Mr Oliver Schindler MD, FRCS(Orth) was selected out of several hundred applicants for the prestigious Insall Travelling Fellowship. The fellowship is dedicated to John N Insall for his legendary contributions to knee surgery. During the five week trip, Oliver Schindler visited 13 internationally renowned knee centers in North America. The fellowship started on the 30th September at Harvard University in Boston and ended at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles on the 31st October completing a travel distance of almost 20,000 air miles. During the fellowship Oliver Schindler had the opportunity to meet up with the leading figures in knee surgery, offering opportunities to exchange knowledge and ideas and to combine research projects
The fellowship travel itinerary included visits to Boston, London/Ontario, Cleveland, Columbus, Indianapolis, Rochester, Philadelphia, New York, St Louis, Denver, Chicago, and Los Angeles
Oliver Schindler with the Harvard Orthopaedic Group including Wolfgang Fitz MD,
Tom Thornhill MD, Harvard Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery and Richard Scott MD
Andrea Baldini, Stephen Burnett, Doug Naugdie and Oliver Schindler
in front of the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota
REVOLUTIONARY NEW TOTAL KNEE DESIGN
A new total knee prosthesis promises to change our perception of replacement surgery altogether. This new 
design incorporates a mobile bearing insert allowing for freedom of motion and self-alignment. Hence the knee has the ability of adjusting itself during walking. The prosthesis is made of high grade Titanium alloy which is extremely rigid and a great deal lighter than standard total knee replacements. Its surface is coated with gold coloured Titanium-Nitride, which provides significant benefits by reducing friction and wear. Subsequently ‘wearing-out’ of the prosthesis has become a story of the past. This new knee is currently not available in Europe, although the regulatory agency in Brussels has approved its safety by providing it with ‘CE’ marking. Oliver Schindler is currently in negotiations with the American company and the chief designer to create a distribution network in the UK. It is likely to be available later in 2008.
Oliver Schindler with Fred Buechel, the chief designer of the B-P knee system
at his private clinic in Orange, New Jersey