How Lammert Scherer Upgraded Digital Orthotics and Prosthetics Workflow with EinScan Medixa

About the Customer

• Company: Lammert Scherer GmbH
• Country: Germany
• Industry: Orthotics, Prosthetics & Rehabilitation
• Solution: EinScan Medixa
• Applications: Orthoses, Prostheses, Orthopedic Footwear, Torso Braces, Digital Model Archiving

Introduction

For decades, plaster casting has been the standard method for capturing patient anatomy in orthotic and prosthetic care. As digital technologies continue to transform rehabilitation and orthopedic manufacturing, more clinics are replacing traditional casting with 3D scanning to improve efficiency, flexibility, and patient experience.

Lammert Scherer GmbH, from Germany, providing comprehensive patient care with customized orthotic and prosthetic solutions, has already embraced this transition through SHINING 3D's handheld scanners. After years of using EinScan H and EinScan H2, the clinic recently upgraded to EinScan Medixa to further optimize their daily operations and field services.

The Challenge: The Physical Limits of Plaster and Cables

For many years, plaster casting served as the foundation of patient measurement. However, preparing casting materials, cleaning afterward, transporting physical models, and storing casts all added extra time and labor to daily clinical work.

Traditional plaster casting presented several limitations:

• • Lengthy preparation and cleanup before and after every casting session
  • Messy and labor-intensive procedures involving plaster materials
  • Physical storage of plaster models, making long-term management inefficient

"Originally, orthopedics started by making everything in plaster... this entire part disappears when you switch to a digital approach."

                                                                            - TIM UNMACHT, Master Orthopedic Technician at Lammert Scherer

As the company expanded its services across clinics and mobile patient visits, these limitations became increasingly apparent. Furthermore, the team also needed a solution suitable for mobile services, where transporting multiple devices and setting up cables could significantly slow down patient appointments.

The Solution: Cordless Flexibility with EinScan Medixa

Having previously worked with the EinScan H and EinScan H2, the team upgraded to EinScan Medixa to further improve their digital workflow with greater mobility and workflow flexibility.

Maximize the Convenience for Clinicians

At Lammert Scherer, clinicians frequently need to capture 3D data from a wide variety of body parts, including large legs, arms, hands, heads, and even torsos. To streamline the workflow across these diverse applications, EinScan Medixa is equipped with preset scan modes featuring universal parameters. Clinicians no longer need to spend time manually configuring settings before a scan. They can simply select the corresponding scan mode for the targeted body part and start scanning immediately. Furthermore, Medixa also provides the flexibility for users to create and save their own custom parameter profiles, allowing them to perfectly tailor the workflow to their specific daily clinical needs.

Innovating Prosthetics

The digital workflow has also streamlined the creation of advanced prosthetics, such as the new Rugged Hand. Rather than relying on old principles, the team now scans the patient and produces a separate, perfectly fitted socket. This results in a super-lightweight, waterproof prosthetic system that allows for precise extension and flexion settings.

Continuing the Digital Journey with SHINING 3D

Looking back from EinScan H series to today's EinScan Medixa, Lammert Scherer sees the upgrade as a natural evolution rather than a complete change in workflow.

The scanner delivers the accuracy and versatility required for everyday clinical practice while supporting a fully digital process from patient scanning to manufacturing.

"We've always looked for the best value for money. SHINING scanners have always provided the performance we needed with very few compromises."