand trauma teaching - IM screws + K-wires”

THE TEAM

The ones who run this company

Leo Gundle

Leo Gundle

CEO & Founder

Leo is a core surgical trainee at St. Thomas' Hospital London.

Melanie Moffat

Melanie Moffat

CTO

Mel is a PhD graduate in Soft Robotics with a specific interest in healthcare.

Alfred Owens

Alfie Owens

Director of Engineering

Alfie is an undergraduate design engineer at the University of Bristol.

Robert Gregson

Robert Gregson

Director of Engineering

Rob is an undergraduate design engineer at the University of Bristol.

Holly Sheldon

Holly Sheldon-Wilson

PR and Marketing

Holly is a graduate medical student at the University of Southampton.

3
Test Centres
17
Hand Surgeons
100%
Educational Potential
78%
Anatomical Accuracy

OUR WORK

Take a look at our work

Printing process
Simulator close-up
Drilling practice
X-ray
Claribone render half
Claribone render half
Drilling practice
Simulator
Rob & Alfie
Simulator close-up
K-wire insertion practice
Drilling practice
Simulators
Drilling close-up
X-ray
Drilling practice
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PUBLICATIONS

Upcoming appearances

Foundation Trainees Surgical Society National Conference

MedTech University College London

King's College London Surgical Innovation Society

The Royal Society of Medicine - Future Orthopaedic Surgeons Conference 2024

BAPRAS Congress 2023 - Interface

BOTA Annual Congress 2023

MedSync Hand Fracture Fixation Training Course

ASiT Surgical Innovation Summit - Future Surgery 2023

Edinburgh, 20 July 2024

London, 2 March 2024

London, 21 February 2024

The Royal Society of Medicine, London, 13 January 2024

Newcastle, 29 November - 1 December 2023

Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, 28 November - 1 December 2023

London, 25 November 2023

ExCel London, 14-15 November 2023

AWARDS

Shortlisted for the Cutlers' Surgical Innovation Prize 2024 by the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh

CONTACT

Lets get in touch. Send us a message:

Email: hello@claribone.com


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