OrthoClay
Project Overview
About
Severe hip damage can leave irregular cavities in the pelvic bone that standard implants cannot match securely. Custom parts fit more closely but are costly, take weeks to manufacture and rely on scans made before surgery. OrthoClay is a titanium mesh that surgeons shape during the operation to match the defect, then lock into a rigid, load-bearing structure. Ready for use in the operating theatre without a separate custom-manufacturing process, OrthoClay could make complex reconstruction faster and more affordable, reduce implant loosening and repeat surgery, and preserve mobility for more patients.
Team
Vahid Moosabeiki
Vahid Moosabeiki is co-founder of OrthoClay, a Dutch medtech start-up spun out of TU Delft. OrthoClay develops patient-matched titanium acetabular implants for complex hip revision surgery, where severe bone loss makes standard implants fail or fit poorly. Vahid leads the work from computational design and prototyping through regulatory strategy under EU MDR, working closely with orthopaedic surgeons. His goal is to give every revision patient an implant built for their anatomy, at a cost hospitals can actually absorb.