HP Inc. announced the Arize Orthotic Solution, a new end-to-end digital orthotic solution for podiatrists and orthotists. Currently, 77% of Americans experience foot pain and the fast, easy-to-use digital solution upends traditional manufacturing methods and delivers quality custom orthoses and consistent results, every time. Using a blend of advanced 3D printing and cloud-based software, Arize enhances the development and delivery of custom-fit prescriptive orthoses and streamlines business operations to take foot health into the next generation. Podiatrists and orthotists can capture 3D renderings of a patient’s foot, fine-tune and prescribe personalized orthoses for their patients – all in less than five minutes.
Arize disrupts the status quo with a new kind of efficiency and optimizes customization capabilities not possible through traditional processes. For example, Arize can automatically detect anatomical landmarks found in the 3D printed foot scan, so that providers can approve or modify as needed. Providers can also adjust details to enhance form, fit, and function, with thin, light, and low-profile orthoses enabled by 3D printing, improving patient satisfaction. Starting with five familiar styles – functional, sports, stability, everyday comfort, and dress/low profile – providers can leverage the design flexibility enabled by 3D printing to tailor the orthoses based on patient need and activity level.
“The Arize Orthotic Solution has increased my clinic’s productivity and has allowed me to be more efficient due to the ease of use and streamlined workflow,” said Dr. Gavin P. Ripp of Premier Podiatry & Orthopedics. “I’ve been using Arize in my practice for the past six months and my patients are excited about the innovative, lightweight, and low-profile 3D printed custom orthoses. Plus, with Arize, I can easily place reorders and I receive consistent fitting orthoses every time.”
Enhancing Process, Driving Efficiency, Empowering Clinicians
The Arize cloud-based architecture streamlines clinic operations and efficiencies, providing access for the clinic’s full staff to all current patients and their prescription status. For example, an office administrator can start a patient intake while scheduling an appointment. Clinicians and technicians can then conduct the 3D scan and make customizations, leaving final prescription submission for podiatrists and orthotists to review. With greater flexibility to tap into the patient profile from virtually anywhere, Arize brings collaboration back into the practice, meaning more fluid operations and less time navigating roadblocks.
“With its Arize Orthotic Solution, HP has married a highly accurate 3D scanning solution, with an intuitive and elegant clinic interface and custom 3D printed designs that are likely to change the orthotics industry for the foreseeable future,” said Dr. Jack Reingold of Coast Podiatry Group of Solana Beach Inc.
3D Printing Helping Podiatrists Improve Patient Outcomes
This new solution is a testament to the digital revolution – taking advantage of HP’s industry-leading Multi Jet Fusion 3D printing technology to help podiatrists deliver individually customized products. For podiatrists and specialty clinics challenged by highly variable, manual processes, Arize leverages proprietary HP innovations in digital software and data intelligence to provide a solution with highly accurate, repeatable, and consistent digital workflows.
"I’m confident the new Arize solution and HP’s future technology roadmap will transform the podiatry market and most importantly improve patient outcomes,” said Dr. Bruce Williams, President, Breakthrough Sports Performance, and consultant to HP. “Arize enables innovative orthotic design and unmatched efficiency for clinics looking to provide the highest quality custom foot orthoses.”
3D printing is a key enabler to help clinics in the shift toward a more circular, sustainable, and inclusive economy. Orthoses produced with HP’s Multi Jet Fusion technology can be made to optimize materials use while delivering fine detail combined with strength. 3D printing also brings production closer to the point of consumption, which simplifies supply chains and drives reductions in carbon emissions and waste.
“At HP, we are committed to accelerating entirely new market opportunities and driving the sustainable manufacturing of personalized products across industries,” said Philipp Jung, GM of Arize and Global Head of Orthotic Solutions, HP Inc. “With our end-to-end digital expertise and 3D printing capabilities, we are bringing a new way of working to the prescriptive orthotics business, one that streamlines the way providers serve patients, conduct business, and operate. From innovative design capabilities to cost savings and improved time management, Arize enables podiatrists to provide a higher level of service and better patient outcomes.”
HP has worked closely with an independent Advisory Council consisting of leading industry experts to develop the Arize solution and to design a long-term roadmap to ensure ongoing advancements to help clinicians achieve better patient outcomes. Members of the Advisory Council include Paul Langer, Vice President of Operations for Langer Biomechanics; Sally Crawford, Director of Technology & Data Management at Resilience Code, LLC; Dr. Jay Segel of Segel Podiatry; Dr. Jason Surratt of Northwest Extremity Specialists; and Dalia Zwick PT, Ph.D. a rehab clinical supervisor.