Mascia Masciocchi

Ms. Mascia Masciocchi


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Academic Career Length

1Year (2026-Present)

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28 October 2026 in Applied Sciences
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TFTiziana Falcone
Tiziana Falcone
ECEnrico Ciminello
Enrico Ciminello
MMMascia Masciocchi
Mascia Masciocchi
AMAlessandro Mentuccia
Alessandro Mentuccia
M.Marco Davide .Forlani
Marco Davide .Forlani
Marina TorreMarina Torre
Marina Torre
Joint replacement registries are essential for post-market surveillance; however, medical device (MD) classification dictionaries often rely on manual processes and heterogeneous data sources, limiting efficiency and standardization. The aim of this study was to design and validate, as a proof of concept (PoC), an artificial intelligence (AI) classification system for hip and knee implants, leveraging registry taxonomies and manufacturer technical documents to overcome the above limitations. A PoC study was conducted using a custom-built dataset derived from the Italian Arthroplasty Registry (RIAP) MD-Dictionary, the UK National Joint Registry MD-Classification, and 49 manufacturer documents. A convolutional neural network (CNN) and a transformer-based model (BioBERT) were evaluated. Model performance was assessed on a validation dataset (49 documents) and an external test set (25 documents) using standard metrics and a comparison with manual extraction. BioBERT outperformed the CNN across main evaluation metrics (precision 94.62% vs. 67.18%, recall 88.45% vs. 75.82%, and F1-score 91.43% vs. 71.24%). Processing times were reduced from over 22 h for manual extraction to 4 min for CNN and 27 min for BioBERT. The results show that this AI module-PoC enables the extraction of structured data from technical documents and enhances data completeness and surveillance capabilities by integrating NLP-based automation into MD registries.