Extending a hip implant's life by just five years, from age 60 to 75, is a significant clinical win. A developer named Ted confirmed that five additional years of implant longevity already justifies the investment in preservation technology, reducing the need for costly revision surgery.
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So if you can push people out instead of having total hips at 60, if you can push them out to 75, then you push out the revision. I mean, I'm preaching to the choir here, but that's where your real bang for your buck is.
Vale, I asked him this one time too early on when we were developing this and I said, you know, so Ted, what, how much, how much time do we need to buy these patients in order for it to be worth it? So, okay, you mean is it 5 years? Is it 10 years? Is it 15? What's the answer? And he looked at me and said, it's just 5 years. He said, if you can buy 5 years, it's a win. I think we can do better than 5 years. I think we can do a lot better than 5 years. But I think that kind of underscored the problem for me is they're trying to do anything to get— to listen to your point, get that patient further down the line. And then it's worth it if we can just buy just a little bit of time.