The 2006 Supplier Directory - Orthoworld

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BONEZone® Strategic Sourcing for the Orthopaedic Industry 

Strategic Sourcing for the Orthopaedic Industry 

Volume 4 Issue 4 

Winter 2005 

The 2006 Supplier Directory

Editor’s 

Corner 

Jack Detweiler 

Editor 

Vice President 

Knowledge Enterprises, Inc. 

The 2006 Supplier Directory 

In 2005, 50 new Suppliers appeared in OrthoSupplier (see www.orthosupplier.com), bringing the total to 

225 Suppliers and Consultants that have Members in the Institute for Orthopaedics. Be sure to check 

out their profiles in this issue. Sixty suppliers have already committed to making themselves available to 

meet with you at OMTEC 2006 next June. A complete list of exhibitors will appear in the next issue. 

The Big Picture 

John Engelhardt, Chief Executive Officer of Knowledge Enterprises Inc., summarizes the evolution of 

OEM/Supplier relationships through the past decade and suggests that recent history could portend future 

developments. 

Product Development 

Whether for showing proof of concept, assessing or validating user requirements or system specifications, 

training users or exploring design problem solutions, Larry James of New Concepts Prototyping avows the 

value of iterative prototyping—before, during and after the beginning, middle and latter stages of development. 

Susan Capps summarizes the design considerations for several categories of spinal repair devices, the reasons 

for their use and the biomechanical considerations that drive the design parameters of each. 

Logistics 

Barbara Lyons of Precimed reassures us that RFID is no longer a pie-in-the-sky concept within our industry. 

The use of RFID may have more positive implications—both direct and indirect—than many of us have 

imagined, and its benefits are being employed and enjoyed “here and now” to the benefit of patient, surgeon, 

hospital and OEM alike. 

Technology 

Have no fear—OEMs can do it. Neil Ryall of Kays Engineering suggests that, owing to the high costs associated 

with contract manufacturing services and with the procurement of cannulated raw materials, OEMs 

may find value in incorporating gundrilling as one of their in-house manufacturing processes. 

Similarly, Kyle Elmblad of Hammond Roto-Finish proposes that mass finishing processes—in some quarters 

perhaps unrecognized and undervalued as being applicable to the finishing of orthopaedic implants— 

deserve more than cursory acknowledgement when pursuing product improvement in terms of appearance 

and function. 

Tom Neuenschwander of LH Industries Corp. highlights a 3D stamping technology that is purported to 

offer medical design engineers a geometric freedom that was previously unattainable. Apparently, the fundamental 

geometric rules of lamination stamping have changed and now offer new opportunities for application 

in the manufacture of medical devices. 

Tom Whitton of Advanced Powders and Coatings touts plasma atomization as a process that offers superior 

performance levels for production of titanium powder used in metal injection molding applications. The 

sphericity and purity characteristics of powders created by this process reportedly generate a more favorable 

response to the demands posed by our industry. 

Testing 

Jennifer Robertson of Polymer Solutions describes a testing protocol designed to examine the interaction 

between bone cement and cement mixers, with the intent of determining whether the use of a particular 

mixer has any effect on a broad range of bone cement properties. 

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Winter 2005 

Contents 

FEATURED ZONES 

The Big Picture 

9 • Beyond 2005: Orthopaedic 

Companies and their Suppliers 

March into the Future 

John A. Engelhardt 

KNOWLEDGE ENTERPRISES, INC. 


13 • The Value of Prototype Iteration 

Larry E. James 

NEW CONCEPTS PROTOTYPING 

17 • Spinal Repair 101 

Susan G. Capps, Ph.D. 

BENSOL 

Logistics 

21 • RFID Technology—Uses in 

Orthopaedics 

Barbara Lyons 

PRECIMED, INC. 

28 • 2006 Supplier Directory 

Technology 

85 • Mass Finishing Processes— 

Not Just for Marbles Anymore 

Kyle Elmblad 

HAMMOND ROTO-FINISH 

89 • Motor Technology: Varilok Stamping 

Process Changes the Rules for Design 

of Laminated Stacks 

Tom Neuenschwander 

LH INDUSTRIES CORP. 

91 • Gundrilling: Should We Do 

It Ourselves? 

Neil Ryall 

KAYS ENGINEERING INC. 

97 • Plasma Atomization: A Unique 

Process for Producing High Purity 

Biomedical Powders With 

Exceptional Sphericity 

Thomas Whitton 

AP&C, ADVANCED POWDERS 

AND COATINGS 

Testing 

101 • Comparative Analysis of Bone Cements 

and Mixers 

Jennifer Robertson, Ph.D. 

Grant Hancock 

James Rancourt, Ph.D. 

POLYMER SOLUTIONS INC. 

IN EACH ISSUE 

4 • News 

5 • Advertiser Index 

107 • Calendar 

109 • Classifieds 

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COLLABORATIONS 

Accellent signed a definitive merger agreement with affiliates of 

Kohlberg Kravis Roberts in a transaction valued at ~$1.27 billion, 

expected to close by the end of 2005. No changes are currently contemplated 

in Accellent’s strategy or operations. 

Accellent acquired Machining Technology Group (MTG), which specializes 

in rapid prototyping and manufacturing of instruments for 

orthopaedic device companies. MTG’s focuses primarily on spine 

products, and makes instruments used in knee and hip replacements 

and trauma procedures. 

Under terms of a new agreement, Leis Partners will serve as the marketing 

and sales arm for Advantis Medical, provider of custom delivery 

systems for the orthopaedic and medical markets. 

Summit Corporate Services renewed an agreement to provide ongoing 

services (e.g. patient pre-screening for clinical trials, inventory 

management, records maintenance, etc.) for Stryker Spine’s Motion 

Prevention unit and the FlexiCore and CerviCore intervertebral disc 

replacements. 

VIASYS Healthcare acquired Intermed Precision, an ISO 13488 

registered developer and supplier of orthopaedic instruments, 

implants and micro-machined components used in minimally invasive 

surgical devices in Ireland. 

CAPABILITIES 

Millstone Medical launched the Loaner Expedite Program, a streamlined 

system that minimizes the OEM’s inventory, shipping and labor 

costs and time to deliver fully-inspected surgical kits to operating 

rooms. 

Precimed announces Precimed Asia, its new operations in 

Guangzhou, China, joining the company’s operations in Switzerland, 

the U.S., Japan and the U.K. This new office will provide the additional 

help needed to support new and existing sales as well as logistical 

follow through on projects for Asian customers. 

Precimed closed a CHF 34MM equity transaction (~$27MM USD) to 

fund the company’s organic growth and enable strategic acquisitions. 

Symmetry Medical opened Symmetry Medical Cheltenham Ltd., a 

25,000 square foot facility in the U.K. to provide Total Solutions®, 

design services, co-development, prototypes, project management 

and Symmetry products in Europe. 

Specialty Blades/IncisionTech will invest $6MM to expand its facility 

in Stauntion, Virginia. The company manufactures precision 

cutting and piercing components; its IncisionTech division focuses 

solely on OEM medical device applications. The project will create 25 

new jobs and includes the addition of a 28,000 sq. ft. facility. 

VIASYS® Orthopedics/Tecomet opened LaunchQuick, a dedicated 

Process Development Center in its Wilmington, Massachusetts 

facility. The center will produce first articles, small batches for testing 

and lab evaluation and pre-series for clinical evaluation. LaunchQuick 

is equipped with 4-Axis and 5-Axis Machining Centers, as well as a 

9-Axis Integrated Machining Center. In addition, the company has 

added a 1,300 ton press to its forging facility. 

CERTIFICATIONS 

C&W Swiss Inc. has been recommended for ISO 9001:2000 certification, 

successfully completing an audit without any non-conformances 

or minor non-conformances. 

Gauthier Biomedical secured patent number 6,948,605 for an exclusive 

ratcheting mechanism used in their extended line of screwdrivers, 

designed to limit axial and side-to-side “play” between the 

shaft and the handle. The design is available in a number of silicone 

handle styles and instrument configurations. 

Gauthier Biomedical has been recommended for ISO 13485:2003 certification. 

Further, for the 2nd consecutive year, the company is 

named to the Milwaukee’s Future 50 list of successful and growing 

companies. The company supplies instruments in the handheld 

orthopaedic and spinal instrumentation market. 

Holmed Corporation was approved for 13485 certification by TUV. The 

company now has full design capabilities as well as a complete manufacturing 

facility dedicated to spine, knees, hip, and shoulder instruments 

and implant development. 

The 1st implantable medical device using Invibio’s PEEK-OPTIMA® 

polymer received regulatory clearance in Japan. The arthroscopy 

device is a tissue repair system used in shoulder procedures. PEEK- 

OPTIMA polymer is a thermoplastic designed for medical device 

applications requiring blood or tissue contact of more than 30 days. 

The inherently radiolucent polymer can be modified to offer varying 

degrees of radiopacity, and enables clear visualization through imaging 

techniques such as x-ray, Computer Tomography and MRI. 

RECOGNITIONS 

Wayne E. Roberts has joined The Electrolizing Corporation of OHIO as 

its chief chemist, and Mark Stover has been appointed to serve as 

the metal finishing company’s new quality manager. As chief chemist, 

Mr. Roberts will lead the company’s ongoing research and development 

efforts. Mr. Stover plans to refine the information path from the 

customer to the production floor and take a more preventive 

approach to solving quality issues. He is currently overseeing the ISO 

audit to maintain Electrolizing’s registration to ISO 9001:2000. The 

metal finishing company specializes in advanced coatings for medical 

and other high-tech products. 

New England Precision Grinding was awarded a Workforce Training 

Fund Grant from the state of Massachusetts. The company intends to 

incorporate lean manufacturing into its production processes. 

OMTEC 2006, the Second Annual Orthopaedic Manufacturing & 

Technology Exposition and Conference, will be held June 21-22, 2006 

at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont, Illinois.

OMTEC 

2006 

Orthopaedic Manufacturing & 

Technology Exposition and 

Conference 

June 21-22, 2006 

Donald E. Stephens 

Convention Center 

Rosemont, Illinois USA 

the international 

exposition and conference 

to showcase providers 

of advanced technologies 

for the orthopaedic 

manufacturing community. 


see page 112 for more information 

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INDEX OF ADVERTISERS 

3-D Machining page 31 

Accellent page 35 

Acme Manufacting page 29 

Beere Medical pages 26-27, 33 

Blackstone-NEY Ultrasonics page 19 

Boston Centerless page 84 

Bradford Tool Group Ltd. pages 6-7 

Britton-Gallagher page 95 

Cutting Solutions pages 37, 108 

Doncasters Medical Technologies page 100 

Electrolizing Corp. of OHIO, The page 106 

Gauthier Biomedical pages 43, 96 

Handy & Harman pages 41, 94 

Hower Tool page 39 

Huron Tool Cutting & Grinding Co. page 45 

Jewel Precision page 47 

KMedic pages 26-27, 49 

Mahar Tool Supply Co. page 55 

MAHE page 88 

Marox page 53 

Marshall Manufacturing page 10 

Miltronics & Skye pages 57, 104 

Minnesota Rubber & QMR Plastics page 11 

M-Pact page 51 

Nemcomed page 59 

Oberg Industries page 62 

OMTEC pages 112-113 

Onyx page 61 

Pak Manufacturing back cover 

Paragon Medical page 15 

Pinnacle Technologies pages 24, 63 

Precimed front inside cover, 65 

Precision Metal Products page 25 

Precision Technology, Inc. page 67 

Rubber Group, The, page 99 

Sager Precision Technologies pages 20, 69 

Specialized Medical Devices page 71 

Stealth Medical Technologies pages 16, 80, 81, 87 

Symmetry Medical pages 73, back inside cover 

Tecomet pages 12, 75 

Teleflex Medical pages 26-27, 79 

Tornos Technologies page 8 

Unique Instruments pages 77, 105 

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Although we won’t have solid numbers until first quarter 2006, 

we estimate that the orthopaedic market grew 15% overall in 

2005 to just over $26 billion worldwide. The supplier market, 

which historically runs at about 7% of that number, grew similarly 

according to our preliminary estimates. For many suppliers 

it was the best year in the history of their companies. Some of 

their customers, however, began to see some slowing in price, 

causing them to reassess their directives for the future. Is this a 

brief jiggle or the harbinger of a bona fide trend? How will it 

affect the supplier/OEM relationship? 

Part of the answer lies in the past. We hark back to the early 

1990s. Here was the scenario. 

Hospitals began to see reconstructive (hip and knee) orthopaedic 

procedure profitability fall. The cause, they said, was that the 

price of orthopaedic implants was rising more rapidly than was 

reimbursement, and that the system could not absorb increasingly 

sophisticated (and expensive) technology. This was the 

dawn of DRG pricing, patient demand matching and hospital 

contract pricing. The net results were: 

• Hospitals were able to negotiate lower pricing 

• Manufacturers experienced lower margins and a shift to less 

expensive technologies (mix shift) 

The manufacturers in turn scrambled to “partner” with their 

suppliers, which to some suppliers simply meant “getting partnered” 

for better pricing. 

What followed was one of the most exciting (and anxietyproducing) 

eras in industry history. 

In order to increase breadth of line and total profits, the 

orthopaedic industry began a rapid consolidation. Orthopaedic 

manufacturers went on a buying and merging spree, and soon 

after, so did their suppliers. Exhibit 1 illustrates this activity 

through the key time in question alongside growth of the bellwether 

hip and knee markets. 

John A. Engelhardt 

Chief Executive Officer 

Knowledge Enterprises, Inc. 

THE BIG PICTURE 

Beyond 2005: Orthopaedic Companies 

and their Suppliers March into the Future 

EXHIBIT 1 

INDUSTRY CONSOLIDATION 1993 TO 2003 AND 

GLOBAL RECON GROWTH 

During this time Stryker Howmedica was formed, as was DePuy 

AcroMed (a Johnson & Johnson company), Medtronic Sofamor 

Danek and many other key players of today. This occurred in 

direct response to market growth dynamics. (For a complete list 

of orthopaedic merger & acquisition activity, please visit 

www.orthoworld.com/members/pdf/publications/acquisitions.pdf.) 

By 1996, growth had begun increasing again from 3% to more 

than 20% by 2004! Why the history lesson, you ask? Because we 

are once again in a similar cycle. 

Predicting the Future from the Past 

The dynamics of the early 1990s are emerging in a nearly 

identical fashion today. 

A slowdown in reconstructive pricing and mix shift began this 

year. All major recon players have been impacted, and their stock 

prices have reflected this. Pricing is hitting the wall in the spine 

and biologics markets also—a direct result of the same drivers. 

continued on page 10 


THE BIG PICTURE 

Beyond 2005, continued from page 9 

Savvy suppliers have seen this coming and have begun the 

process of building for the future, many through consolidation 

and financing of growth. Exhibit 2 summarizes recent examples 

of this activity. 

EXHIBIT 2 

KEY 2005 SUPPLIER ACTIVITY 

Company Transaction 

Paragon Equity Investment 

Unique Merger 

Precimed Equity Investment 

Seabrook Equity Investment 

Campbell Engineering Sale 

Accellent Equity Investment 

A primary motivation for all of this is the expansion of the 

breadth of services that the supplier can offer to its customers, in 

hopes of providing more value to the customer and spreading the 

risk for the supplier. 

Is the Sky Falling? 

Absolutely not. The demand for orthopaedic devices will continue 

to soar, based on a perfect storm of global demographics. Age, 

activity, obesity; every seven seconds, someone turns 50! The current 

cycle is one of slowing growth, not a shrinking market. Once 

healthcare reimbursements adjust to the economics that technology 

demands, and once hospitals, industry and the rest of the 

supply chain evolve to accommodate those demands, growth will 

increase with a vengeance. The last cycle took several years. This 

one is already showing signs of being far shorter. 

In the meantime, expect more consolidation of both companies 

and suppliers, and at the same time new ones of both. 

The Company/Supplier Relationship 

As we manage our way through this cycle, life changes only 

slightly, but the unprepared on both sides will suffer. 

The orthopaedic companies will increasingly need suppliers who 

are cheaper AND better AND faster. Any supplier who plans on 

ignoring the ands in the last sentence will get whupped during 

the adjustment of the next few years. 

The relationship between supplier and company will become 

more intimate in order to gain efficiencies. Real time inventory 

tracking against blanket purchase orders will allow suppliers to 

build when they have capacity and keep the OEM off of 

backorder. 

Nearly all orthopaedic companies predict more being brought in, 

and at the same time more being outsourced. Suppliers are increasingly 

developing programs to actively help their customers 

insource the operations that make the most sense from a resource 


efficiency and profitability standpoint, and outsource those that 

don’t and never will. A true partnership is emerging. 

Real innovation will be rewarded as never before, from more efficient 

manufacturing methods to instruments of higher cosmetic 

quality and functionality. Streamlining inventory management 

will be key. (Suppliers can stop groaning about their customer’s 

lack of production planning, and accept this as characteristic of 

the business we are in. Short runs in a hurry will always be the 

norm. Find a better way to deal with it.) 

For those on both sides of the supplier/company equation, this is 

a great time to be alive in orthopaedics. The old “we/they” paradigm 

will give way to solving each other’s problems. Sourcing decisions 

based on price only will be more dangerous in the years 

ahead. On time, every time will be the new mantra. A more 

intense level of cooperation will make it a reality. 

John Engelhardt is Chief Executive Officer of Knowledge Enterprises, 

Inc. as well as Editor in Chief of U.S. Orthopaedic Product News. 

He holds 19 patents for orthopaedic technologies and has published 

numerous articles in the academic and popular press on orthopaedic 

technologies and trends. He can be reached at 440-247-9051 or 

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How well and how quickly a product design is developed largely 

determines the product’s longevity and, ultimately, its gross revenues 

and profitability. In the design cycle, the importance of 

prototyping during the machining of orthopaedic implants and 

surgical instruments cannot be overestimated. In the first phase 

of development, prototypes are machined from materials that are 

easy and less expensive to work with and, later in the development 

process, from materials in which the end product will be 

produced. 

Iterative Prototyping 

The key to a strong and mature design is to maximize the number 

of iterations of the design and to thoroughly test them. All 

the up-front thinking in the world can often overlook a minor or 

even major flaw that a prototype will expose. Every successive 

prototype and lab experiment adds insight leading to a more 

mature design. While computer modeling is a valuable tool for 

design, it cannot supplant the benefits gained from prototypes 

and associated lab experimentation. 

As an example, a start-up company developing a spinal implant 

machined the first prototype in brass from the design solid 

model. The prototype was one step beyond a Rapid Prototype 

and was a useful visualization tool. The next three to five prototype 

iterations were also non-functional, but were machined in 

303 S.S. and used in plastic skeletal mock-ups. 

As the design progressed to the point where initial lab studies 

were needed, the prototypes were machined in both 303 S.S. (for 

ease of machining) and 17-4PH S.S. (for use in gauging stresses). 

This phase consisted of eight to ten iterations. 

As the engineers came to understand the issues in play and the 

design was close to fully-functional, the prototype iterations were 

produced in the anticipated production materials of titanium and 

cobalt-chrome. Over ten iterations were made, and these prototypes 

represented the final stage of the process before the design 

was frozen and the product taken to trials. 

Larry E. James 

President 

New Concepts Prototyping and Production 

PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT 

The Value of Prototype Iteration 

As the design developed to a point of functionality that was near 

expectation, the company launched a schedule of weekly cadaver 

labs in which the latest iterations were tested. A team of engineers 

and physicians evaluated components and techniques and, 

in one or two days after each lab, would have new designs for 

further prototyping. A small number of new prototypes were 

built every week for the next week’s lab, giving this team fullyfunctioning 

labs every week with the ability to adjust and 

improve their designs. 

Knowledge gleaned from the successive lab experiences accelerated 

the development process exponentially, leading to more functional 

designs and refined techniques. The speed with which the 

design iterations were produced enabled the company to enter 

human trials much sooner than anticipated. Although the intense 

schedule required major commitments from both company and 

supplier, the dividends were large in terms of enabling the introduction 

of a superior product and the achievement of maximum 

profitability. 

Basic Reverse Chart 

In the 1980s, Harvard Business Review published a tool used in 

the prototyping example given above and known as the Reverse 

Chart. This tool helped decision-makers assess the value of expediting 

a product’s time-to-market and evaluate specific design feature-sets 

in light of overall company impact. For a product 

development team, the chart can help visualize the financial 

impact of their decisions. 

As seen in Figure 1 on the following page, the Reverse Chart is 

simply a 2-axis graph that plots anticipated Cumulative 

Development Expenses and anticipated Cumulative Gross 

Income. The horizontal axis represents time and the vertical axis 

represents dollars in logarithmic scale. 

In a typical project, R&D expenses start out slowly and accelerate 

until product introduction, at which time they flatten slowly. 

Eventually, the product is mature and no further development 

costs are incurred. The income curve initializes at some point 

after the project begins and (hopefully) climbs steeply throughout 




Prototype Iteration, continued from page 13 

the product’s life until full maturity, when the curve slowly flattens. 

The product development team’s focus is to maximize profitability 

of the product, represented in the Reverse Chart as the 

Cumulative Gross Income less the Cumulative Development 

Expense. In this example, the product was introduced in approximately 

three years at an expense of almost $6MM. The 

Cumulative Gross Income was $220MM in a ten-year period. 

Accelerated Reverse Chart 

The chart in Figure 2 illustrates accelerated development. The 

product was introduced in approximately two years at an expense 

of almost $12.5MM. The reward: cumulative sales of $410MM 

in the same ten-year period. 

The elegance of a Reverse Chart lies in its simplicity and in its 

direct impact on decision-making. A key to using the chart is to 

keep it simple. The power of this tool is in playing “what-if” scenarios 

and in adjusting the chart accordingly. After some study, it 

will be understood that a decrease in development time—even 

with an associated increase in cost—can have a measurable positive 

effect on revenues and profitability. 

Summary 

Questions to ask: “How much more development money 

can/should we spend to produce a superior product?” and, 


Figure 1 

Figure 2 

“What will be the impact on revenues?” A particular feature may 

not have the payback originally thought, in which case the 

feature might be eliminated from further consideration. 

A large number of quickly-executed prototypes is one of the key 

ways to accelerate the development time and give a very positive 

impact to the overall gross revenue. A Reverse Chart helps visualize 

this dynamic and can be a valuable tool in quantifying the 

impact of design decisions on company profits. 

In either case, the Reverse Chart is a helpful tool in making the 

best possible decision that speeds up time-to-market, quickens 

momentum, maximizes market share and extends a product’s life 

cycle. 

New Concepts Prototyping and Production provides high-end contract 

machining services and is focused on multi-axis machining of 

complex surfaces and implant geometries for the orthopaedic market. 

Larry James is President of New Concepts. He can be reached at 

larry@ncproto.com. 

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1311 North 35th Street 

Seattle, WA 98103 USA 

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Approximately 80% of Americans have at least one episode of 

significant lower back pain in their lives. Health care costs associated 

with back pain are estimated to exceed $60 billion; the indirect 

economic losses due to lost wages and decreased productivity 

are staggering. The sheer number of spinal procedures performed 

annually is increasing due to better diagnostics, increased patient 

awareness, an aging population and technological advances. 

Back pain has many causes. Degenerative disc disease is common; 

as we age, our intervertebral discs tend to lose water and gain collagen. 

Their ability to function properly degenerates. Other common 

causes of back pain include spinal stenosis and osteoporotic 

fractures. Spine surgeries are intended to relieve pain, prevent 

neurological damage and restore function through spinal stabilization. 

As our understanding of spinal mechanics has advanced, 

a new goal has emerged: to minimize unintended changes to 

spine biomechanics and thereby reduce future degeneration at 

adjacent spinal levels. 

Remembering that purpose, shape and materials influence design, 

three methods of spinal repair will be discussed: 

1. Rigid Stabilization 

2. Semi-Rigid Stabilization 

3. Disc Arthroplasty 

Rigid Stabilization 

Fusion occurs when new bone grows between two vertebrae, creating 

a solid “bridge” (the intervertebral disc is removed to allow 

new bone growth). Rigid stabilization has a long history of clinical 

success; its intended function is to prevent excessive motion 

from inhibiting bone formation. Spinal cages and/or rigid spinal 

fixation are employed to provide stabilization. 

Spinal cages are inserted between vertebrae, into the intervertebral 

space. Ridges, teeth and/or screw threads grip the vertebrae, 

effecting immediate mechanical stabilization. Their hollow shape 

is often filled with either autogenous bone graft or an osteobiologic 

substance to encourage bone growth, creating eventual rigid 

biologic stabilization. Holes placed along the shapes allow bone 

cells access to the core. Some spinal cages are shaped like hollowed-out 

screw bodies with holes along the cylinder; these 

shapes are often made of metal alloys and are placed bilaterally. 

Spinal Repair 101 

Some spinal cages are 

irregularly shaped 

boxes with ridges or 

teeth; these are often 

made of polymeric 

materials. In general, 

there is no difference 

in the ability of these 


Exhibit 1: Examples of Spinal Cages 

• Bagby and Kuslich (BAK) Cage 

• Ray Threaded Fusion Cage 

• Lumbar I/F Cage 

• InterFix Threaded Fusion Device 

designs to stabilize the spine in flexion, axial rotation and lateral 

bending. i Some examples of spinal cages are given in Exhibit 1. 

Rigid spinal fixation systems comprise constructs of rods, plates, 

hooks and/or screws. These systems may be used in conjunction 

with spinal cages to enhance fusion rates. Usually, the system of 

stabilizers (rods, plates) and connectors (hooks, screws) is made 

from metal alloys. 

Rigid stabilization is believed to cause accelerated degeneration of 

adjacent discs due to increased stresses caused by abrupt stiffness 

and motion changes. Further, in an osteoporotic spine, the 

changes in stress distribution may contribute heavily to adjacent 

level compressive fractures of the vertebrae. Concerns about the 

loss of movement (flexion, rotation and bending) are issues for 

some patients. Exhibit 2 illustrates possible advantages and pitfalls 

of rigid stabilization. 

Exhibit 2: 

Rigid Stabilization – Potential Advantages and Disadvantages 

Advantage Disadvantage 

History of clinical success Adjacent disc degeneration 

Aids in spinal fusion Adjacent vertebrae fracture 

Loss of movement 

Semi-rigid Stabilization 

Semi-rigid or dynamic stabilization systems are intended to stabilize 

spine segments and preserve anatomy and natural spine 




Spinal Repair 101, continued from page 17 

Exhibit 3: 

Examples of 

Semi-rigid Systems 

• ArcTec 

• Dynesys 

• Isolock 


motion, not encourage 

fusion. Some examples of 

semi-rigid devices are indicated 

in Exhibit 3. 

By decreasing rod stiffness 

and increasing axial motion, 

there is a more gradual stiffness 

and motion transition. ii 

This causes lower maximum stresses in adjacent discs. More 

importantly, the area of disc tissue exposed to high amplitude 

stress is reduced by almost half. iii The materials used in semi-rigid 

stabilization systems are not necessarily different from those 

found in rigid systems, but geometry will change to create less 

stiff components. For example, metal rods and plates will be 

more slender or thinner and therefore, more flexible. Some systems 

make use of different materials such as surgical 

polyurethane tubing and polyethylene cord (Dynesys). 

Spine segments are stabilized by components that offer enough 

support and rigidity to prevent excessive motion and further 

damage to the intervertebral discs and other spinal soft tissues. 

Spinal anatomy is preserved, since semi-rigid systems do not 

require removal of the intervertebral disc or vertebral alteration. 

Since fusion is not the goal of semi-rigid fixation, natural spinal 

motion is encouraged. Exhibit 4 presents possible advantages and 

pitfalls of semi-rigid stabilization. 

Exhibit 4: 

Semi-rigid Stabilization – 

Potential Advantages and Disadvantages 


“Kinder” to surrounding tissues Lack of clinical history 

Don’t create large stress-risers Some materials are “new” 

Movement is preserved to spinal application 

Total Disc Replacement/Arthroplasty 

There are two different concepts in total disc replacement/arthroplasty: 

replace the intervertebral disc, and replace the intervertebral 

articulation. 

In either concept, design constraints are the same: high fatigue 

strength, minimal wear debris and, if possible, “friendly” imaging 

properties. Some of these devices are undergoing clinical testing 

and still others are available for implantation in the U.S. An artificial 

disc may undergo over 106 million loading cycles, and so 

must have high fatigue strength. It must reproduce physiologic 

stiffness in all planes of motion and it must accurately transmit 

physiologic stress. 

Intervertebral Disc Replacements 

Prosthetic intervertebral discs are designed with focus on the 

following behaviors: hydraulic, elastic and mechanical. Hydrogel 

prostheses, PDNs, are used to replace the central region of the 

intervertebral disc by addressing the hydraulic properties. These 

prostheses contain dehydrated hydrogel contained in a woven 

polyethylene jacket; after insertion, the hydrogel absorbs fluid 

and expands. The bilateral placement of two implants in the disc 

space provides the lift needed to restore and maintain disc space 

height. Another intervertebral disc prosthesis uses elastic properties 

as its design focus. This second generation elastic disc prosthesis 

has a silicone 

elastomer core 

bonded to two titanium 

endplates. 

Some examples of 

total disc replacements 

are indicated 

in Exhibit 5. 

Exhibit 5: 

Examples of Total 

Disc Replacements 

• Prosthetic Disc Nucleus (PDN) 

• Acroflex Disc 

Articulating Discs 

Most articulating disc prostheses are composed of two articulating 

metal endplates and a polymer or metal ball spacer. For these 

prostheses, the endplates are affixed to the vertebral bodies and 

the spacers articulate between them. Exhibit 6 lists examples of 

articulating devices. 

Exhibit 6: 

Examples of Total Disc Arthroplasty (Articulating Discs) 

Lumbar Prostheses Cervical Prostheses 

• Charité • Prestige 

• Maverick • Bristol 

• ProDisc • ProDisc-C 

• FlexiCore • FlexiCore 

Exhibit 7 lists possible advantages and pitfalls of total disc 

replacement/arthroplasty. 

Exhibit 7: 

Total Disc Replacement/Arthroplasty – 

Potential Advantages and Disadvantages 


Removes/replaces Possibility of 

degenerate tissue wear debris issues 

Maintains articulation History of clinical use 

not fully established 

Promising early results

Summary 

For all of these spinal repair constructs, the concerns are the 

same as for any other orthopaedic implant: osteolysis, allergic 

reactions and infections. In general, the corrosion products from 

devices like plates, screws and rods are not clinically significant. iv 

Some spinal cages are made of nitinol, a nickel-titanium alloy. 

When nitinol particles were implanted directly into the spinal 

canal, the response was noted as being very similar to titanium 

alloy particles; both are highly biocompatible. iv Macroscopic and 

histologic analysis of spinal cord, dura mater and soft tissues after 

exposure to particles from other spinal components made of titanium 

alloy, cobalt chrome alloy, polyethylenes and polyurethanes 

showed no significant adverse reactions. Wear debris and corrosion 

products from stainless steel, cobalt chrome alloy, titanium 

alloy and polyethylene used in articulating discs are topics for 

future clinical studies, but at present there are no significant 

detrimental effects. 

i Oxland TR, Hoffer Z, Nydegger T, Rathonyi GC, Nolte LP: A comparative biomechanical 

investigation of anterior lumbar interbody cages: Central and bilateral approaches. J Bone 

Joint Surg 83A(3): 383-393, 2000. 

ii Hao H, Saigal S, Castellvi AE, Clabeaux DH, Pienkowski D: Finite element analysis of 

dynamic instrumentation demonstrates stress reduction in adjacent level discs. 51st 

Annual Meeting of the Orthopaedic Research Society, Poster No: 1313. 

iii Traynelis V and Haid Jr RW: Spinal Disc Replacement: The development of artificial 

discs. www.spineuniverse.com/displayarticle.php/article1245.html 

iv Rapp S: Orthopedics Today, January 2004. 

www.slackinc.com/bone/ortoday/200401/metal.asp 

Susan Capps, Ph.D. provides research, analysis and communication 

services to the orthopaedic device industry and to orthopaedic surgeons. 

She has written white papers for various orthopaedic companies 

on a broad range of topics from orthobiologics, FDA regulations, 

surgical instruments/trays to total joint arthroplasty issues. Past projects 

have also included meta-analyses of total hip replacements, statistical 

analyses of clinical outcomes, detailed case studies and literature 

summaries for FDA submissions. 


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Imagine yourself as a patient facing surgery. You may be wondering, 

“When were those instruments last sterilized? How many 

times have they been used? Did the surgical assistant account for 

all of the instruments used during my surgery?” 

Imagine yourself as the surgeon, thinking, “When was this torque 

limiter last calibrated? Is this reamer still sharp enough? Is there a 

surgical technique I can review for this instrument?” 

Answering these questions is made easier with the use of radio 

frequency identification (RFID), now available to the 

orthopaedic industry worldwide. 

Barbara Lyons 

Director of Global Marketing 

Precimed 

The technology, heretofore illusive for a hostile metal environment, 

has been refined so that metal orthopaedic instruments can 

house an RFID tag that provides dynamic information about the 

instrument throughout its life cycle and history. MBBS, a Swissbased 

company, is a group of engineering specialists in the field 

of micro-technology and micro-electronics who provide a complete 

range of RFID solutions for the medical industry. Their 

unique and patented technology allows one to retrieve and record 

data directly from and to the instrument using through-metal 

RFID solutions—useful for traceability, product identification 

and testing validation, to name only a few applications. 

LOGISTICS 

RFID TECHNOLOGY — 

Uses in Orthopaedics 

Uses in Traceability 

A study done in the U.K. investigated key critical areas for tracking 

instrumentation through the hospital, and ultimately to the 

use of instruments on individual patients. The results of this 

study were recently published in The Clinical Services Journal, 

September 2005 issue. As Figure 1 illustrates, the life cycle of 

orthopaedic instruments has several stages, from the time it leaves 

the manufacturer to the time it arrives at the operating room. 

Critical data is needed at every step along the way. 

TRANSPORT 

USE 

ACQUISITION 

1. Purchase 

2. Loan 

STORAGE 

CLEANING 

At all stages 

Location 

Facilities 

Equipment 

Management 

Policies/Procedures 

TRANSPORT 

DISINFECTION 

STERILIZATION 

INSPECTION 

PACKAGING 

Figure 1 – The life cycle of instruments. 

DISPOSAL 

1. Scrap 

2. Return to lender 

One major area in which RFID traceability can be beneficial is 

patient identification. Amid recent concerns with Variant 

Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (“mad cow”), instrument use traceability 

has become a heightened issue. Since the Variant Creutzfeldt- 

Jakob disease bacterium is not destroyed by common sterilization 

practices, it causes grave concern for hospitals and surgeons when 

it is discovered post-operatively that a patient was infected with 

the virus. Typical protocol has been to recall any patient who had 

surgery after that infected individual and who might have been 

exposed to the virus due to similar instrument usage. In this 

instance, RFID allows for the tracking of an instrument to 



LOGISTICS 

RFID Technology, continued from page 21 

individual patients and surgical case numbers. Thus, instead of 

recalling 500 patients to the hospital for testing, it is necessary to 

only inform the two or three who were exposed to the same 

instruments. How does this work? Each instrument within a sterilization 

tray or kit is equipped with an RFID chip, mounted on 

the instrument or embedded during manufacture and fully 

encapsulated in metal so that it can withstand stringent sterilization 

and autoclaving. This chip records data at each step the 

instrument takes from the manufacturer all the way through to 

the operating room and back again. (See Figure 2.) 

Figure 2 – Tracing the steps that the instrument takes. 

This is just one example of why a hospital would want to use the 

RFID technology. The benefits—for hospital and patient—are 

obvious. 

The OEM benefits, as well. Asset tracking and inventory management 

are significant logistic challenges for many manufacturers. 

Instrument kits are often sent to hospitals as part of a loaner 

system. Volumes of paper often accompany those instruments in 

order to track their usage and validate that they are suitable for 

use. RFID chips embedded directly in the instruments virtually 

eliminate the need for extensive paperwork. Data can be stored, 

recalled and written directly on the instrument itself. The name 


of the hospital, the date it was sent, and what the kit contained 

can be identified within seconds using a chip reader that projects 

the data onto a computer screen. That computer screen can be a 

CPU or a handheld PDA, offering considerable convenience 

when picking up a kit from one hospital to transport it to the 

next. When the kits are returned from the hospital, a bill of 

materials, read directly from the tray, can quickly determine if all 

of the instruments sent to the hospital were returned. The savings 

in lost instruments alone can be dramatic. Even if the hospital 

does not want to participate in the program, OEMs can still benefit 

from the RFID technology by keeping track of instruments 

through their own database. 

What if you don’t have a loaner system? Can RFID still be a benefit? 

In essence, with an RFID tag as part of the instrument, the 

instrument keeps a detailed record of its own history. Traceability 

data from raw material to patient can be stored directly on the 

instrument, allowing it to carry and maintain its own record 

throughout its life cycle. As revealed in Figure 3, an acetabular 

reamer can tell you: 

Raw material manufacturer 

Date of manufacture 

Part number 

Order number 

Shipping and receiving dates 

Name of hospital 

Number of times used 

Each surgical case number 

Sterilization record 

When to replace 

Etc. 

RFID Chip 

Figure 3 – The “talking” reamer 

Two concurrent studies on inventory management control are 

being conducted in France and Switzerland at the time of this 

writing. Early results from both reveal a 50% improvement in 

through-put and productivity, just by storing all identification 

information directly on the instrument (Source: MBBS SA), in 

effect making RFID built-in, intelligent design. 

Uses in Product Identification 

With the rise in minimally invasive surgical techniques and the 

use of computers in surgery, the need for the ease of product 

identification becomes more critical. In computer aided surgery, 

key elements of the process require manual input of data to generate 

the proper surgical protocol. RFID eliminates the need for 

the manual input, thus reducing the risk of error. 

For instance, an RFID reader embedded in an acetabular reamer 

driver reads the tag embedded in an acetabular reamer and

identifies its size and tolerance values, transfers that data to the 

computer, calculates those values in conjunction with the reamer 

driver’s tolerances and plots the course for the surgeon to follow, 

all without manual data input in the operating room. 

A power tool equipped with a reader can identify an instrument 

by its tag. This is vital information when considering the RPM 

variations for similar-but-different instruments. Product recognition 

makes the difference between the proper and improper use 

of items. RFID can add significantly to the reassurance level that 

a drill or a tap attached to a power source is being used at the 

proper speed and rotation for the instrument. No one needs to 

be reminded of the complications associated with a broken drill 

bit or tap during a plating procedure. 

Even something as simple as identifying the contents of a tray 

can add benefit. Imagine five sterilized and wrapped trays sitting 

within the sterile field, all filled with different sets of instruments. 

Within the course of the surgery the surgeon needs just one 

instrument - located in one of those trays. A quick scan of an 

RFID tag (such as the MediTAG in Figure 4) on each tray can 

identify a bill of materials, telling the surgical assistant what’s 

inside. So, instead of opening 

each tray and searching 

for the instrument needed, 

one tray is identified. 

Further, the layout of each 

instrument within the tray 

can be displayed on the 

computer screen and the 

Figure 4 – MediTAG desired instrument quickly 

retrieved. 

Testing and Usage 

Torque limiters are valuable instruments in orthopaedics. 

Applying the right amount of torque to a driver so that a screw is 

not over- or under-rotated or stripped is critical in many applications. 

However, how many times has that torque limiter been 

used? When was the last time it was recalibrated? How can you 

be sure that an instrument is set to the proper torque limit at any 

given moment? RFID can eliminate the guesswork. (See Figure 

5.) An RFID tag mounted directly on a torque limiter can keep 

up-to-date records of the calibrated torque value, and tell you 

when it’s time to send it back to the manufacturer for recalibration. 

Torque limiters are just one example of how this technology can 

keep track of an instrument’s history and life cycle. Knowing 

when to replace an instrument is valuable. Automatic counters 

can be built into the tag/reader technology so that each usage is 

recorded, without human intervention. 

Validation 

As part of the U.K. study mentioned earlier, a sterilization validation 

test was conducted. “During the three-month project period 

the tags were subjected to more than 500 cycles at 134°C to 

Update Data... 

Tag # 

Lot # 

Manufacturing Date 

Date Received 

Return Date 

Manufacturing Date 

Recalibration Date 




Part # 

Order # 

Torque Value 

Torque Value 

Torque Value 

Torque Value 

Torque Value 

LOGISTICS 

# Of Uses 

Sterilization Date Sterilization Certificate # 

Last Surgery Date 

Calibration Record 

(For Validation of Torque Value) 

Torque Value 

READ WRITE SAVE DELETE 

Figure 5 – The calibration screen eliminates guesswork. 

137°C, with no noticeable degradation in their reading/writing 

ability nor in their fixation to the metal plate.” (Source: “Chips 

are good for you,” The Clinical Services Journal, September 2005, 

page 28.) Since the tags are passive (meaning they have no battery 

or power source on their own), they will last for the life of 

the instrument. All the energy comes from the reader/writer, 

which then transmits the information from the tag to the database. 

The study also reported that “there were no reported ongoing 

problems with the software application, which resulted in a 

high level of user acceptance of the system.” 

It Doesn’t Work if You Don’t Use It 

RFID technology is a powerful tool that can add value to the 

bottom line for manufacturers, OEMs, distributors, hospitals and 

surgeons. Only a few uses are mentioned here. Asset and inventory 

control managers have heralded the value of this technology in 

many industries. However, you need to use it for it to be effective. 

This begs the question, “What does it take to implement?” 

The technology consists of three main components: the tag 

(embedded chip), the reader/writer and the integration software 

to make it work with your existing database system. (See Figure 6 

on the following page.) Once you determine what data you want 

to track, the tag is programmed to record and retrieve that data. 

The reader/writer transmits that data from the tag to the database. 

The beauty of this system is that it can integrate directly 

into your existing database. 

There is no costly Enterprise Resource Planning process to go 

through, no need to change the system you’re currently using. 



LOGISTICS 

RFID Technology, continued from page 23 

Read/Write 

Read/Write 

module 

Electronic Electronic 

Electronic 

circuit circuit circuit 

Energy 

Data 

TAG TAG 

The data on the tag appears on your computer screen in much 

the same way as you are entering the data manually now. The 

software component is the platform used to make the integration 

happen. The manufacturer can have one database system, the 

OEM another and the hospital yet another—the same tag and 

reader will work with all three. 

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Data can be exchanged between 

TAG and Read/write Module 

Figure 6 – Components of RFID technology. 

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The final component is the user. If you don’t read the tag, the 

database will not retrieve the information. If you do not write the 

new information back to the tag, it will not record the data. It is 

not 100% foolproof. But, it’s better than any paper tracking system 

in use today, and apparently major retailer Wal-Mart and the 

U.S. Department of Defense agree. 

Precimed is the exclusive distributor for the MBBS technology to the 

orthopaedic industry worldwide. RFID tags, ready to program, are 

available for incorporation on many Precimed instruments, including 

acetabular reamers and reamer handles, torque limiting devices, 

trays and kits, as well as most standard orthopaedic instruments. 

Instruments already in the field can be retrofitted with tags. Pilot 

studies are currently being conducted. Individual test programs or 

full-scale production can be easily set up to address specific needs by 

contacting Precimed directly. 

Barbara Lyons is Director of Global Marketing at Precimed in 

Exton, Pennsylvania. She can be reached at b.lyons@precimed.com. 

Precimed, Inc. 

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Buffing Systems for Orthopaedic Components 

Acme Manufacturing Company is the largest and most experienced global manufacturer 

of robotic polishing, gate grinding, deburring and buffing systems for orthopaedic 

components. Over 70 systems in production worldwide. 

Applications 

• Knees, Hips, Tibia Trays, Cups, Bone Plates, Instruments 

• Cobalt Chrome, Titanium, Stainless Steel, Zirconium 

• Casting Tree Cut-Off 

• Gate Grind 

• Forged Flash Removal 

• Rough Out and Finish Belt Polish 

• Cup and ball buffing 

• Deburring 

Features and Benefits 

Robotic Polishing, Grinding and Buffing Systems 

• Turn Key System Design & Build 

• Part Validation Capability 

• Universal Tooling Concepts 

• Field Proven Process Knowledge 

• Process Control Monitor and Automatic Adjustment 

• Vision Inspection with Automatic Process Modification 

• Heat Reduction Process Control Technology 

• Media Life Management and Control 

• Troubleshooting Via Modem and/or Internet 

• Ethernet Host Computer Support 

• Built to RIA and CE Specifications 

• Reduced Labor to Finish Femoral Components 

• Integrated Dust Collection 

• Acme RoboGuide Robotic Offline Programming 

• Unattended Run Time with Custom Part Queuing Options 

• Reduced Media Usage by 4-6 Times over Manual Finishing 

• Return on Investment in 1-Year or Less 

• On Demand Quick Set Up and Change Over Capability 

• Force Controlled Finishing Heads with Variable Speed 

Spindle Motors 

Acme’s expertise is focused on providing a complete fully developed and risk-free 

finishing system to support the medical implant industry worldwide. 

Acme maintains a complete in-house technical support staff of engineers for: applications, 

product, and electrical controls, off-line programming and training. Our service 

technicians provide start up, installation support, hands on training, part task programming 

and trouble shooting worldwide. 

Player Profile 

Acme Manufacturing Company 

4240 North Atlantic Boulevard 

Auburn Hills, MI 48326 

USA 

248-393-7300 (phone) 

248-393-4060 (fax) 

acme@acmemfg.com 

Web site 

www.acmemfg.com 

Founded 

1910 

Contacts 

Glen A. Carlson, Jr. 

Chairman 

Glen A. (Fritz) Carlson III 

President 

Joe Saad 

Director of Sales 

Robotic Systems Staff 

Paul F. Miekstyn 

Sr. Product Manager 

Jack Karagozian 


Charles Young 


Marcus E. Armstead 

Director of Electrical Engineering 

Facilities 

50,000 sq. ft. 

Staff 

75 employees 

Certification 

QS-9000 TE Supplement 


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consultants 

2020 Ashcraft Avenue 

PO Box 5030 

Monroe, NC 28110 

USA 

704-289-4511 (phone) 

800-537-5551 (toll free) 

704-289-4018 (fax) 

sales@allvac.com 

www.allvac.com 

126 West North Main Street 

PO Box 537 

Flatonia, TX 78941 

USA 

361-865-3300 (phone) 

877-912-8740 (toll free) 

361-865-2611 (fax) 

bargasmed@techisp.com 

www.bargasmedical.com 

1393 Progress Way, Suite 903 

Eldersburg, MD 21784 

USA 



Anzon Co. MM MN 

12326 Denholm Drive 

El Monte, CA 91732 

USA 

APS Materials, Inc. ST 

4011 Riverside Drive 

Dayton, OH 45405 

USA 

ASTRO Medical Devices CP MM MN 

7124 Industrial Park Boulevard 

Mentor, OH 44060 

USA 

1120 D.I. Drive 

Elkhart, IN 46514 

USA 

626-443-8861 (phone) 

626-575-0311 (fax) 

937-278-6547 (phone) 

937-278-4352 (fax) 

440-269-6984 (phone) 

440-602-6091 (fax) 

ATI Allvac — Player RM 

Metallic Biomaterials. Nickel-base and cobalt-base superalloys, titanium-base 

alloys and specialty steels characterized by exceptional 

wear, corrosion and heat resistance, toughness and strength. Metals 

and alloys available in most product forms: ingot, billet, slab, hotrolled 

round bar, rectangular bar, custom shapes, cold-drawn round 

bar, coiled rod and hot-rolled, cold-rolled or cold drawn wire. 

ISO 9001:2000, AS9100 Certified. 

Medical Device Fabrication. Provider of services for Medical Devices 

in support of R&D, custom products and production efforts. 

Technological expertise to present you with the best possible solution 

for solving your manufacturing challenges. We are ready to do 

what it takes to provide rapid response and to meet the changing 

needs of our customers and markets. Medical Devices are our only 

business. FDA Registered. 

574-264-3997 (phone) 

888-941-3997 (toll free) 

574-262-8937 (fax) 

BCS Machine Company Inc. MM MN 

410-552-5452 (phone) 

410-552-5480 (fax) 

gbetz27@aol.com 

leog@apsmaterials.com 

www.apsmaterials.com 

bhall@astromodel.com 

www.astromedical.com 

Atlas Vac Machine, Div. of Planet Products MT 

4200 Malsbary Road 


USA 

Automation Design Engineering, Inc. LP MT 

110 South Railroad Avenue 

New Holland, PA 17557 

USA 

513-984-5544 (phone) 

513-984-5580 (fax) 

215-290-4096 (phone) 

717-354-2584 (fax) 

Bargas Medical Mfg., Inc. — Player MM MN SO 

Bates Machine, Inc. MM MN 

jabraham@planet-products.com 

www.atlasvac.com 

bmadden@autodesigneng.com 

www.autodesigneng.com 

Sales@BatesMachine.com 

www.orthosupplier.com/profiles/ 

bates-machine2.htm 

info@bcsmachine.com 

www.bcsmachine.com

Medical Device Manufacturing & Engineering 

Specializing in Orthopaedic Implants, Fixation Devices, 

Drills, Reamers, Taps and Specialty Instruments. 

3-D is owned and operated by the 

Davis brothers Jim and Joe, 

founders of Micro Med Machining 

and Impla-Med. 

The Davis brothers have been 

manufacturing medical device 

assemblies and components for 

over 24 years. In their newest 

venture, 3-D Machining, they join 

their father in a world-class medical 

manufacturing environment. 

Manufacturing Capabilities 

• CNC Multi-Axis Swiss 

• CNC 4 Axis Milling Vertical & Horizontal 

• Rollomatic CNC 8 Axis Drill Grinders / robot loader 

• O.D. / I.D. Grinding 

• Laser Etch 

• Proprietary finishing processes 

• Precision Cleaning 


We pride ourselves on Superior 

Quality, Competitive Pricing, and 

we operate under a Quality system 

certified to ISO 13485 and 

ISO 9001:2000. 

Our Focus 

• medical implants and 

instruments 

• rotary cutting instruments 

• complex medical device 

assemblies 


3-D Machining, Inc. 

1006 West 15th Street 

Riviera Beach, FL 33404 

USA 

561-842-7175 (phone) 

561-842-7119 (fax) 

Web site 

www.3d-machining.com 

Founded 

1950 

Contacts 

Joe Davis 

msales@3d-machining.com 

Facility 

40,000 sq. ft. 

Staff 

85 employees 

Certification 

ISO 13485:2003 


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consultants 

5307 95th Avenue 

Kenosha, WI 53144 

USA 

262-657-2800 (phone) 

800-295-8505 (toll free) 

262-657-2801 (fax) 

info@beeremedical.com 

www.beeremedical.com 

21316 Bridge Street 

Southfield, MI 48034 

USA 

248-350-2150 (phone) 

248-350-1557 (fax) 

info@porouscoat.com 

www.porouscoat.com 

9 North Main Street 

Jamestown, NY 14702 

USA 

716-665-2340 (phone) 

800-766-6606 (toll free) 

716-665-2480 (fax) 

wchiarella@blackstone-ney.com 

www.blackstone-ney.com 



Beere Medical — Player MN 

1 Tong Street 

Bradford BD4 9PW 

U.K. 

Design, development and manufacture of innovative spinal and 

orthopedic surgical instruments. As an approved supplier to many 

of the world’s largest orthopedic and spinal companies, Beere 

partners with customers to jointly develop and manufacture state 

of the art instrumentation to meet their most demanding requirements. 

FDA registered, ISO 9001:2000 registered, with EN46001 

and ISO 13485. 

BENSOL, Inc. YY 

PO Box 861 

Warsaw, IN 46851 

USA 

41 Eagle Road 

Danbury, CT 06810 

USA 

574-834-4139 (phone) 

574-834-4139 (fax) 

Bio-Vac, USA / Bio-Coat Inc. — Player ST 

Unique Solutions for Implant Fixation. Surface Treatments. Porous 

Coating (spherical bead & irregular particle). A range of morphologies 

in titanium and CoCrMo alloys. Hydroxylapatite Coating. 

Titanium Plasma Spray Coating. Resorbable Blast Media Coating. 

Composite Coatings. Our services are confined to the medical 

implant field. Cross-contamination of foreign materials and dilution 

of resources are never an issue. ISO 9001:2000. 

Blackstone — NEY Ultrasonics — Player MT SP ST 

Your Global Partner in Cleaning Innovation. Innovative processes, 

state-of-the-art parts cleaning systems are our specialty. Our customers 

are the leaders in manufacturing speciality surgical, medical 

and orthopedic products and devices. We have over 50 years of 

experience in the design and manufacturing of high performance 

ultrasonic cleaning equipment to the medical industry. Our systems 

are FDA Compliant and process validated. 

Boston Endo-Surgical Technologies Inc. MM MN 

Bradford Tool Group AT CP MN MT SP ST 

011-44-1274-683902 (phone) 

011-44-1274-651168 (fax) 

203-796-0461 (phone) 

203-796-0535 (fax) 

www.orthosupplier.com/profiles/bensol2.htm 

Boston Centerless — Player RM 

11 Presidential Way 

Woburn, MA 01801 

USA 

781-994-5000 (phone) 

800-343-4111 (toll free) 

781-994-5001 (fax) 

info@bostoncenterless.com 

www.bostoncenterless.com 

Drakes River Business Park 

8 Merrill Drive 

Hampton, NH 03842 

USA 

Single Source Material Supplier. Providing high quality precision 

ground bars with unmatched consistency of roundness, straightness 

and size tolerance. In-stock materials include stainless steel, titanium 

and various medical alloys utilized for implants and instrumentation. 

Additional capabilities: straightening, chamfering, heat-treating 

and cut piece processing. Grinding services on customer materials 

also. ISO 9001:2000 certified. 

603-929-0066 (phone) 

603-929-0088 (fax) 

info@be-st.com 

www.be-st.com 

bradtool@btinternet.com 

www.bradtool.co.uk 

Branson Ultrasonics MT SP ST 

jhilgert@bransonultrasonics.com 

www.bransonultrasonics.com 

Britton-Gallagher & Associates, Inc. YY 

6240 SOM Center Road 

Cleveland, OH 44139-2985 

USA 

440-264-2703 (phone) 

800-607-4711 (toll free) 

440-248-5406 (fax) 

michael_cremeans@britton-gallagher.com 

www.britton-gallagher.com

Innovative Instrument Design, Quality and Manufacturing 

Beere, an industry leader of new and innovative surgical instruments, is an approved supplier to 

many of the world’s largest orthopedic and spinal companies. 

By partnering with our customers, we are able to jointly develop and manufacture state of the art 

instrumentation to meet their most demanding requirements. Beere exemplifies quality manufacturing, 

customer service and innovative product design in spinal and orthopedic instrumentation. 

Design, Development and Manufacturing Capabilities 

Each Beere Medical instrument is put through extensive research and development analysis. After 

design criteria and performance standards have been determined, we utilize the latest 3D CAD 

modeling software to develop your product. 

Wherever possible, products are developed in cooperation with the surgeon’s input. The goal of 

Beere Medical’s team is to seek to design, develop and manufacture highly innovative and favorable 

instruments. As a result, our design team has been awarded over 30 U.S. patents with additional 

patents pending. Our ability to supply standard order, special order, and custom order instruments 

is our ultimate objective. 

We offer full service prototyping, pilot and production builds to meet your most demanding needs. 

High quality autoclaveable, medical-grade materialas available are used. These materials are certified 

with full traceability in the finest grades of stainless steel, titanium, aluminum, super alloys, 

silicone and plastic. Manufacturing capabilities consist of multi axis CNC machining and turning 

centers, Swiss type multi axis CNC turning centers, CNC grinding, CNC robotics, wire and ram EDM 

equipment, laser marking, electro chemical etching, tool room, welding, soldering, brazing, stamping, 

bending, honing, and broaching. 

Instruments are manufactured in our 66,000 square foot 

manufacturing facility in Kenosha, Wisconsin. 

Services 

• Custom and special order capabilities 

• Value-added engineering 

• Video conferencing to enhance communications with customers 

• Dock-to-stock packaging and labeling 

• Instrument supply chain management 

66,000 square foot facility 

Quality 

At Beere, quality is instilled into every instrument we produce. Beere’s Quality Systems are 

certified to: 

• ISO 9001:2000 

• EN46001 

• ISO 13485 

Products 

• Ortho-Grip®: The “original,” patented, silicone rubber handles that revolutionized the orthopedic 

community. More than 100 different shapes and variations available. 

• Tru-Control® Ratcheting Screwdriver: The leading, patent pending, ultra-precise ratcheting screw 

driver offers comfort and optimum quality. Designed and manufactured to industry standards. 

• Evolution Spinal Implant Removal Kit: This patented universal instrument set will remove most 

of the spinal implants in the market today. The only spinal implant removal kit designed in conjunction 

with the major implant companies. 

• Torque instruments: Offering a wide variety of variable torque limiting devices, in addition to an 

extensive line of standard torque limiting and measuring instruments. 

• Spinal instruments: Meeting today’s spinal instrument needs and expectations in the orthopedic 

industry. 

• Custom Instruments: Our complete “In-house” manufacturing capabilities are ready to produce 

instruments that meet your most challenging requirements. 

We invite you to contact us to see how we can provide custom solutions to your challenges. 


Beere Medical 

A Teleflex Medical Company 



USA 

262-657-2800 (phone) 

800-295-8505 (toll-free) 

262-657-2801 (fax) 

Web site 

www.teleflexmedicaloem.com 

Contacts 

Douglas Slomski 

Sales Director 

Teleflex Medical OEM Orthopedics 

dslomski@teleflexmedical.com 

Keith Easter 

Director of Inside Sales & Service 

keaster@teleflexmedical.com 

Greg Kitchens 

Central States Sales Contact 

gkitchens@teleflexmedical.com 

Steve Pubols 

West Coast Sales Contact 

spubols@teleflexmedical.com 

Armin Grab 

European Sales Contact 

armin.grab@teleflexmedical.com 

Founded 

1993 

Focus 

Spinal surgical instruments 

Background 

Founded in 1993, through innovative product 

design, on-time delivery and competitive 

pricing, Beere is an industry leader of 

new surgical instruments. 

In 2002, Beere became part of Teleflex 

Medical, a division of Teleflex Incorporated 

(NYSE: TFX), a worldwide leader in the 

design, manufacturing and distribution of 

high-quality engineered surgical instruments, 

medical devices and healthcare 

supplies. 

In 2003, Beere and KMedic joined together 

as Teleflex Medical OEM Orthopedics to 

provide a single source for customers’ 

instrument needs. 

In 2005, Beere and KMedic US are located 

in the same facility in Kenosha, WI. 


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2 Meridian Boulevard 

Wyomissing, PA 19610 

USA 

610-208-2000 (phone) 

610-208-3716 (fax) 

mspeers@cartech.com 

www.cartech.com 



C & W Swiss Inc. MM MN 

PO Box 65 

1695 Dalton Drive 

New Carlisle, OH 45344 

USA 

542 East CR 200 North 


USA 

2875 Lincoln Street 

Muskegon, MI 49443 

USA 

937-849-9556 (phone) 

937-849-9562 (fax) 

C.O.R.E.tech, Inc. MM MN 

574-267-5744 (phone) 

574-267-5856 (fax) 

231-755-1681 (phone) 

800-253-0371 (toll free) 

231-755-4975 (fax) 

Carpenter Technology Corporation — Player RM 

Material Solutions for the Orthopaedic Industry. Our stainless steel, 

titanium and engineered products have been used in hundreds of 

applications, from industrial tools and jet engines to fuel injectors 

and medical implants. Our materials and components are known for 

their dependability, strength, toughness, corrosion resistance and 

ability to withstand high temperatures. Carpenter Specialty Alloys 

ISO 9001:2000 Certified. 

rreynolds@coretech-inc.com 

www.coretech-inc.com 

Cannon-Muskegon Corporation RM 

Carr Metal Products DS 

3735 North Arlington Avenue 

Indianapolis, IN 46218-1867 

USA 

Cencast LLC CA 

5476 SE International Way 

Portland, OR 97222 

USA 

503-652-5224 (phone) 

503-652-6152 (fax) 

Centex Machining, Inc. — Player MM MN 

1513 Sam Bass Road 

Round Rock, TX 78681 

USA 

512-255-1477 (phone) 

512-388-3606 (fax) 

pmangan@centexmachining.com 

www.centexmachining.com 

Manufacturing Support for the Orthopaedic Industry. Exclusive manufacturing 

support for U.S. orthopaedic companies. Customer design 

collaboration and new product launches are our specialty. We realize 

the importance of being a market leader, and we’ll dedicate 

whatever resources are required to ensure that your new product 

launch comes off without a hitch. Hips, knees, shoulders, spinal 

devices. Implants, provisionals & instruments. FDA-registered. 

Chapman Lake Instrument Corp. MN 

2115 Industrial Drive 

Bloomington, IN 47404 

USA 

115 Milvan Drive 

Toronto, Ontario M9L1Z8 

Canada 

39 Dedham Street 

Sharon, MA 02067-1011 

USA 

317-542-0691 (phone) 

317-542-0694 (fax) 

812-323-7165 (phone) 

812-323-2115 (fax) 

Charlton Medical Products, Inc. MM MN 

416-741-9030 (phone) 

416-741-0995 or 9004 (fax) 

781-784-8452 (phone) 

781-784-0425 (fax) 

info@cwswiss.com 

www.cwswiss.com 

jkiely@canmkg.com 

www.c-mgroup.com 

bernieberry@cmp-inc.com 

www.leispartners.com/cmp.htm 

timhall@cencasters.com 

www.cencasters.com 

mkiser@chapmanlakeinstrument.com 

www.chapmanlakeinstrument.com 

johnsr@charltons.com 

www.charltons.com 

Chen Consulting, Inc. YY 

elizabeth@chenconsulting.com

Accelerating the Speed of Medical Innovation 

Accellent offers the most comprehensive menu of outsourcing 

solutions to the medical device market, including design and 

engineering services, precision component production, finished 

device assembly and complete supply chain management. 

In our Orthopaedics Division, we develop, manufacture and 

assemble implants and instruments for the reconstructive, spinal, 

trauma and sports medicine segments. Our capabilities are 

enhanced by a new state of the art robotic forging facility, as well 

as our proprietary CHEMTEX® surface treatment to facilitate bone 

in-growth. With multiple manufacturing sites and hundreds of CNC 

machines, Accellent has the scale and resources to simplify your 

supply chain. 

Markets Served Implants and Instruments 

Joint Reconstruction 

Implants Hips, Knees, Extremities 

Trauma 

Implants Plates, Bone Screws 

Spinal 

Implants Artificial Discs, Fixation Plates, 

Pedicle Screws, Rods, Cages, Hooks, 

Cross Connectors 

Dental 

Implants Abuttments, Screws 

Sports Medicine Screws, RF Ablation, Arthroscopy 

Orthobiologics Single-use Delivery Devices, Mixing 

Systems, Machined Implants 

Instruments Trials, Minimally Invasive Surgery, 

Computer Assisted Surgery, Impactors, 

Cutting Blocks, Tamps, Screwdrivers, Drills, 

Taps, Reamers, Catheters, Guidewires 


Accellent Orthopaedics 

100 Fordham Road, Building C 


USA 

866-899-1392 (phone) 

978-657-0034 (fax) 

info@accellent.com 

Web site 

www.accellent.com 

Contact 

Tom Burns 

Vice President, Sales 

Orthopaedics Division 

Tom.Burns@accellent.com 

Facility 

Engineering, manufacturing and 

device assembly facilities in the 

U.S., Mexico and Ireland 

Staff 

3,900 employees 

Certifications 

ISO 13485:2003; ISO 13485; 

QSR 21 CFR 820 


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2730 Independence Drive 

Fort Wayne, IN 46808 

USA 

260-483-1110 (phone) 

260-484-0368 (fax) 

sales@cuttingsolutions.net 

www.cuttingsolutions.net 



Classic Wire Cut Company, Inc. MM MN 

25014 Anza Drive 

Valencia, CA 91355 

USA 

Clinical Research Consultants, Inc. YY 

310 Terrace Avenue 

Suite 201 


USA 

125 Old Gate Lane 

Milford, CT 06460 

USA 

513-961-8200 (phone) 

516-961-2858 (fax) 

203-874-6500 (phone) 

800-262-7763 (toll free) 

203-874-6505 (fax) 

Service as Sharp as Our Tools. A one stop solution for all your cutting 

needs “Metal to Bone,” whether you need metal cutting tools 

or orthopaedic instruments. One of the first companies in the U.S. 

to CNC grind a hip broach. Established in 1948, Cutting Solutions 

offers over 50 years of service to the orthopaedic and metal cutting 

industries with a veteran foundation of experience. Solutions from 

concepts to design assistance, prototypes and production. ISO 

9001:2000, ISO 13485 compliant, registration 4Q05, FDA registered. 

bsfant@crc-regulatory.com 

www.crc-regulatory.com 

Composition Materials Co., Inc. MT SP 

20 Federal Street 

West Gartford, CT 06110 

USA 

661-257-0558 (phone) 

661-257-3410 (fax) 

860-570-0616 (phone) 

860-570-0616 (fax) 

btopper@classicwirecut.com 

www.classicwirecut.com 

akn@compomat.com 

www.compomat.com 

Contour Tool Inc. MN MT 

588 Ternes Avenue 

Elyria, OH 44035 

USA 

224 Beacon Hill Drive 

Cheshire, CT 06410 

USA 

440-365-7333 (phone) 

440-365-7335 (fax) 

Creative Management Solutions, Inc. MR 

tcomet@snet.net 

www.orthosupplier.com/profiles/creativemanagement-solutions2.htm 

Creative Orthopaedics, LLC YY 

Creganna Medical Devices DS LP 

Parkmore West 

Galway, 

Ireland 

5349 West 161st Street 

Brook Park, OH 44142 

USA 

preichlin@contourtool.com 

www.contourtool.com 

203-699-8475 (phone) john@creativeorthopaedics.com 

www.creativeorthopaedics.com 

+353-91-735231 (phone) 

+353-91-757850 (fax) 

Criterion Instrument/Criterion Tool & Die, Inc. MM MN 

216-267-1733 (phone) 

216-267-4542 (fax) 

Cutting Solutions — Player MN 

Dameron Alloy Foundries, Inc. CA 

927 South Santa Fe Avenue 

(90221) 

PO Box 8000 

Compton, CA 90224 

USA 

310-631-5165 (phone) 

800-421-1985 (toll free) 

310-631-0368 (fax) 

michael.howe@creganna.com 

www.creganna.com 

tdisalvo@criteriontool.com 

www.criteriontool.com 

davebaron@dameron.net 

www.dameron.net

20 years of experience in the field of cutting instrumentation for 

the Orthopaedic Industry 

• Expertise in concept, design, prototyping and production in a wide variety of 

medical devices for both Trauma and Reconstructive surgeries. 

• In-house manufacturing capabilities of metal cutting tools allowing the ability 

to service in-house milling and turning applications, resulting in minimal 

down time in both prototyping and production. 

• Visual Manufacturing operating systems, allowing for complete traceability 

from acknowledgement to shipment. 

• Real time scheduling and tracking 

• Supplier managed inventory 

• FDA Registered 

Service as Sharp as Our Tools 

• ISO 9001:2000 and ISO 13485 certified 4th quarter 2005 

Complete product verification before ever cutting a chip through 

Unigraphics, Solid Works, Master Cam and Vericut. 

• Live turning with profile capability up to 4” in diameter 

• Milling capability up to 40” x 25” x 25” 

• 20,000 rpm high speed milling up to 16” x 12” x 10” 

• All mills equipped with Renishaw part probe capability 

• Vacuum Heat Treating with no discoloration to parts 

• Multi-axis grinding up to 20” in length x 10” in diameter 

• Right or left hand helix, left hand helix right hand cut 

• Digitize part capability to orient flutes, profiles and coolant holes 

• Laser welding, coating, cleaning, passivation, electro polishing and 

glass beading 


Cutting Solutions 

2730 Independence Drive 


USA 

260-483-1110 (phone) 

260-484-0368 (fax) 

sales@cuttingsolutions.net 

Web site 

www.cuttingsolutions.net 

Contact 

Brent Weisenauer 


brent@cuttingsolutions.net 

Facility 

8,000 sq. ft. 

Staff 

17 employees 


ISO 9001:2000 

ISO 13485 compliant, 

registration 4Q05 

FDA registered 


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PO Box 126 

80 Portland Street 

Fryeburg, ME 04037 

USA 



Danco Metal Finishing ST 

44 La Porte Street 

PO Box 660727 

Arcadia, CA 91006 

USA 

1 Herald Square 

Fairborn, OH 45324 

USA 

626-445-3303 (phone) 

626-445-3135 (fax) 

Dearborn Precision Tubular MM MN 

207-935-2171 (phone) 

207-935-2908 (fax) 

DEW Technologies, Inc. MM 

937-878-7001 (phone) 

937-878-7106 (fax) 

DiSanto Technology, Inc. MM MN 

72 Camp Avenue 

Stamford, CT 06907 

USA 

203-595-0056 (phone) 

203-595-0058 (fax) 

Disposable Instrument Co., Inc. MM MN 

PO Box 14248 

Shawnee Mission, KS 66285-4248 

USA 

13963 Fir Street 

PO Box 1990 

Oregon City, OR 97045-0043 

USA 

503-656-9653 (phone) 

503-656-1788 (fax) 

medicalamerica@doncasters.com 

www.doncasters.com 

Charles-Darwin-Ring 1a 

D-18059 Rostock, Mecklenburg- 

Vorpommern 

Germany 

Casting, Forging and Finishing. Doncasters Medical Technologies is 

the market leader in investment cast orthopaedic products and supplies 

orthopaedic instrumentation, near net-shaped forgings and finishing 

operations. Offering total raw material supply, the company 

manufactures a wide range of medical devices from generic endos 

through to the latest metal-on-metal resurfacing products. The division 

encompasses five “pure-play” medical sites in North America, 

Mexico and Europe. The company’s mission is to assist the medical 

device industry in restoring their patients to the quality of life they 

desire. For further information, visit our web site. ISO 9001:2000. 

+49-381-403350 (phone) 

+49-381-4033599 (fax) 

anodize@danco.net 

www.danco.net 

smckinney@dearbornprecision.com 

www.dearbornprecision.com 

kross@dewtec.com 

www.dewtec.com 

m.zembrzuski@disanto.com 

www.disanto.com 

Doncasters Medical Technologies — Player CA FO MM RM 

12416 South Kedvale Avenue 

Alsip, IL 60803 

USA 

DRT Mfg. Co. — Player MM MN 

61 North Avenue 

Natick, MA 01890 

USA 

913-492-6492 (phone) 

913-888-1762 (fax) 

Donson Machine Company MM MN 

708-388-0880 (phone) 

708-388-4003 (fax) 

508-653-7900 (phone) 

800-274-3388 (toll free) 

508-653-7832 (fax) 

mail@disposableinstrument.com 

www.disposableinstrument.com 

joe@donsonmachine.com 

www.donsonmachine.com 

DOT GmbH MM MN PA ST 

618 Greenmount Boulevard 


USA 

937-298-7391 (phone) 

937-298-7190 (fax) 

cisham@drtusa.com 

www.drtusa.com 

Ultra-Precision Manufacturing...and More. With advanced manufacturing 

technology at our plants in Ohio, South Carolina and Europe, 

DRT specializes in machining geometrically challenging details to 

tolerances of .0002”. Our capabilities include Wire & Ram EDM, 

Swiss Turning, 5-axis precision milling and Jig Grinding. DRT is your 

comprehensive solution for challenging manufacturing requirements. 

ISO 9001:2000 certified & FDA registered. 

zeggel@dot-coating.de 

www.dot-coating.de 

Duralectra - Fine Aluminum Finishing ST 

rmills@duralectra.com 

www.duralectra.com

Hower Tool supplies the orthopaedic industry with engineering, 

prototyping, manufacturing, packaging complete and inventory 

management of trials, implants, instruments, handles, cutting 

blocks and assemblies in stainless steel, titanium, cobalt chrome 

and a variety of medical grade plastics. We are market focused 

and customer driven, utilizing lean techniques to concentrate on 

our customer’s total cost of ownership including quality, delivery 

and service. We are capable of virtual information transfer and 

have a prototype department specifically for quick turn prototype 

and make to order requirements. We are currently ISO 9001:2000 

certified, FDA Registered and will achieve ISO 13485 certification 

in 2006. 

Hower Tool has the expertise, experience and facilities to provide 

quick innovative solutions that take your design to specified completion. 

We will complement your knowledge of orthopaedics with 

our manufacturing expertise to make your design even more 

robust, repeatable and economical. 

We have improved our leading edge CNC machining capabilities 

and capacity by continuing to add new state of the art equipment. 

We have also completely furnished our prototype department 

with everything needed to take your drawings or models 

and quickly produce your prototypes or made to order special 

parts. 

Process Capabilities 

Quick, Innovative, Cost-Effective Solutions 

• CNC Turning – Dual spindle/Y axis 

• CNC Milling – 5 axis 

• EDM – 4 axis 

• Specialized Tooling 

• Finishing 

• Polishing, Blasting 


• Laser Etching 

• Package Complete 

• Fixture Building 

• Welding 


Hower Tool 

6935 North State Road 1 

Ossian, IN 44777 

USA 

260-622-4150 (phone) 

260-622-4151 (fax) 

sales@howertool.com 

Web site 

www.howertool.com 

Facility 

37,000 sq. ft. 

Founded 

1957 

Contacts 

Thomas J. Gregory 

General Manager 

tgregory@howertool.com 

Thomas V. Bains 

Marketing & Sales Manager 

tbains@howertool.com 

Jeff D. Gresley 

Operations Manager 

jgresley@howertool.com 

Brian R. Nichols 

Quality Manager 

bnichols@howertool.com 

Staff 

46 

Registration/Certification 

ISO 9001:2000 

FDA-Registered 

In 1957, Hower Tool began producing 

and salvaging specialized 

precision carbide tooling. The 

Akron Equipment Company purchased 

Hower Tool in 1970 and 

began adding state of the art 

machining equipment. Hower 

Tool began serving the 

Orthopaedic Industry in 1988. 


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195 Museum Road 

Washington, PA 15301 

USA 

30262 Crown Valley Parkway 

Suite 273 

Laguna Niguel, CA 92677 

USA 

1325 East 152nd Street 

PO Box 12007 

Cleveland, OH 44112 

USA 



Dynamet, Inc. RM 

724-228-1000 (phone) 

800-237-9655 (toll free) 

724-229-4195 (fax) 

949-495-5666 (phone) 

800-628-3343 (toll free) 

949-495-4161 (fax) 

tzuccarini@cartech.com 

www.cartech.com/dynamet 

Edge International RM 

metals@edgeintl.com 

www.edgeintl.com 

Electrolizing Corporation of OHIO, The ST 

Elos Medical MM MN 

Backedalsvagen 5 

Timmersdala S-540 16 

Sweden 

Empirical Testing Corp. AT 

4628 Northpark Drive 

Colorado Springs, CO 80918 

USA 

101 Wood Avenue 

Iselin, NJ 08830 

USA 

+46-511-440600 (phone) 

+46-511-440690 (fax) 

719-264-9937 (phone) 

719-264-1926 (fax) 

info@elos.se 

www.elos.se 

dlissy@empiricaltesting.com 

www.empiricaltesting.com 

Engelhard Corporation ST 

732-205-5000 (phone) info@engelhard.com 

www.engelhard.com 

Ensinger, Inc. RM 

365 Meadowlands Boulevard 

Washington, PA 15301 

USA 

724-746-6050 (phone) falder6347@aol.com 

Everest Metal MM MN 

82 Route 59, Unit 264 

Monsey, NY 10901 

USA 

845-369-8906 (phone) 

845-369-8947 (fax) 

everestfinishing@aol.com 


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Faith, Inc. MM MN SP 

2856 Directors Cove 

Memphis, TN 38131 

USA 

3735 West Belmont Avenue 

Chicago, IL 60618 

USA 

773-539-8501 (phone) 

773-539-8627 (fax) 

bboucher@forecreu.com 

www.forecreu.com 

216-451-8655 (phone) 

800-451-8655 (toll free) 

216-451-4729 (fax) 

901-377-5515 (phone) 

877-505-2221 (toll free) 

901-377-5532 (fax) 

Forecreu America, Inc. — Player MM MN RM 

Manufacturer of Heavy Wall Tubing or Cannulated Bars in Stainless 

Steel and Titanium. We manufacture through hot extrusion and 

drawing, long, precision ground, cannulated bars (8-12 foot). Our 

typical O.D. range is from 3/16” to 5/8” and I.D. from 0.031” to 

0.169”, in grades such as, but not limited to, Custom 455, 17-4 PH, 

316-LVM and Titanium. In most cases, we can be an alternative to 

gun-drilling. Call us for availability and feasibility. ISO 9001:2000. 

nnoble@normannoble.net 

www.electrohio.com 

Fort Wayne Metals, Inc. RM 

9609 Indianapolis Road 


USA 

260-747-4154 (phone) 

260-747-0398 (fax) 

tgs@faithmphs.com 

www.orthosupplier.com/profiles/faith2.htm 

info@fwmetals.com 

www.fortwaynemetals.com

Established in 1948, Handy & Harman Specialty Tube Company is a specialized 

manufacturer of high quality, small diameter stainless, nickel alloy, titanium and 

alloy tubing for the orthopaedic marketplace. 

Medical Tubing 

Handy & Harman manufactures a broad 

line of products specifically designed for 

medical applications, including fracture 

fixation devices, prosthetic implants and 

surgical instruments. 

Handy & Harman tubing is a seamless 

and cold-worked product that displays a 

high level of consistency from piece to 

piece. 

Supplied with a concentric and close tolerance 

hole (yielding a smooth and clean 

surface with no steps on the I.D.), Handy 

& Harman tubing has proven itself to be 

a more practical and economical alternative 

to gun drilled bar stock. 

Handy & Harman’s manufacturing process 

produces tube in a wide variety of grades 

that offer designers, fabricators and manufacturers 

a close tolerance product with 

specific mechanical properties. 

Tube Fabrication 

Tubing for Medical Devices 

Handy & Harman’s MicroTube Fabricators division offers a one-stop service of 

converting raw materials to finished components. Handy & Harman has precision 

and high speed automatic equipment to cut, flare, reduce, expand, bulge, 

bead, dimple, lance, slot, flatten & pierce and bend tubing. Medical and surgical 

applications include laparoscopy, endoscopy and arthroscopy. 

Handy & Harman’s combination of modern automated equipment that is coupled 

with highly experienced engineering talent provides the market with a 

source for high speed and low cost production of precision fabricated tube 

parts. 


Handy & Harman 

Tube Company, Inc. 

701 West Township Line Road 

Norristown, PA 19403 

USA 

610-539-3900 (phone) 

610-539-3250 (fax) 

Web site 

www.handytube.com 

Founded 

1948 

Contacts 

Brian Martin 

Marketing Manager 

bmartin@handytube.com 

Facility 

200,000 sq. ft. 

Staff 

150 employees 

Certification 

ISO 9001:2000 


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1071 Out Rigger Cove 

Painesville Township, OH 44077 

USA 

440-352-1345 (phone) 

440-352-1355 (fax) 

sjyopko@stratos.net 

www.friedrich-daniels.com 



FPD Company FO MM ST 

124 Hidden Valley Road 

McMurray, PA 16037 

USA 

Lieu-dit le boissouteyrand 

Mondragon 84430 

France 

724-941-5540 (phone) 

724-941-8322 (fax) 

+33-490409707 (phone) 

+33-490409702 (fax) 

jrs@fpdinc.com 

www.fpdinc.com 

Frederic Liegeois, Consultant YY 

Award-Winning Designer and Manufacturer of Custom Surgical 

Instruments. Head-quartered in Solingen, Germany, we have satisfied 

the needs of the orthopaedic community with custom instrumentation 

for over 53 years. Our latest developments include T-handle, 

ratcheting and soft grip handles as well as a parallel action 

modular spinal distractor. Satisfaction guaranteed. ISO 9001:2000 

certified as well as FDA-registered and approved. 

fr.liegeois@wanadoo.fr 

www.orthoworld.com/members/ 

directories/services/profiles/ 

liegeois_consulting.php 

Friedrich Daniels — Player DS MN ST 

FS Precision Tech CA 

3025 East Victoria Street 

Rancho Dominguez, CA 90221 

USA 

310-638-0595 (phone) 

310-631-2884 (fax) 

Gauthier Biomedical, Inc. — Player MN 

1235 North Dakota Drive, Ste. G 

Grafton, WI 53024 

USA 

262-546-0010 (phone) 

866-546-0010 (toll free) 

262-546-0011 (fax) 

info@gauthierbiomedical.com 

www.gauthierbiomedical.com 

614 State Route 247 

Russellville, AR 72802-8408 

USA 

Medical & Biotechnology Group 

2374 North Penn Road 

Hatfield, PA 19440 

USA 

Solutions for Instruments. Orthopaedic & Spinal Instrumentation. 

Gauthier Biomedical is the inventor and first company to market 

ultra-precise ratcheting screwdrivers, the only design that provides a 

smooth, accurate ratchet feel, strong torque capability and virtually 

no play between the instrument shaft and the handle. Silicone Grip 

Handles. Torque-Measuring & Torque-Limiting Instruments. Spinal 

Instrumentation. FDA-registered, ISO 13485:2003 Certified. 

479-968-5455 (phone) 

479-968-5460 (fax) 

215-996-4734 (phone) 

215-996-4747 (fax) 

mike.wyte@fs-precision.com 

www.fs-precision.com 

Global Medical Partners, LLC MR YY 

PO Box 24497 

Lexington, KY 40524-4497 

USA 

859-552-9860 (phone) 

859-273-6206 (fax) 

Grace Manufacturing, Inc. MN 

gSource, LLC MN 

19 Bland Street 

Emerson, NJ 07630 

USA 

201-599-2277 (phone) 

800-978-1119 (toll free) 

201-599-3306 (fax) 

rsawyer44@aol.com 

www.globalmedicalpartners.com 

information@gracemfg.com 

www.gracemfg.com 

Greene, Tweed & Co. RM 

34, Grand’Rue 

Ferney-Voltaire, Rhone-Alpes 01210 

France 

+33-0-450-429-211 (phone) 

+33-0-153-013-525 (fax) 

bchadwick@gtweed.com 

www.gtweed.com 

email@gsource.us 

www.gsource.us 

Guiden YY 

qwarnstrom@wanadoo.fr

Orthopaedic and Spinal Instrumentation 

Gauthier Biomedical is the inventor and first to market ultra-precise ratcheting screwdrivers. This 

exclusive feature has been influential in the industry. 

Ultra-Precise Ratcheting Screwdrivers. The only design available that provides a smooth accurate 

ratchet feel, strong torque capability and virtually no play between the instrument shaft and the 

handle. 

Silicone Grip Handles. All catalog torque wrenches, ratcheting drivers, and quick connects can be 

incorporated into any straight handle, T-handle, and palm style configurations. These handles are 

available in any color and configuration to fit the customer’s instrumentation needs. Custom handle 

shapes are available. 

Torque-Measuring and Torque-Limiting Instruments. GBI offers a variety of instruments that limit 

the amount of torque applied in surgery, and instruments that read out the actual torque. These 

instruments can be preset to user-defined values and customized to meet specific applications. 

Spinal Instrumentation. Gauthier Biomedical continues to provide innovative instrumentation to 

solve common problems in spinal surgery. Catalog items are available for a variety of spinal procedures 

and can be customized for any application. 

Engineering and Product Design— 

Whether improving an existing tool or developing a unique custom instrument, GBI’s expertise 

turns ideas into reality. 

• Design experience rooted in biomedical engineering and orthopaedics 

• Engineering services to complement prototyping and manufacturing operations 

• Ability to join customer projects at any stage of development 

• Emphasis on Design for Manufacturability 

• Latest in 3-D CAD software for accuracy/verification 

Contract Manufacturing Services— 

• Registered with FDA as a contract manufacturer (#2134947) 

• Just In Time deliveries on production orders 

• Turnkey instrumentation to medical device OEMs 

• Silicone molded handles, ratcheting screwdrivers, shaft quick connects, torque limiting and 

torque measuring instruments, rod cutters, rod benders, bone awls, bone probes, sounders, 

taps, etc. 

Gauthier Biomedical works with all grades of stainless steel, aluminum alloys, plastics, phenolic, 

and silicone and offers the following processes for production of instruments and components: 

milling, turning, EDM, grinding, gun drilling, heat treating, welding, brazing, polishing, blasting, 

anodizing, passivation, electropolishing, laser marking and assembly. 

Quality— 

Solutions for Instruments 

Going beyond the process of blindly “making components,” GBI verifies Fit, Form and Function 

prior to production so that products not only meet print requirements, they exceed them. 

• Qualified personnel perform in-process inspections 

• Certifications of Conformance accompany every shipment 

• Detailed manufacturing records retained for every instrument 


Gauthier Biomedical, Inc. 

1235 North Dakota Drive, Suite G 

Grafton, WI 53024 

USA 

262-546-0010 (phone) 

866-546-0010 (toll-free) 

262-546-0011 (fax) 

info@gauthierbiomedical.com 

Web site 

www.gauthierbiomedical.com 

Contacts 

Michael Gauthier 

President 

michael@gauthierbiomedical.com 

Certification 

ISO 13485:2003 


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Division of Hammill Mfg. Co. 

360 Tomahawk Drive 

Maumee, OH 43537 

USA 

419-476-0789 (phone) 

419-476-7568 (fax) 

john.hammill@hammill-mfg.com 

www.hammill-mfg.com 

701 West Township Line Road 

Norristown, PA 19403 

USA 

610-539-3900 (phone) 

610-539-3250 (fax) 

bmartin@handytube.com 

www.handytube.com 

720 West Willard 

Muncie, IN 47302 

USA 



Hammill Medical — Player MM MN MT 

40 Norfolk Avenue 

South Easton, MA 02375-1913 

USA 

508-238-3351 (phone) 

508-238-3807 (fax) 

prandall@holmed.net 

www.holmed.net 

Precision Manufacturing of Medical Implants & Bone Screws. Knee 

femoral components, trauma hip systems, modular hip systems, 

spinal systems. CNC grinding, 5-axis machining centers, CNC turning 

and mill/turn centers, 6-axis Swiss style turning, robotic polishing, 

laser part identification, CNC thread milling, ultrasonic cleaning and 

passivation. ProEngineer 3-D solid modeling for design and for integrated 

part programming. FDA Reg. #1530390. 

Handy & Harman Specialty Tube Company — Player MN RM ST 

320 Premier Court 

Suite 205 

Franklin, TN 37067 

USA 

Handy & Harman is a world leader in the manufacture of tubing for 

the medical industry. We offer a wide range of specialized tubing in 

stainless steel and titanium for use in bone implants, orthodontic 

appliances, surgical tools and medical devices. Handy & Harman 

medical tubing has proven to be a more practical and affordable 

substitute for gun drilled bar stock used by the medical industry in 

the past. ISO 9001:2000 certified. 

Hiatt Metal Products MN MT SO YY 

765-284-8351 (phone) 

765-282-4825 (fax) 

Design, Prototype and Manufacture of Medical Devices and 

Implants. We are a contract manufacturer working “Engineer to 

Engineer” with over 40 years of experience in the medical field. 

Our engineers and prototype machinists work hand-in-hand with 

your lead engineers and surgeons each day to develop new products 

and services for the medical field. We are FDA registered, ISO 

9001:2000 certified and 13485 certified by TUV. 

615-771-4100 (phone) 

615-771-4100 (fax) 

cmaryan@hiattmetal.com 

www.hiattmetal.com 

Holmed Corporation — Player MM MN SP 

Horn USA, Inc. MT 

Hower Tool — Player MM MN MT 


Ossian, IN 46777 

USA 

260-622-4150 (phone) 

260-622-4151 (fax) 

tgregory@howertool.com 

www.howertool.com 

2045 Wellwood Avenue 

Farmingdale, NY 11735 

USA 

631-420-7000 (phone) 

631-420-7007 (fax) 

sales@hurontool.com 

www.hurontool.com 

Precision Contract Manufacturer of Implants, Tooling and Medical 

Devices. Hower Tool is a Hi Tech facility that can provide innovative 

solutions to take your design to a finished, packaged reality. We 

offer services such as In House Prototyping, CNC Mill (up to 5 Axis), 

CNC Lathe (including Live Tooling/Y Axis), Swiss, Wire EDM, Laser 

Etch, Passivation, Polishing, Welding and Packaging. ISO 9001:2000 

certified and FDA registered. 

Huron Tool & Cutter Grinding Co., Inc. — Player MN 

Turning Concept Into Reality. Drills, taps, planers, reamers, burrs, 

rasps. Huron Tool has designed an innovative approach to qualify 

the consistent performance of your product. We eliminate all subjective 

testing of your product by utilizing our specially designed test 

stand. Ultimately, you can provide your surgeons with the comfort 

they need to know that your product will perform consistently each 

and every time. ISO 9001:2000 certified. 

ddrape@hornusa.com 

www.hornusa.com 

Incision Tech AT LP MM MN PA RM SP ST YY 

9 Technology Drive 

Staunton, VA 24401 

USA 

540-213-7809 (phone) 

800-213-7809 (toll free) 

540-248-4400 (fax) 

sales@incisiontech.com 

www.incisiontech.com

Turning Concept into Reality 

With Age Comes Experience — More than 45 years of dedicated experience 

in specialized cutting tools has given Huron Tool the advantage in the 

orthopaedic industry. Our expertise in prototype development, cutting edge 

technology and complete project management assures the most cost effective 

approach to your orthopaedic needs. 

Exclusive at Huron: Comparative Performance Testing (CPT) - Huron 

Tool has designed an innovative approach to qualify the consistent performance 

of your product. We will eliminate all subjective testing of your product by 

utilizing our specially designed test stand. Ultimately, you can provide your surgeons 

with the comfort they need that your product will perform consistently 

each and every time. 

Product Development • Quality Assurance • Purchasing 

Call Huron for further details 

Continuous Commitment to Quality — It the company’s policy to operate 

at the highest industry standards. We work closely with our customers and 

suppliers to continuously maintain shipment of zero defect products, while 

accommodating all delivery requirements. 

We have adopted a forward-looking view on future business decisions. Huron 

Tool’s certification to the ISO 9001:2000 Standard has merely established a 

strong foundation for our continual improvement initiatives. 


Huron Tool & Cutter 

Grinding Co., Inc. 

2045 Wellwood Avenue 

Farmingdale, NY 11735 

USA 

631-420-7000 (phone) 

631-420-7007 (fax) 

sales@hurontool.com 

Web site 

www.hurontool.com 

Founded 

1956 

Contacts 

James A. Cosenza 

President 

Richard J. Cosenza 


Rick.Cosenza@Hurontool.com 

Facility 

20,000 sq. ft. 

Certification 

ISO 9001:2000 

Focus 

Orthopaedic cutting instruments 

News Update, 11/05 

Recent capacity additions in 

manpower and equipment have 

resulted in Reduced Lead Times! 


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Incumed, Inc. YY 

7429 ACC Boulevard, Suite 107 

Raleigh, NC 27617 

USA 

Indiana Implant Castings, Inc. CA 

103 Estus Drive 

Savannah, GA 31404 

USA 

919-957-8686 (phone) info@incu-med.com 

www.incu-med.com 

317-581-0561 (phone) 

317-705-0224 (fax) 

Innomed, Inc. MN 

912-236-0000 (phone) 

800-548-2362 (toll free) 

912-236-7766 (fax) 

indianaimplants@aol.com 

info@innomed.net 

www.innomed.net 

Innovation Factory, The YY 

2750 Premiere Parkway, #200 

Duluth, GA 30097 

USA 

De Brauwweg 17 

Schiedam, 3125 AE 

Netherlands 

678-812-1103 (phone) 

678-417-7325 (fax) 

+31-10-462-6899 (phone) 

+31-10-462-6088 (fax) 

rick@innofactory.com 

www.innofactory.com 

Instrumek MM MN PA SP ST 

InterMed Precision Ltd. MM MN 

IDA Business Park 

Gort, Galway 

Ireland 

+353-91-630043 (phone) 

+353-91-630050 (fax) 

f.keijzer@instrumek.com 

www.instrumek.com 

jfarragher@intermed.ie 

www.intermed.ie 

Invibio, Inc. RM 

Invibio, Inc. 

3A Caledon Court 

Greenville, SC 29615 

USA 

866-INVIBIO (phone) 

864-672-7325 (fax) 

In´Tech Medical MN 

158 rue de l’église 

62180 RANG DU FLIERS 

France 

200 Roundhill Drive 

Rockaway, NJ 07866 

USA 

973-586-4720 (phone) 

973-586-4729 (fax) 

gene.elwood@ionbond.com 

www.ionbond.com 

+33-(0)-3-21-89-60-00 (phone) 

+33-(0)-3-21-89-60-09 (fax) 

Highest Quality Thin-film Coatings. Specialists in Surface 

Engineering, Bernex (CVD) & Multi-Arc (PVD). Pioneers in thin-film 

technologies. Our product portfolio comprises an unmatched range 

of coatings systems and services for a vast number of applications, 

and is marketed worldwide under the brand name Ionbond. The 

Medthin Global Medical Division has been established to provide 

biocompatible products, services and consultation services. 

info@invibio.com 

www.invibio.com 

lpruvost@intech-medical.com 

www.intech-medical.com 

IonBond — Medithin — Player AT SP ST YY 

Japan Medical Materials Corporation MM RM ST 

Uemura Niessei Bldg., 3-3-31 Miyahara 

Yodogawa-ku, 

Osaka, Osaka 532-0003 

Japan 

06-6350-1093 (phone) 

06-6350-5752 (fax) 

nishidam@jmmc.jp 

www.jmmc.jp 

Jarvis Surgical, Inc. / Jarvis Precision Polishing MM SP 

53 Airport Road 

Westfield, MA 01085 

USA 

860-342-5000 (phone) 

860-342-5006 (fax) 

bredm@jarvisairfoil.com 


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Instrument Cases & Trays 

Metal Cases and Trays 

No company offers a wider selection of case designs in 

metal than Jewel Precision. No matter if you require a 

new look or help with your current production, our 

engineering staff can assist you. Every new delivery system 

provides us with an opportunity to be innovative. 

Distinctive features of our systems include our patented 

latch design, rigid silicone brackets, 3-dimensional 

graphics and color coding silk-screening and anodize. 

Machined Propylux and Aluminum Modules 

When holding very small implants or screws these 

trays can be machined to very tight tolerances to 

keep parts from shaking loose. These trays can be 

designed to be used as stand alone sterilization 

trays or integrated into our other style trays. 

Advantages of our machined modules include laser 

graphics or silk-screen graphics of the instrumentation, 

light weight construction and extremely 

tight tolerance to keep parts in place. 

PlasTel 

PlasTel is a patented hybrid material in which we 

coat a light weight aluminum tray or case with a 

very durable plastic polymer. This process yields a 

tray that looks and feels like plastic but eliminates 

the negative drawbacks of a plastic tray. 

Advantages of a Plastel tray vs. a plastic tray are 

improved holding of the instruments, full scale 

graphics of the instruments to aid in repacking the 

trays after use, elimination of wet packing and 

improved sterilization validation times. 

PlasTel looks like plastic, acts like metal. 

Plastic Trays 

We offer a wide variety of outstanding designs in a wide variety 

of different size trays. We use Radel 5500R exclusively in 

our manufacturing process. Advantages of our plastic trays 

include a wide variety of colors available in inventory, silkscreen 

or laser graphics and rapid prototyping. 

SurgiNizer Modular Instrument 

Organizing System Sterilization Case 

This generic instrument organizing system is ideal for workshops, 

clinical and other uses when a case or tray is needed 

in a rush. The user has a catalogue of different size trays, 

cases and instrument holding brackets to design their own 

tray. These trays and cases can be used independently or 

mated together to form larger systems. No tools are required 

to assemble any of the components. Visit our on-line catalogue 

at www.jewelprecision.com and click on SurgiNizer. 


Jewel Precision 

200 Commerce Road 

Cedar Grove, NJ 07009 

USA 

973-857-5545 (phone) 

973-857-5548 (fax) 

info@jewelprecision.com 

Web site 

www.jewelprecision.com 

Founded 

1984 

Contacts 

Jerry Grieco 


jerry@jewelprecision.com 

Facility 

52,000 sq. ft. 

Certification 


ISO 9001:2000 

Background 

Innovative designs, superior quality and 

deliveries our customers can rely on 

have propelled Jewel Precision to a 

leadership position in the design and 

manufacturing of sterilization case 

delivery systems. Jewel Precision offers 

one of the most diverse lines of sterilization 

case product lines available. 

Innovative sterilization case designs are 

available in aluminum or stainless 

steel, thermoformed plastic (Radel), 

machined modules in plastic or aluminum 

and our patented material 

PlasTel. All aspects of the manufacturing 

process are carefully controlled 

in-house. Controlling all the design and 

manufacturing functions in-house 

allows us to offer some of the fastest 

lead times in the industry. We can provide 

our clients with sterilization delivery 

systems from concept to conclusion. 

Our SurgiNizer Modular 

Instrument Organizing System allows 

the user to order a wide variety of different 

size trays, cases and instrument 

holding brackets from our on-line catalogue 

to build their own sterilization 

delivery system. No tools required! This 

system is ideal for clinical trials or 

workshops where the user needs sterilization 

cases and trays and does not 

have the opportunity to wait for a 

custom system. 


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200 Commerce Road 

Cedar Grove, NJ 07009 

USA 

973-857-5545 (phone) 

973-857-5548 (fax) 

info@jewelprecision.com 

www.jewelprecision.com 

1401 King Road 

West Chester, PA 19380 

USA 

610-648-8000 (phone) 

800-442-1405 (toll free) 

610-648-8111 (fax) 

metalinfo@jmusa.com 

www.jmmedical.com 



Jewel Precision — Player DS 

40 Rockdale Street 

Worcester, MA 01606 

USA 

Sterilization Cases & Trays in Metal, Plastic or PlasTel. Our 

Proprietary Hybrid. Machined caddies in aluminum, plastic or hybrid. 

Our SurgiNizer Modular Surgical Instrument Organizing System 

offers a catalogue solution to instrument organization. All manufacturing 

performed in one facility, under one roof, allowing us to offer 

the widest product array, shortest lead times and greatest economy 

of scale with no outsourcing delay. FDA Registered, ISO 9001:2000 

certified. 

Johnson Matthey Inc. — Player LP MM MN MT ST 

147 Bell Street 

Suite 303 

Chagrin Falls, OH 44022 

USA 

Machines, draws, rolls and forms Nitinol (superelastic & shape 

memory alloys), PGM & Specialty Metals for the manufacture of 

orthopaedic component parts, instruments & tooling. Features 

include rapid prototyping, engineering & product development support, 

& high-volume manufacturing. Full SPC systems and customized 

documentation ensure process control, consistency and 

product repeatability. ISO 9001:2000 certification. 

Kays Engineering, Inc. MM MN MT 


Marshall, MO 65340 

USA 

Keller Engineering, Inc. CP LP MM PA 

3203 Kashiwa Street 

Torrance, CA 90505 

USA 

310-326-6291 (phone) 

310-326-0417 (fax) 

Design, development, manufacture and packaging of orthopaedic 

and spinal surgical instruments. As a certified vendor to many of 

the world’s most respected orthopaedic and spinal companies, 

KMedic offers customers a one-stop source for instruments. 

Through KMedic’s Total Instrument Management program, customers 

find a partner who consistently demonstrates the ability to 

design, develop, manufacture and package a wide array of custom 

and standard instrumentation. FDA-registered, Certified to ISO 

13485:2003. 

Knowledge Enterprises, Inc. YY 

440-247-9051 (phone) 

440-247-9053 (fax) 

KomteK Technologies CA FO MM MN 

508-853-4500 (phone) 

508-853-2753 (fax) 

steve@kellereng.com 

www.kellereng.com 

Kensey Nash Corporation MM RM 

55 East Uwchlan Avenue 

Exton, PA 19341 

USA 

610-524-0188 (phone) 

610-524-0265 (fax) 

info@kenseynash.com 

www.kenseynash.com 

Kinamed, Inc. MM PA 

820 Flynn Road 

Camarillo, CA 93012-8701 

USA 

KMedic — Player MN 


190 Veterans Drive 

Northvale, NJ 07647 

USA 

201-767-4002 (phone) 

800-955-0559 (toll free) 

201-768-0494 (fax) 

oeminfo@kmedic.com 

www.kmedicoem.com 

660-886-9929 (phone) 

660-886-2249 (fax) 

805-384-2748 (phone) 

800-827-5775 (toll free) 

805-384-2792 (fax) 

ekays@kays-dehoff.com 

www.kays-dehoff.com 

contact@kinamed.com 

www.kinamed.com 

knowledge@orthoworld.com 

www.theorthopeople.com 

kervickr@komtektech.com 

www.komtektech.com

Orthopedic Surgical Instruments 

KMedic, a leading supplier of orthopedic surgical instruments, 

is a certified vendor to many of the world’s most respected 

orthopedic and spinal companies. 

Through the KMedic Total Instrument Management (TIM) program, customers find a partner 

who consistently demonstrates the ability to design, develop, manufacture and 

package a wide array of custom and standard instrumentation. 

KMedic offers companies supply chain management for orthopedic surgical instruments. 

In most of our relationships, we serve as a long-term, strategic partner—developing 

entire instrument lines and custom instrumentation. We are the resource of choice for 

specific instrumentation—providing highly crafted instruments in small and large quantities. 

Our customers value our commitment to providing a total solution for their instrument 

needs. 

Design, Development and Manufacturing Capabilities 

• Design Software: Solid Works and Auto-CAD 

• Processes: passivation, thermal assembly, certified special 

stainless steel TiN and TiAlN coating process 

• Domestic and International Manufacturing: multi axis CNC 

machining and turning centers, swiss type multi axis CNC 

turning centers, CNC grinding, CNC robotics, wire and ram 

EDM equipment, laser marking, electro chemical etching, 

tool room, welding, soldering, brazing, stamping, bending, 

honing and broaching 

Services 

• Engineers on staff work with your design surgeons to minimize time to market, from 

the design phase to prototyping and through delivery 

• Instrument design expertise 

• Forging design and management 

• First Article Sample (FAS) work 

• Quality Assurance inspection and certification 

• Full product packaging and labeling 

• Inventory management 

• EDI service 

• Quick response from our customer service, product development, QA and packaging 

engineering staff 

• Video conferencing for better communications 

• KMedic Europe, headquartered in Tuttlingen, Germany, manages international manufac 

turing and customer support 

Products 

KMedic Sourcebooks offer more than 3,300 readily available patterns for orthopedic, 

spinal, foot and ankle and hand procedures. Whether your company requires modifications 

of existing designs or crafting of entirely new instruments, we invite you to call 

and discuss how KMedic can provide the instruments you require. 


KMedic 


190 Veterans Drive 

Northvale, NJ 07647 

USA 

262-657-2800 (phone) 

800-295-8505 (toll-free) 

262-657-2801 (fax) 

Web site 


Sales Contacts 

Douglas Slomski 

Sales Director 

Teleflex Medical OEM Orthopedics 

dslomski@teleflexmedical.com 

Central US 

Greg Kitchens 

OEM Sales Manager 

gkitchens@kmedic.com 

West Coast 

Steve Pubols 

OEM Sales Manager 

spubols@kmedic.com 

Europe 

Armin Grab 

Product Manager 

armin.grab@teleflexmedical.com 

Founded 

1986 

Certification 

FDA-registered 

Certified to ISO 13485: 2003 

Focus 

Orthopedic, trauma, reconstructive, 

arthroscopic and spinal surgical 

instruments 

Background 

Founded in 1986, KMedic is a leading 

provider of Orthopedic surgical instruments. 

In 1999, KMedic became part of Teleflex 

Medical, a division of Teleflex Incorporated 

(NYSE: TFX), a worldwide leader in the 

design, manufacturing and distribution of 

high-quality engineered surgical instruments, 

medical devices and healthcare 

supplies. 

In 2003, KMedic and Beere joined together 

as Teleflex Medical OEM Orthopedics to 

provide a single source for customers’ 

instrument needs. 

In 2005, KMedic and Beere US are 

located together in the same facility 

in Kenosha, WI. 


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Kx Simulation Technologies, Inc. AT SO YY 

441 Vine Street 

Carew Tower, Suite 4200 


USA 

Laser Graphx, Inc. LP 


North Webster, IN 46555 

USA 

Leis Partners, LLC — Player AT DS MM MN RM 

700 Park Avenue, Suite F 

Winona Lake, IN 46590 

USA 

574-372-3348 (phone) 

574-372-3349 (fax) 

robdelp@leispartners.com 

www.leispartners.com 

Comprehensive Medical Technologies. The ultimate goal of Leis 

Partners is to produce complete orthopaedic sets: technologies & 

services that change the way suppliers do business in the future. 

We’re more than an instrument and case/tray job shop trying to fill 

instrument sets. We’re raising the bar for suppliers and innovating 

the supply chain by resourcefully and completely solving issues on 

both the implant and the instrument sides. 

L H Industries AT MM MT SO YY 

4420 Clubview Drive 


USA 

Lighthouse Industries CP MN MT YY 

P.O. Box 8905 

107 Eastwood Road 

Michigan City, IN 46360 

USA 

M-PACT Worldwide, L.L.C. — Player RM 

1040 OCL Parkway 

Eudora, KS 66025 

USA 

785-542-2920 ext. 109 (phone) 

800-255-4152 ext. 109 (toll free) 

785-542-3608 (fax) 

msloan@mpactllc.com 

www.oemfracturemanagement.com 

13800 Luick Drive 

Chelsea, MI 48118-9588 

USA 

734-475-9165 (phone) 

734-475-3825 (fax) 

info@macdeeinc.com 

www.macdeeinc.com 

513-929-9301 (phone) 

513-929-4630 (fax) 

574-834-7100 (phone) 

574-834-4443 (fax) 

ONE SOURCE for Manufacturing of Fracture Management Products. 

For over 23 years, M-PACT has been a proven supplier of innovative, 

high quality, cost-effective medical products with over ten 

patents. Our core technologies: Plaster of Paris Creation and 

Conversion, Synthetic Casting Tapes, Synthetic Splinting Rolls and 

Electro Mechanical, along with our packaging and distribution 

options, provide SOLUTIONS for our customers’ needs. FDA-registered, 

ISO 9001:2000, EN ISO 13485, CE Mark. 

MACDEE, Inc. — Player MM MN PA 

Contract Manufacturer for the Orthopaedic Industry. Specializing in 

plastic machining, injection molding and sterile packaging, MACDEE 

has earned the reputation as a trusted source for high quality products. 

Our vast experience in processing a wide variety of polymers 

allows us to consistently exceed customer expectations regarding 

tolerances and critical surface finishes. FDA-registered, ISO certified. 

Machining Technology Group MM MN 

11450 Gulf Stream Avenue 

Arlington, TN 38002 

USA 

260-432-5563 (phone) 

260-432-2503 (fax) 

219-879-1550 (phone) 

219-879-1509 (fax) 

901-867-2030 (phone) 

901-867-2035 (fax) 

brad.stevens@kxinc.com 

www.kxinc.com 

bhack@ligtel.com 


laser-graphx2.htm 

bemerick@lhindustries.com 

www.lhcarbide.com 

tthomas@lighthouseindustries.com 

www.lighthouseindustries.com 

thanson@mtgemail.com 

www.mtgmemphis.com 

Macromedical Development LLC YY 

800 Village Square Crossing 

Suite 104 

Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33410 

USA 

561-694-5711 (phone) 

561-694-5811 (fax) 

lc@macromedicaldevelopment.com 

www.macromedicaldevelopment.com

OEM Casting & Splinting Products 

ONE SOURCE 

for Original Equipment Manufacturing 

of Fracture Management Products 

M-PACT was formed when Orthopaedic Casting Laboratory, inventors of the 

patented OCL® Splint Roll Custom Splinting System and Martin Medical, inventors 

of the American Orthopaedic and TurboCare® Cast Removal Systems 

merged. 

For over 25 years, M-PACT has been a proven supplier of innovative, high quality, 

cost-effective medical products. Our portfolio of more than ten patents 

highlights our commitment to research and development. Worldwide, we have 

earned the reputation for providing quality casting and splinting products, cast 

removal products and cast room products. 

• Synthetic Casting Tape 

• Splinting Rolls 

• Cast Removal 

• Plaster of Paris 

Outsourcing—once viewed only as a strategic lever for keeping costs down for 

companies—is today a vital management tool for business innovation, company 

expansion, and competitive advantage. We understand the issues you 

face every day. We can help your company enhance your current product line 

to achieve an increase in net profits. 

Our experience provides customers with options and solutions in product 

development, packaging, and distribution. When tailoring a solution to meet 

specific needs, we give you choices to help you achieve your objectives. 


M-PACT Worldwide, L.L.C. 

1040 OCL Parkway 

Eudora, KS 66025 

USA 

785-542-2920 (phone) 

800-255-4152 (toll-free) 

785-542-3608 (fax) 

Web site 

www.oemfracturemanagement.com 

Founded 

1980 

Contacts 

Holly Hayes 

OEM Sales and Product 

Coordinator 

hhayes@mpactllc.com 

Barry Price 

Chief Operating Officer 

bprice@mpactllc.com 

Facility 

42,000 sq. ft. 

Staff 

100 employees 

Certification 


ISO 9001:2000 

EN ISO 13485 

CE Mark 


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Mahar Medical 

120 East Center Street 


USA 

574-527-5889 (phone) 

800-497-4449 (toll free) 

765-254-9658 (fax) 

mkovaleski@mahartool.com 

www.mahartool.com 

Medizintechnik GmbH 

Friedrich-Wohler-Str. 10 

Emmingen-Liptingen, B-W 78576 

Germany 

7465-927526 (phone) 

7465-927529 (fax) 

ralf.rotter@mahe-med.de 

www.mahe-ortho.de 

7680 Innovation Way 

Mason, OH 45040 

USA 



Mahar Tool Supply — Player MT YY 

4520 Burnett Drive 

South Bend, IN 46614 

USA 

Distribution & Commodity Management in Cutting Tools & More! 

Specializing in metal-removal & distribution since 1947. Offering 

products, services & consultation to meet your tooling & inventory 

management needs. We take pride in offering custom solutions that 

generate bottom-line savings. Bringing you the latest technology 

and helping you manage it to achieve excellence! Call us today to 

schedule a demonstration! ISO 9001 :2000 Certified. 

MAHE - Barthelmes Medizintechnik GmbH — Player MM MN 

P.O. Box 218 

Zionsville, IN 46077 

USA 

Precision Tools for the Orthopaedic Field. Since 1990, we manufacture 

OEM Orthopaedics/Traumatology and Spinal instruments and 

implants. State of the art CNC milling, turning and grinding 

machines. Your one-stop source, from product development to final 

inspection. High quality and shortest turn around times are guaranteed. 

Certified to ISO 13485:2003 and ISO 9001:2000. 

Makino MT 

Mar-Test, Inc. AT 

1245 Hillsmith Drive 


USA 

513-573-7200 (phone) 

800-552-3288 (toll free) 

513-573-7360 (fax) 

513-771-2536 (phone) 

513-771-2564 (fax) 

Mark Machine, Inc. — Player MM MN 

50 Dwight Place 

Fairfield, NJ 07004-3312 

USA 

973-227-6400 (phone) 

973-227-7257 (fax) 

info@markmachine.com 

www.markmachine.com 

Design & Manufacture of Orthopaedic Devices. Over the past 20 

years, Mark Machine has made precision and quality an everyday 

habit. We house an up to 5-axis CNC Milling department and a CNC 

Turning department and an unequaled Swiss Style Turning/Screw 

Machine department capable of producing bone screws, implants, 

all types of screws of varying complexity and any high precision 

miniature component. FDA-registered. ISO 9001:2000 certified. 

Marox Corporation — Player CP MM MN 

373 Whitney Avenue 

Holyoke, MA 01040 

USA 

413-536-1300 (phone) 

413-534-1829 (fax) 

marox@marox.com 

www.marox.com 

Manufacturer of Implants, Instruments, Cutting Tools, Devices. 

Precision machining and assembly of orthopaedic, spinal and 

trauma components. Specialties include CNC milling (up to 5-axis), 

CNC turning, CNC Swiss screw machining (up to 12-axis), CNC wire 

EDM and assemblies. Services include: prototypes, product launching, 

production, project management and vendor managed inventory. 

FDA-registered. ISO 9001:2000 and ISO 13485 certified. 

574-299-0222 (phone) 

574-299-1187 (fax) 

Matco, Inc. CA DS MM MN MR 

mark.rentschler@makino.com 

www.makino.com 

BNeugebauer@mar-test.com 

www.mar-test.com 

Master Metal Engineering, Inc. CP MM MN SP 

sales@mastermetal.net 

www.mastermetal.net 

317-873-5730 (phone) brianhusselman@matco-inc.com

Spinal Components, Orthopaedic Implants & Instruments 

Precision CNC Machining — Marox provides precision CNC machining and 

assembly services for the spine, joint replacement, hand and extremity and 

fracture management markets. Specific products include bone plates and 

screws, spinal implants, hip/knee implants, hand implants and surgical instruments. 

Quality — Our Quality System is ISO 9001:2000, ISO 13485 and FDA-registered. 

Much of our work is performed within the Lean Manufacturing concept which 

emphasizes efficient product flow and continuous process improvement. Some 

of our customers have granted Marox “Dock-to-Stock” status and recognized us 

as “Supplier of the Year” to reflect our successes in producing high quality 

products and achieving total customer satisfaction. 

People — The Marox team includes specialists in engineering, manufacturing, 

quality control, and project support. We have attracted some of the foremost 

machining and business professionals. Our commitment to provide resources 

for the ongoing training and advancement of our workforce is reflected in the 

dedication of our people to their company, their customers, and one another. 

Our manufacturing capabilities include: 

• CNC Milling (4&5 Axis) 

• CNC Swiss Screw Machining (12-Axis) 

• Double Spindle CNC Turning Centers 

• CNC Wire EDM 

• Product Development and Launching 

• Prototypes 

• Production 

• Assemblies 

• Project Management 

Our engineering, business, quality, and production systems are fully integrated, 

and we continually upgrade and expand to ensure customers get what they 

want. 


MAROX Corporation 

373 Whitney Avenue 

Holyoke, MA 01040 

USA 

413-536-1300 (phone) 

413-534-1829 (fax) 

marox@marox.com 

Web site 

www.marox.com 

Founded 

1951 

Contacts 

Brad Rosenkranz 

Vice President - Sales/Marketing 

brad@marox.com 

413-536-1300 X112 

Facility 

48,000 sq. ft. 

Staff 

70 employees 

Certification 


ISO 9001:2000 

ISO 13485 

Focus 

Precision Machining and 

Assemblies of Spinal/Orthopaedic 

Implants and Instruments 


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292 East Lafayette Frontage Road 

St. Paul, MN 55107 

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McKenna Group CA MM MN MT PA ST 

Lawn Road Industrial Estate 

Lawn Road 

Carlton-in-Lindrick, Worksop 

S81 9LB 

UK 

McLean Medical and Scientific, Inc. MN 

Medical Device Testing & Innovations, LLC AT 

1469 Tallevast Road 

Sarasota, FL 34243 

USA 

+44-(0)-1909-541-414 (phone) 

+44-(0)-1909-541-415 (fax) 

651-227-9953 (phone) 

800-777-9987 (toll free) 

651-227-7859 (fax) 

908-227-0210 (phone) 

941-360-1966 (fax) 

sales@mckennagroup.co.uk 

www.mckennagroup.co.uk 

scanlanjoe@surgicaltechnologies.com 

www.mcleanmedical.com 

steveli@prodigy.net 

MedicineLodge, Inc. MM MN SP YY 

180 South 600 West 

Logan, UT 84321 

USA 

435-753-7675 (phone) 

435-753-7698 (fax) 

Medin Corporation DS 

90 Dayton Avenue, Building 16C 

Passaic, NJ 07055 

USA 

2710 American Way 


USA 

260-479-4100 (phone) 

877-4POLYHI (toll free) 

260-478-1074 (fax) 

mark.evans@qplas.com 

www.meditechpolymers.com 

contact@medicine-lodge.com 

www.medicine-lodge.com 

Medtech Group, Inc., The CP MM MN PA 

6 Century Road 

South Plainfield, NJ 07080-1396 

USA 

3 Berkshire Boulevard 

Bethel, CT 06801 

USA 

Merete Medical GmbH Berlin MM MN 

Alt Lankwitz 102 

D-12247 Berlin 

Germany 

12797 Meadowvale Road 

Elk River, MN 55330 

USA 

973-779-2400 (phone) 

800-922-0476 (toll free) 

973-779-2463 (fax) 

MediTECH — Player RM 

Polymer-based Solutions for Industry. Supplying leading orthopaedic 

implant manufacturers worldwide for more than 30 years, Poly Hi 

Solidur’s MediTECH® has become the world leader in ram-extrusion 

and compression-molding of premium grade UHMWPE as specified 

by orthopaedic implant manufacturers for use as implant bearing 

surfaces. (Extrulen and Chirulen are the preferred articulating surfaces 

for joint replacements.) Certifications: DIN EN ISO 9001:2000, 

DIN EN ISO 14001:1996. 

908-561-0717 (phone) 

908-561-7314 (fax) 

Memry Corporation CP MM MN RM 

203-739-1100 (phone) info@memry.com 

www.memry.com 

+49-(0)-30-77-99-80-0 (phone) 

+49-(0)-30-6-68-03-61 (fax) 

Metal Craft Machine & Engineering, Inc. MM MN 

763-441-1855 (phone) 

763-441-0798 (fax) 

info@medin.com 

www.medin.com 

harrietb@medtech-grp.com 

www.medtech-grp.com 

service@merete.de 

www.merete.de 

djehlers@metal-craft.com 

www.metal-craft.com

Specializing in Metal Removal Products 

Mahar Tool Supply is a reputable distributor specializing in metal removal 

products since 1947. Our staff is comprised of specialists with years of knowledge 

and experience in inventory management, cutting tool technology, 

process improvement, manufacturing and machining. We represent all major 

manufacturers and we are a non-biased supplier. Most importantly, we provide 

value-added services to help you attain EXCELLENCE! 

Our core product capabilities include, 

but are not limited to: 

• standard / special perishable tooling 

• standard / special durable tooling 

• standard / special machine parts 

• gage re-calibration / maintenance 

• abrasives 

• MRO 

• fixturing / part-touching details 

• regrind / warrenty repairs 

• coating services 

• coolants 

• tapes and adhesives 

• air and electric tools 

Some of the benefits availabe by partnering 

with MAHAR TOOL SUPPLY include: 

• one-stop, turn-key solution 

• total inventory management 

• techinical and educational seminars 

• data management 

- (i.e. usage reports, CPU tracking) 

• focused on cost analysis and reduction 

• on-site tool testing 

• bar-coding and vending 

• one monthly invoice - less paperwork 

• 24 hour emergency service 

• dedicated personnel 

• EDI capable 

• experience in the medical industry 

When it comes to manufacturing, you want to partner with experience. 

Choose MAHAR TOOL SUPPLY as your partner. 


MAHAR TOOL SUPPLY 

COMPANY, INC. 

Headquarters in 

Saginaw, Michigan USA 

MAHAR MEDICAL 

120 East Center St. 


(574) 527-7889 

(800) 497-4449 

Web site 

www.mahartool.com 

Facility 

6 branches, 5 stocking locations 

Founded 

1947 

Contact 

Mike Kovaleski 

President 

mikekov@mahartool.com 

Staff 

135 people strong 

Registration/Certification 

ISO 9001:2000 Certified 


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5805 Keystone Street 

Philadelphia, PA 19135 

USA 

215-744-0770 (phone) 

215-744-3787 (fax) 

microcision@microcision.com 

www.microcision.com 

225 Smith Drive 

Clayton, OH 45315 

USA 



Microcision, Inc. — Player CP MM MN 

2032 Lagoon Drive 

Okemos, MI 48864-2749 

USA 

9470 Pinecone Drive 


USA 

440-354-9595 (phone) 

440-354-8989 (fax) 

sales@miltronics-skye.com 

www.miltronics-skye.com 

Precision Miniature Components & Assemblies. Consistent, Accurate, 

On Time, On Budget. Microcision is a custom manufacturer of precision 

machined miniature components and assemblies with tolerances 

as tight as .0001”. From prototypes to production, 

Microcision’s capabilities include complex drilling, cross-drilling, 

threading and milling of small parts made of exotic, precious and 

base metals as well as machinable plastics. 

Microfinish, Inc. LP SP 

5865 East State Road 14 

Columbia City, IN 46725 

USA 

1565 North Main Street 

Suite 502 

Fall River, MA 02720 

USA 

937-836-6622 (phone) 

937-832-2359 (fax) 

260-625-3304 (phone) 

260-625-3834 (fax) 

Mike Garrette Agency, Inc. CA FO MM MR 

517-349-9131 (phone) 

509-471-1609 (fax) 

508-679-8384 (phone) 

508-679-8414 (fax) 

Miltronics & Skye — Player MM MN 

Engineering Parts — Perfect Performance. When your reputation and 

other peoples’ lives are dependent on the quality of the products 

you produce, Miltronics & Skye is the preferred supplier for small, 

highly engineered, complexly-designed parts. We apply Six Sigma 

accountability and ISO 9001:2000 certified quality control procedures 

to everything we do, with zero tolerance for anything less 

than absolute customer satisfaction. FDA registered, ISO 9001:2000. 

randyroberts@microfinishusa.com 

www.microfinishusa.com 

MicroGroup, Inc. — Player CP LP MM MN RM SP 

7 Industrial Park Road 

Medway, MA 02053-1732 

USA 

508-533-4925 (phone) 

800-255-8823 (toll free) 

508-533-9881 (fax) 

blamson@microgroup.com 

www.microgroup.com 

Stainless Steel and Nickel-based Alloy Tubing. Stocking over 

7,000,000 feet of stainless steel, nickel alloy and titanium tubing 

under 1” in diameter, combined with in house redraw to size and 

shape means short lead times. Tube forming, bending, cnc bending, 

swiss type multi-axis machining, wire and ram edm, laser welding 

and cutting, passivation and electropolishing under one roof. Send 

your prints/requirements for an estimate. FDA-registered, 

ISO 9001:2000. 

Micropulse Incorporated MM MN MT 

briane@micropulseinc.com 

www.micropulseinc.com 

mgarrette@juno.com 

Millstone Medical Outsourcing LLC PA SO YY 

Minnesota Rubber/QMR Plastics MN 

1100 Xenium Lane North 

Minneapolis, MN 55441 

USA 

96 Ford Road 

Denville, NJ 07834 

USA 

952-927-1455 (phone) 

952-927-1470 (fax) 

973-627-7797 (phone) 

973-627-7809 (fax) 

stillman@millstonemedical.com 

www.millstonemedical.com 

bpederson@mnrubber.com 

www.mnrubber.com 

Miraclean Industries SP ST 

cheryl.larkin@verizon.net 

www.miraclean.com 

Modern Plastics, Inc. CA RM 

678 Howard Avenue 

Bridgeport, CT 06605 

USA 

203-333-3028 (phone) 

800-243-9696 (toll free) 

203-333-4625 (fax) 

bcarbone@modernplastics.com 

www.modernplastics.com

Exacting…by philosophy and design 

When your reputation and other peoples’ lives are dependent on the quality of the 

products you produce, Miltronics & Skye is the preferred supplier for small, highly engineered, 

complexly designed parts. We apply Six Sigma accountability and quality control 

procedures in accordance with ISO 9001 to everything we do, with zero tolerance for 

anything less than absolute customer satisfaction. 

From medical appliances and instruments to defense-industry and aerospace applications, 

our unique combination of customer-focused engineering and lean manufacturing 

ensures: 

• Optimum manufacturability 

• Consistently tight tolerances 

• Fast turnaround 

• Market-sensitive pricing 

• Reliable delivery 

• Improved profitability 

Engineering Parts — Perfect Performance 

Miltronics & Skye uses a solid modeling platform to facilitate hands-on interaction with 

your in-house product development team. Our inventive design engineers are experienced 

in a diverse spectrum of manufacturing methods and materials. 

If advanced design, precision engineering, and flawless manufacturing are your goals, 

we'd like to talk with you. Miltronics & Skye: pursuing perfection in the design and 

manufacture of small and geometrically complex parts. 

Advanced Capabilities 

• Design and Engineering • Laser Marking 

• Swiss CNC • Polishing 

• Standard Turning/Milling • Thread Rolling 

• Passivation • Wire EDM 

• Electropolish • 5 Axis Tool/Cutter Grinding 

• Heat Treat 


• Six Sigma/Lean Manufacturing • FDA Registered 

• ISO 9001:2000 • GMP 

Challenging Materials 

• Titanium • Cobalt Chrome 

• Implant-Grade Stainless Steel • Nitralloy 

The Sky’s the Limit 

As a Kilroy Company, Miltronics & Skye is part of Trust Technologies, an industry leader 

in the manufacture of precision-machined components, tools, and equipment for the 

aerospace, transportation, and power-generation industries. Precision engineering, lean 

manufacturing, and innovative partnering are the hallmarks of both organizations. 

Together, these Kilroy companies comprise decades of engineering design and manufacturing 

expertise committed to complete customer satisfaction. Our capabilities extend 

from the design and manufacture of small and complex parts to five-axis machining 

capabilities for larger diameter parts. 

For more information about the extended capabilities of Trust Technologies, visit 

www.trust-tech.com. 


Miltronics & Skye 

A Wholly Owned Company 

of Trust Technologies 

9470 Pinecone Drive 


USA 

440-354-9595 (phone) 

440-354-8989 (fax) 

Web site 

www.miltronics-skye.com 

Founded 

1967 

Contacts 

Bill Stuart 

President 

bstuart@miltronics-skye.com 

Paul Cardinale 


sales@miltronics-skye.com 

Chris Rawlins 

Applications Engineer 

crawlins@miltronics-skye.com 

Ron Bate 

Director of Quality 

rbate@miltronics-skye.com 

Facilities 

67,000 sq.ft. 

Staff 

100 employees 

Certification 

FDA registered 

ISO 9001:2000 


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Morgan Advanced Ceramics - Alberox Products MN RM ST 

225 Theodore Rice Boulevard 

New Bedford, MA 02745-1289 

USA 

St. Peter’s Road 

Warwickshire, CV21 3QR 

UK 

720 Mound Avenue 

COS-308 

Miamisburg, OH 45343 

USA 

14000 Technology Drive 

Eden Prairie, MN 55344-2290 

USA 

508-995-1725 (phone) 

508-995-6954 (fax) 

Morgan Advanced Ceramics - Bioceramic Products MM RM 

+44-(0)-1788-542166 (phone) 

+44-(0)-1788-579787 (fax) 

Mound Laser & Photonics Center, Inc. LP ST 

937-865-3730 (phone) 

937-865-3680 (fax) 

MTS Systems Corporation AT MN MT 

952-937-4000 (phone) 

952-937-4515 (fax) 

Nemcomed — Player MM MN 


Hicksville, OH 43526 

USA 

419-542-7743 (phone) 

800-255-4576 (toll free) 

419-542-8931 (fax) 

jpritchard@nemcomedical.com 

www.nemcomed.com 

Development & Manufacture of Precision Medical Devices. Since 

1976, NEMCOMED has served a growing base of global as well as 

domestic clients. Our CNC machining capabilities enable us to provide 

close tolerance machining — especially for components and 

assemblies — by utilizing the most up-to-date cutting technologies. 

Our dedicated Custom Prototyping Division can meet your demand 

for quick turn around for customs, prototypes and short runs. 

FDA-registered, ISO 13485 in 2006. 

New Concepts Prototyping and Production MM MN 

1311 North 35th Street 

Seattle, WA 98103 

USA 

35 Jeffrey Avenue 

Holliston, MA 01746 

USA 

508-429-9999 (phone) 

800-959-0341 (toll free) 

508-429-6850 (fax) 

rdesrosiers@nepg1.com 

www.nepg1.com 

206-633-3111 (phone) 

203-633-3114 (fax) 

Wire Products for Medical Science. NEPG provides medical device 

manufacturers with quality wire products and a wide array of precision 

manufacturing services. From stock medical wire to the development 

and manufacture of even the most complex components, 

we are prepared to be your one-stop source for wire based 

products. ISO 9001:2000. 

sales@morganplc.com 

www.alberox.com 

sales@morganadvancedceramics.com 

www.bioceramics.com 

kevinhartke@mlpc.com 

www.mlpc.com 

steve.trout@mts.com 

www.mts.com/bio 

larry@ncproto.com 

www.ncproto.com 

New England Precision Grinding - Player CP MM MN RM 

NFT Technology CA 

No. 88 Wei-Suei W.rd Kang Shan 

Kaohsiung, Heien 

Taiwan 



USA 

+886-7-6230183 (phone) 

+886-7-6228648 (fax) 

NGInstruments, Inc. MN 

574-268-2112 (phone) 

574-268-0253 (fax) 

Norwood Tool Company — Player MM MN 

2122 Winners Circle 


USA 

937-228-4101 (phone) 

937-228-1608 (fax) 

jmueller@norwoodtool.com 

www.norwoodtool.com 

Service@nft.com.tw 

www.nft.com.tw 

CNC Machining, Metal Stamping, Assembly and Nitinol Processing 

for the Medical Community. Two state of the art facilities with over 

113,000 sq. ft. and the latest technology allow us to take products 

from concept/prototype through production. Producing instruments 

and implants for over 25 years utilizing a wide variety of materials 

such as: Stainless, Titanium, Cobalt chrome, Nitinol and plastics. 

FDA-registered, ISO 9001:2000 (ANSI/ASQC 9001), QS 9000, AS 9000. 

tnicholas@nginstruments.com 

www.nginstruments.com

People 

Founded in 1976, Nemcomed manufactures and develops precision medical devices 

in the areas of spine, trauma, reconstructive joint replacement and sports medicine. 

Our dedicated focus enables us to provide premier solutions for our medical industry 

partners. 

We are focused on making your products better and providing innovative solutions. 

Making the Difference 

Manufacturing Technology – Print to Package 

Specialist in management of multiple large scale launches – on time, on budget 

• Fully capable in early prototyping thru high volume production 

• Bone Screw Manufacturing – utilizing advanced manufacturing technologies 

• Trauma and Spinal Plate – manufactured with the latest technologies 

• Experienced with Metal-on-Metal bearing surfaces 

• Implants – expertise in broad range of products across the industry 

• Instruments – proven industry leader in one piece components thru complex 

assemblies 

R & D Technology – Concept thru Packaging 

• Significant Product Development experience across the industry 

• Proven ability to execute large scale implant / instrument projects concept thru 

regulatory approval 

• Our ideas or yours 

Value Driven – Customer Focused 

• Honesty and Integrity 

• Striving to be the best from our customer’s perspective 

• Innovative, yet Practical 

Investing for the Future 

“Be the Premier Medical Solutions Provider” 

• People 

• Processes and Technologies 

• Facilities - Second facility dedicated to R&D and Advanced Manufacturing opening 

Fall of 2006 in Fort Wayne, Indiana 

Orthopaedic Splints and Bracing 

Nemcomed also offers a full line of orthopaedic splints and bracing. Our aluminum 

splint line is both x-ray translucent and malleable, for a form fit. The foam padding and 

electrostatic powder coating enhance the comfort fit. Ask about our full line of finger, 

hand, arm and leg splints. 


Nemcomed 


Hicksville, OH 43526 

USA 

419-542-7743 (phone) 

800-255-4576 (toll-free) 

419-542-8931 (fax) 

Web site 

www.nemcomed.com 

Founded 

1976 

Contacts 

Jim Pritchard 

VP, Sales & Marketing 

jpritchard@nemcomedical.com 

Scott Edwards 

Sales Manager 

sedwards@nemcomedical.com 

Facility 

51,000 sq. ft. 

Certification 


ISO 13485 in 2006 

Products available to our 

partners 

• MIS Knee Retractors 

(2 different sets) 

• Shoulder Retractors 

• Self Retaining Screwdrivers 

• Hip Stem Inserter 

• Hip Extractor 

Products coming soon 

• Screw Removal Set 

• Expanded Self Retaining 

Screwdriver Styles 

• Flexible Drive Shafts 

• No-Clog Suction Device 


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CA 

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forging 

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implant mfg. 

MN 


MR 


MT 


PA 

packaging/ 

sterilization 

RM 

raw materials 

SO 

software 

solutions 

SP 


ST 


YY 

consultants 

152 Collins Street 


USA 

901-323-6699 (phone) 

901-454-0295 (fax) 

jodieg@onyxmedical.net 

www.onyxmedical.net 

1001 Oakwood Boulevard 

Round Rock, TX 78681 

USA 



Nuell, Inc. MN 

PO Box 55 


USA 

2262 Calle del Mundo 

Santa Clara, CA 95054 

USA 

2301 Silverville Road 

Freeport, PA 16229-0315 

USA 

724-295- 0277 (phone) 

724-295-0395 (fax) 

shawn.schafer@oberg.com 

www.oberg.com 

704 South 21st Street 

Irvington, NJ 07111 

USA 

973-372-1090 (phone) 

973-372-1091 (fax) 

info@pakmanufacturing.com 

www.pakmanufacturing.com 

574-453-4900 (phone) 

574-453-3797 (fax) 

408-674-1060 (phone) harry@nu-metalfinishing.com 

www.nu-metalfinishing.com 

Provide Technological Leadership and Manufacturing Solutions... to 

support OEMs focused on Orthopaedic, Spinal and Trauma Markets. 

Specialize in precision grinding, multi-axis machining, wire and 

plunge EDM,near-net stamping, surface finish development, and 

automated manufacturing and assembly systems. A $100 million 

company, employing over 600 craftsmen, that supports volume 

product launches, prototype and first article development. ISO 

9001:2000. 

Strategic Manufacturing Support for the Orthopaedic Industry. A 

trusted supplier to leading orthopaedic companies worldwide for 

wires, guide pins, half pins, drills and screws manufactured from 

stainless steel, titanium, cobalt chrome and nitinol. Complete finishing, 

etching, packaging and inventory management services offered. 

1001 Oakwood Boulevard. Strict adherence to FDA cGMP with an 

ISO 13488:2000 certified Quality System. FDA Registered. 

OrthoMedix Group YY 

512-388-0199 (phone) 

512-388-0199 (fax) 

Custom & Specialty Handheld Surgical Instruments. Hand-finished, 

forged surgical instruments made in the USA! We specialize in custom 

configurations, built from raw forgings (not other instruments). 

Prototypes often shipped within ten days for your approval; production 

quantities typically shipped within eight weeks. In-house manufacturing 

capabilities include milling, grinding, heat treating, passivation, 

polishing. FDA-registered. 

dch@nuellinc.com 

www.nuell.com 

Nu-Metal Finishing ST 

Oberg Industries — Player DS MM MN MT YY 

Onyx Medical Corporation — Player MM MN 

PAK Manufacturing, Inc. — Player MN 

PAK Orthopaedics, Inc. — Player DS MM MN MR 

301 Route 17 North, Suite 800 

Rutherford, NJ 07070 

USA 

973-372-1090 (phone) 

973-372-1091 (fax) 

info@pakgroup.net 

www.pakgroup.net 

8 Matchett Industrial Park Drive 

Pierceton, IN 46562 

USA 

574-594-2140 (phone) 

800-225-6975 (toll free) 

574-594-2154 (fax) 

info@paragonmedical.com 

www.paragonmedical.com 

OEM Manufacturing Services. Primary Product Supply & OEM 

Representation of Manufacturers to the Orthopaedic Industry Since 

1990. Capabilities include sophisticated and complex CNC machining, 

high performance ground cutting tools, specialty and custom 

hand-held (forged) instruments, premium metal sterilization cases 

and trays and close tolerance machining of plastic implants and trials. 

Turnkey systems or fabrication to your specs. FDA-registered. 

Instrumental in Your Success. Single source turnkey surgical instrument, 

implantable component & delivery system solution. Advanced 

manufacturing technology, UG(r) certified engineers, rapid prototyping, 

virtual information transfer, vertical integration & experience 

allow us to adapt our services to support your strategic needs with 

innovative solutions. U.S. & European offices. FDA-registered, 

ISO 9001:2000, FDA 510(k) cleared cases. 

ortho.medix@sbcglobal.net 


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Paragon Medical, Inc. — Player AT DS LP MM MN PA SP ST

What do you want to accomplish? 

Onyx Medical Corporation is dedicated to being your strategic partner — helping you 

bring new prototype ideas to life, developing new ways to meet your manufacturing 

goals and producing high-quality precision trauma parts. 

Our FDA-registered and ISO-certified facility in Memphis, Tennessee, offers customers 

unparalleled access to worldwide distribution and specializes in manufacturing comprehensive 

lines of wires, guide pins, half pins, drills and screws. Onyx’s engineering team 

can also assist in the manufacturability of your most challenging parts. 

Our goal is to provide a total solution of the highest value — one that includes 

superior quality products, enhanced customer service, reliable quotes and delivery, 

and impeccable performance of both your finished parts and our quality team. 

Customized Services and Solutions 

• Complete design-to-dock outsourcing solutions 

• Prototyping and design for manufacturing feasibility 

• Inventory management and stocking programs 

• Precision turning, grinding and milling 

• Close-tolerance manufacturing on diameters from .028-.375” 

• Forging, threading, broaching, glass beading 

• Electropolishing, passivation, custom coatings 

• Heat treating, epoxy inking, laser and chemical etching 

• Packaging with inserts and labels, shrink-wrapping 

Materials 

Implant Grade: 316L Stainless Steel, Ti 6Al-4V ELI Titanium, L605 Cobalt Chrome, 

22-13-5 Stainless Steel, Nitinol (NiTi Shape Memory Alloy) 

Medical Instrument Grade: 630, 440 series and 455 Stainless Steel 

Products 

Fixation: half pins, fixation pins, one-piece olive wires, reduction wires, threaded 

and plain K-Wires and Steinmann Pins, locating pins, specialty screws, suture anchors 

Nailing: one-piece ball tips, guide wires and guide pins 

Cutting: specialty drills, taps, drill point pins and wires 

Commitment to Quality 

Your Needs. Our Focus. 

• Independent lab testing of raw materials 

• Manufacturing to all print specifications 

• Realistic lead times and quotations that are honored 

We never forget that your name 

is on every product we manufacture. 


Onyx Medical Corporation 

152 Collins Street 


USA 

901-323-6699 (phone) 

901-454-0295 (fax) 

Founded 

1990 

Contacts 

Laraine B. Gilmore 

President 

Jodie B. Gilmore 

Vice President, 

Sales & Marketing 

jodieg@onyxmedical.net 

Staff 

54 employees 

Certification 


EN ISO 13488:2000 

ISO 13485:2003 (in process) 


Oberg Industries 

2301 Silverville Road 

P.O. Box 368 

Freeport, PA 16229-0315 

USA 

724-294-1277 (phone) 

724-295-0395 (fax) 

inquire@oberg.com 

Web site 

www.oberg.com 

Founded 

1948 

Sales 

Over $100 million 

Contacts 

Shawn Schafer 

Director of Marketing and 

Strategic Planning 

shawn.schafer@oberg.com 

Rick Black 

Vice President Sales 

rick.black@oberg.com 

Facility 

Corporate headquarters, 

Freeport, PA 

Over 400,000 sq. ft. of 

manufacturing space with 

facilities in Pennsylvania, 

Arizona and Costa Rica 

Staff 

Over 650 

Certification 

ISO 9001:2000 

Player 

Profile 


Manufacturing and Technology Solutions 

Bring Manufacturing and Technology Solutions to OEMs 

in the Orthopaedic Market 

By integrating our people, processes, and capabilities such as multi-axis and EDM 

machining, surface finishing, grinding, stamping, and assembly we are able to develop 

unique manufacturing solutions to satisfy our customers production requirements 

beyond their expectations. 

Our value-added/value-engineering (VAVE) team and skilled craftsmen work with you to 

analyze existing or new product designs and develop new methods of manufacturing to 

achieve on-going productivity gains. The results can range from superior finishes on 

ultra-hard materials to reduced cycle times and improved quality and consistency from 

part to part. 

Oberg’s Orthopaedic Market Solutions 

• Joint Replacement 

- Implants, Trial Components for the 

Hip, Knee, and Shoulder 

• Spine 

- Implants, Rods, Plates, Screws 

Material 

Experienced with machining, EDMing, stamping, and forming of titanium, stainless steel, 

cobalt chrome, ceramic, nitinol, platinum and other super alloys. 

High-speed multi-axis 

machining centers. 

Twin wire and robotic plunge 

EDM technology. 

• Trauma 

- Fixation Plates, Rods, 

Screws, Nails 

• Instruments 

- Cutting Blocks, Trocars, 

Sharps, Needles 

Zeiss CMM provides 3-D 

profiling.

Robotic Abrasive Belt Polishing and Buffing 

Pinnacle Technologies is the world leader in robotic deburring, abrasive belt polishing and buffing 

systems for orthopaedic components. We provide powerful solutions through unparalleled service, 

support and training. When you work with us, you will tap into decades of innovations and 

advancements. 

System Design and Advantages 

• Heavy duty double walled platform precision welded structure 

• Laser Cut Reference Housings 

• No Floor Bolting Required with our leveling system 

• Integrated safety cabin and dust collection 

• Assembled size 2430mm x 3353mm (fits 20ft Container) 

• Easy factory relocation without reprogramming 

• Extremely accurate references 

• Electrical wiring inside double walled platform 

• Easy cleaning and wire free footprint 

• Easy to retrofit for future developments 

• Single and double stacked belt units 

• Free belt and deburring attachment options 

• Large diameter shaft and bearings (for continuous duty cycles and very low 

maintenance cost) 

• Dust extraction hoods with 2 or 3 outlets 

ABRASIVE BELT UNIT FEATURES 

• The contact wheel is direct driven (facilitates use of non-woven abrasive wheels, buffing 

wheels etc.) 

• One inverter per electric drive motor 

• Contact wheel protection system 

• Easy adjustment system for different belt lengths from 3200 mm 

up to maximum 4000 mm. 

• Maximum contact wheel face width of 120 mm. 

• Precision belt tracking and tensioning 

• Fully programmable pressure control system with belt cooling 

and lubricating system which increases belt life up to 300% 

BUFFING UNIT 

• Direct driven spindle with large diameter shaft 

• Large diameter buffing wheels, up to 1000 mm and 8-10 weeks 

buff life 

• Low heat generation 

• Closed loop feed back system for buff wear compensation using 

brushless motors and high 

precision ball screw components. 

• System automatically maintains constant SFM and a constant 

programmed pressure while following the part contour 

SOFTWARE, HARDWARE and SERVICE 

• System software access supplied 

• Remote troubleshooting via Internet 

• Ability to download software files, part programs and 

parameters from service website 

• Rapid response to service calls 

• Spare parts list for all commercial and Pinnacle components 

• Pinnacle components dispatched within 24 hours 

• Instruction and maintenance manuals provided (also available 

online ) 

• Robotic Offline Programming System 

• Unique calibration software - robot programs can be transferred 

from one robotic cell to another without requiring touch up 

• Laser gauging system for part recognition and measurement 

• Universal tooling design with heavy duty construction specifically 

for abrasive polishing and buffing applications 


Pinnacle Technologies, Inc. 

681 Lawlins Road - Bay 140 

Wyckoff, NJ 07481 

USA 

201-891-7049 (phone) 

201-891-7930 (fax) 

bpenque@pinnacletechnologies.com 

Web site 

www.pinnacletechnologies.com 

Facility 

40,000 sq.ft. manufacturing 

facility 

Founded 

1989 

Contacts 

Robert Penque 

President 

Mark Bergonzi 

General Manager 

Enrico Colombo 

International Director of Sales 

Robotic Applications 

Silvio Vanali 

Robotics Systems Product 

Manager 

Stefano Pedretti 

Software Development Manager 

Lance Thomas 

Technical Service Manager 

Alex Grazioli 

Robotic Programming & 

Applications Manager 


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implant mfg. 

MN 


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sterilization 

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consultants 

Grove Mill, Todmorden Road 

Bacup 

Lancashire OL13 9EF 

UK 



Penn Manufacturing Industries MM MN 

506 Stump Road 

Montgomeryville, PA 18936 

USA 

Penn United Technology Inc. MT RM ST 

799 North Pike Road 

Cabot, PA 16023 

USA 

Perplas Ltd. RM 

213 Vandale Drive 

Houston, PA 15342 

USA 

724-352-6550 (phone) 

724-352-4970 (fax) 

+44-(0)-1706-874171 (phone) 

+44-(0)-1706-879826 (fax) 

724-746-9390 (phone) 

724-746-9392 (fax) 

Doug_Sproat@Pennunited.com 

www.pennunited.com 

brooks@perplas.com 

www.perplas.net 

Perryman Company RM 

Phillips Precision, Inc. / MediCraft — Player DS MM MN 

7 Paul Kohner Place 

Elmwood Park, NJ 07407 

USA 

201-797-8820 (phone) 

201-797-3039 (fax) 

mphillips@phillipsprecision.com 

www.phillipsprecision.com 

Custom Implants, Instruments, Sterilization Cases & Trays. Phillips 

Precision has manufactured advanced orthopaedic implants & 

instruments for over 40 years. CNC milling, turning, screw machining; 

wire/RAM EDM; TiG welding; laser marking; passivation; CNC 

brake bending & turret punching. MediCraft develops/manufactures 

custom instrument cases, trays and racks, and introduced the 

“industry standard” rounded corner, recessed handle design. 

Both companies ISO 9001:2000 certified. 

Pinnacle Technologies, Inc. MT 

Pinnacle Technologies, Inc. 

681 Lawlins Road, Bay 140 

Wyckoff, NJ 07481 

USA 

201-891-7049 (phone) 

201-891-7930 (fax) 

bpenque@pinnacletechnologies.com 

www.pinnacletechnologies.com 

375 River Park Circle 

Marquette, MI 49855 

USA 

6859 North Foothills Highway 

Boulder, CO 80302 

USA 

50 Raymond 

Waterville, Quebec J0B 3H0 

Canada 

Robotic Abrasive Belt Polishing and Buffing. Robotic finishing cells 

designed around your specific needs. We combine cutting-edge technology 

with hands-on experience in automated polishing & buffing 

to provide powerful solutions through unparalleled service, support 

and training. Robotic finishing cells are competitively priced and 

backed by a guaranteed 24-hour turnaround service. Units are preassembled, 

pre-wired, pre-programmed. 

Pioneer Surgical Technology MM MN 

906-226-9909 (phone) 

906-226-4443 (fax) 

303-415-9865 (phone) 

303-415-9866 (fax) 

819-837-2491 (phone) 

819-837-1095 (fax) 

pbunten@perrymanco.com 

www.perrymanco.com 

sales@pioneersurgical.com 

www.pioneersurgical.com 

Point Technologies, Inc. MM MN RM SP ST 

PPD Meditech MM MN 



USA 

610-524-8300 (phone) 

610-524-6559 (fax) 

b.lyons@precimed.com 

www.precimed.com 

215-362-1217 (phone) 

215-362-3918 (fax) 

Precimed, Inc. — Player DS FO MM MN 

Design, Development & Manufacture of Precision Surgical Products. 

Founded in 1988, Precimed is focused on the manufacture of 

implants and instruments for orthopaedic and trauma surgery. 

Reamers, drill and taps, broaches, handles, screwdrivers, screws, 

trauma sets. U.S. FDA-registered facilities opened in 1998. 

Worldwide sales and support including Europe, North & South 

America, Africa, Asia & India. FDA-registered, ISO 9001:2000, ISO 

13485:2003, EN 46001, CE Mark. 

naveentodi@pennmfg.com 

www.pennmfg.com 

jobrien@pointtech.com 

www.pointtech.com 

grepye@ppdgroup.com 

www.ppdgroup.com

Design, Development, & Manufacture of Precision Surgical Products 

Design and development expertise 

(copyrighted, patented and 

trademarked products) 

Full-service contract manufacturing 

Product Range 

Reamers 

Acetabular, patella, glenoid and calcar 

Straight or flexible intramedullary reamers 

Drills and Taps 

Twist, flexible and cannulated 

Manufacturing Capabilities 

• milling (up to 6-axis) 

• grinding (up to 6-axis) 

• turning (up to 20-axis) 

• long turning 

• laser cutting 

• laser welding 

• laser marking 

• silicone over-molding 

• plastic injection molding 

• MIM - metal injection molding 

• automated passivation 

• punching/stamping 

• sheet metal forming 

• wire EDM 

• finishing – full range of surface finishes 

(MASS, electropolish, glass bead blast, 

tumble, etc.) 

• packaging and labeling 

• dock-to-stock 

Broaches 

Our new broach tooth concept with continuous helical tooth pattern - 

tooth size adjusts progressively so that the distal teeth are finer and the proximal teeth 

are more aggressive. This distributes the teeth to provide a more efficient cut. 

Handles 

Quick-connect and ratcheting handles, angled drivers, flexible shaft and 

bayonet-mount modular tools 

Screwdrivers 

Straight, u-joint, cannulated, flexible/reversible 

Screws and Plates 

Custom or standard bone screws and plates 

Trauma Sets 

Acetabular Instrument, Mini Fragment, Small Fragment, Basic Fragment, 

Compression Plate, Cannulated 

Minimally-Invasive Instrumentation 

Hip, Knee, Trauma, Spine 

Columbia City, IN facility 


Precimed S.A. 

L’Echelette 7 

CH - 2534 Orvin 

Switzerland 

+41-32-358-01-11 (phone) 

+41-32-358-01-00 (fax) 

sales@precimed.com 

Precimed, Inc. 



USA 

610-524-8300 (phone) 

610-524-6559 (fax) 

precimed_usa@precimed.com 

Web site 

www.precimed.com 

Founded 

1988 

Certification 


ISO 9001:2000 

ISO 13485:2003 

EN 46001 

CE Mark 

Focus 

Implants and instruments for trauma, 

spine and reconstructive orthopaedic 

surgical protocols 

Background 

PRECIMED is a high-growth manufacturer 

and developer of surgical orthopedic products. 

Global operations are headquartered 

in Switzerland with facilities in the US, UK, 

Japan, and Asia. 

Precimed began as a precision cutting tool 

manufacturer and became an independent 

private entity in 1988. With over 20 years 

experience in the medical field current certifications 

include EN46001, ISO9001 and 

ISO 13485; Precimed carries the CE mark 

for all standard products and are an FDA 

registered company. 

Manufacturing sites include state-of-the-art 

equipment, including full product surface 

finishing capabilities, automated product 

flow controls, state-of-the-art CAD/CAM 

interface, and extensive industry experience 

and applications expertise. A wellestablished 

research and development 

team relies on state-of-the-art technology 

to provide innovative and cutting edge 

design and development solutions to customers 

and the orthopedic industry. This 

includes a focus on the creation and 

development of intellectual property. 

With over 260 customers worldwide, sales 

and support include Europe, North and 

South America, Africa, Asia and India. 


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implant mfg. 

MN 


MR 


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PA 

packaging/ 

sterilization 

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SO 

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SP 


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consultants 

415 West 12th Avenue 

Sault Ste Marie, MI 49783 

USA 

906-632-4800 (phone) 

906-632-5619 (fax) 

rpete@precisionedge.com 

www.precisionedge.com 

128 Market Street 

Saddle Brook, NJ 07663 

USA 

201-843-7427 (phone) 

201-843-9235 (fax) 

sales@gopmmi.com 

www.gopmmi.com 

850 West Bradley Avenue 

El Cajon, CA 92020 

USA 

619-448-2711 (phone) 

619-448-2005 (fax) 

jimm@pmpnj.com 

www.pmp-elcajon.com 



Precision Castparts Corp. CA FO 

4600 Southeast Harney Drive 


USA 

Precision Edge Surgical Products Company LLC — Player MM MN SP ST 

515 Argonne Road 


USA 

50 Maple Street 

Norwood, NJ 07648 

USA 

201-767-1600 (phone) 

201-767-6739 (fax) 

lwhitney@ptiplastics.com 

www.ptiplastics.com 

Manufacturer of Surgical Cutters, Instruments & Implants. Small and 

large bone cutting tools including blades, burs, drills, reamers, Kwires, 

trocars, taps, screws, etc. Custom products including instruments 

& implants for joint and spine. CNC machining and grinding, 

laser cutting, welding and marking, Swiss turning, milling, stamping, 

EDM, gundrilling, electropolish, passivating, FPI, coatings, sterile 

packaging. ISO 9001:2000 certified. 

Precision Metal Machining, Inc. — Player MM MN 

PMMI specializes in the production of orthopaedic instruments and 

implants. We have developed a talented team that has a broad 

base of knowledge in machining exotic materials including titanium, 

cobalt chrome and plastics. At PMMI, we excel in producing quantities 

that range from prototypes to full production runs. We can also 

offer assistance during the design & development process to control 

costs. ISO 9001:2000 certified. 

Precision Metal Products, Inc. — Player FO MM MN SP ST 

Orthopaedic Implant Forgings in Titanium, Cobalt-Chrome- 

Molybdenum, Stainless Steel and Customer Specific Alloys. Our inhouse 

capabilities include heat treating, lab testing, 4-axis and 5axis 

CNC machining, chemical milling, secondary finishing operations 

and complete tool design and fabrication. We are ISO 

9001:2000 certified. 

Precision Technology of Warsaw, LLC MM MN 

574-269-1120 (phone) 

574-269-4850 (fax) 

Precision Technology, Inc. — Player MM 

Innovation in Plastics Machining. Orthopaedic Implants, Trial 

Components and Surgical Support Instrumentation. Our plastics 

machining processes provide exceptional quality, timely delivery and 

better ROI from your overall manufacturing expenditure. PTI 

Fabrication Mediums: Celcon®, Delrin®, LEXAN®, PEEK, 

polypropylene, Radel®, Teflon® PTFE, UHMWPE and cross-linked 

UHMWPE, Ultem®. Our plant operates 24/7. FDA-registered. 

203-925-8525 (phone) 

800-297-8665 (toll free) 

203-925-8535 (fax) 

info@ptwarsaw.com 

www.ptwarsaw.com 

Preferred Tool and Die, Inc. MM MN MT 

30 Forest Parkway 

Shelton, CT 06484 

USA 

714-546-4045 (phone) 

714-546-1109 (fax) 

info@preferredtool.com 

www.preferredtool.com 

Pro-Dex/Micro Motors MN YY 

151 East Columbine 

Santa Ana, CA 92707 

USA 

11125 Yankee Road 

Centerville, OH 45458 

USA 

503-794-2053 (phone) 

800-628-6656 (toll free) 

503-794-2047 (fax) 

RAM Medical Solutions MM MN 

937-885-7700 (phone) 

937-885-7727 (fax) 

rlittle@pcc-structurals.com 

www.precast.com 

jim.mckenney@pro-dex.com 

www.pro-dex.com 

sales@ram-ms.com 

www.ram-ms.com

Innovation in Plastics Machining 

Orthopaedic Implants, Trial Components 

and Surgical Support Instrumentation 

PTI is a precision plastics machining house with a concentration in medical device and 

implant manufacturing technology. Our plastics machining processes are able to provide 

exceptional quality, timely delivery and a better ROI from your overall manufacturing 

expenditure. When bringing your high quality orthopaedic or medical device products to 

market, take advantage of the numerous advantages PTI offers such as: 

• Control over Costs: Standardize your manufacturing costs with an outsourced 

partner. PTI’s only business is your manufacturing. Take advantage of this core 

competency and leverage it in your model. 

• Supreme Quality: With our state of the art manufacturing facility, internal quality 

control manual and the very best in machines, PTI is able to provide a higher 

level of quality 

• Available Collaborative Engineering: PTI offers substantial engineering guidance 

for clients. Leverage our 31 years of plastics machining experience in your design 

stages. PTI offers dedicated client portals for all clients. 

• 24/7 Plant Operations: PTI is able to accommodate the largest and most 

sophistcated manufacturing jobs. Our 52,000 sq. ft. manufacturing facility allows 

high output levels. We are able to provide consistent delivery of “any material — 

any design” throughout our relationships. 

• A Dedicated and Expeditious Industry Partner: A common theme of precise 

quality, advancement in manufacturing technologies and a quantifiable ROI for all 

clients exists throughout our organization. PTI has developed long-term partner 

ships with the largest orthopaedic device and implant companies in the world. 

Leverage our collective years of manufacturing expertise. 

PTI Fabrication Mediums: Celcon®, Delrin®, LEXAN®, PEEK, polypropylene, Radel®, 

Teflon® PTFE, UHMWPE and cross-linked UHMWPE, Ultem®. 

• Celcon® is a registered trademark of Ticona. 

• Delrin® is a registered trademark of DuPont. 

• LEXAN® is a registered trademark of GE Plastics. 

• PEEK is a trademark of Victrex®. 

• Radel® is a registered trademark of Solvay Advanced Polymers. 

• Teflon® PTFE is a registered trademark of DuPont. 

• Ultem® is a registered trademark of GE Plastics. 


Precision Technology, Inc. 

50 Maple Street 

Norwood, NJ 07648-2004 

USA 

201-767-1600 (phone) 

201-767-6739 (fax) 

Web site 

www.ptiplastics.com 

Founded 

1971 

Contacts 

Ira Housman 

President/CEO 

ihousman@ptiplastics.com 

Larry Whitney 

Vice President/ 


lwhitney@ptiplastics.com 

John Effertz 

Plant Manager 

jeffertz@ptiplastics.com 

Orlando Lopez 

Manager, Quality Assurance 

olopez@ptiplastics.com 

Robert Boyce 

Controller 

rboyce@ptiplastics.com 

Facility 

52,000 sq. ft. 

Certification 


Focus 

medical device and 

implant manufacturing 

Recognition 

2001 “Machining Supplier of the 

Year” [Smith and Nephew] 


RI-SA 

AT 


CA 

casting 

CP 


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FO 

forging 

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implant mfg. 

MN 


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consultants 

Grand-Rue 53 

Corgemont, 2606 

Switzerland 


Rickman Tool, Inc. — Player MM MN 

1202 East 4th Street 

Rochester, IN 46975 

USA 

574-223-8198 (phone) 

574-223-8125 (fax) 

m.faylor@rickmantool.com 

www.rickmantool.com 

Riley Medical AT DS PA 

27 Wrights Landing 

Auburn, ME 04210 

USA 

Riley Medical Europe AT DS LP PA 

8600 Evergreen Boulevard 

Minneapolis, MN 55433 

USA 

207-384-5973 (phone) 

800-245-3300 (toll free) 

207-786-5553 (fax) 

+41/324-881-010 (phone) 

+41/324-881-000 (fax) 

763-7861520 (phone) 

763-786-1305 (fax) 

melinoc@rileymedical.com 

www.rileymedical.com 

sales@rileyeurope.com 

www.rileyeurope.com 

RMS MM MN PA ST 

bjohnson@machine.com 

www.rmsmachining.com 

RSB Alloy Applications, LLC YY 

1137 Dunkelberger Road 

Leesport, PA 19533 

USA 

610-926-7976 (phone) 

610-916-0951 (fax) 

robert_s_brown@earthlink.net 


rsb-alloy-applications2.htm 

RTI International Metals, Inc. RM 

1000 Warren Avenue 

Niles, OH 44446 

USA 

151 Old New Brunswick Road 

Piscataway, NJ 08854 

USA 

732-752-8300 (phone) 

732-752-8315 (fax) 

golamco@sswt.com 

www.sswhitemedical.net 

123 Moore Road 

Weymouth, MA 02189 

USA 

781-335-5300 (phone) 

781-340-0517 (fax) 

bcorreia@sagerpt.com 


330-544-7791 (phone) dbertko@rtiintl.com 

www.rtiintl.com 

S.S. WHITE® Medical Products Inc. — Player MN 

Custom Orthopaedic Surgical Instrumentation. A world class leader 

in the design and manufacture of surgical instrumentation. Our full 

service facility provides you with speedy turn around for prototypes 

and production orders. Years of service have earned us the trust 

and respect of the largest surgical orthopaedic implant manufacturers 

worldwide for their contract manufacturing needs. FDA Medical 

Device Manufacturer, CGMP and ISO 9001:2000 certified. 

Sager Precision Technologies, Inc. — Player LP MM MN SP ST 

PO Box 1220 

Scranton, PA 18501-1220 

USA 

1917 South Lynnwood Drive East 

Warsaw, IN 46580-7557 

USA 

Orthopaedic Implants, Spinal Products & Medical Devices. Rapid 

prototyping, automated spherical lapping/polishing, multi-pallet horizontal 

milling, ultraprecision machining, twin spindle turning, Class 

100/1000 clean room inspection & packaging, electromechanical 

assembly & testing, laser marking, titanium anodizing, passivating, 

electropolishing. Inventory programs thru MRP, JIT, Kanban, EDI for 

“Dock to Stock” programs. FDA-registered, ISO 9001:2000; 

13485:2003, EN46001. 

Sandvik Materials Technology RM 

570-585-7727 (phone) curt.nicolio@sandvik.com 

www.smt.sandvik.com/bioline 

Satterley & Associates, LLC CA DS MM MN MR MT RM ST 


Manufacturer of Precision Orthopaedic Products. A family-owned precision 

machining group with a strong reputation for delivering complex, 

difficult-to-manufacture orthopaedic implants and instruments, 

including nearly every conceivable type of precision-machined hook, 

plate and screw, as well as a full range of orthopaedic surgical 

instruments. Wire EDM, CMM, 3-, 4- and 5-axis mills, 2- and 4-axis 

CNC Swiss-style & multi-axis lathes. FDA-registered. 

574-269-3430 (phone) 

574-269-3430 (fax) 

esatterley@hotmail.com 

www.satterleyassoc.com

Orthopaedic Implants, Spinal Products & Medical Devices 

SAGER precision technologies is a leading manufacturer of 

orthopaedic implants, spinal products and medical devices. 

From rapid prototyping thru full production, our management team and production staff 

are adept at applying their experience and expertise to finding solutions to your needs. 

With two facilities totaling 48,000 sq. ft., we offer single-source responsibility for 

producing components from raw material thru finished goods. 

Process Capabilities 

• Concurrent engineering with customer’s development team 

• Rapid Prototyping 

• Automated spherical lapping and polishing 

• Multi-Pallet horizontal milling 

• Ultraprecision machining in climate-controlled cell with CMM 

• Twin spindle turning 

• Class 100 and 1000 clean room inspection and packaging 

• Electromechanical assembly and testing 

• Laser marking, Titanium anodizing, Passivating, Electropolishing 

Systems and Services 

• Sager-managed inventory programs thru reacting to customer’s MRP, JIT, Kanban 

and EDI for “Dock to Stock” programs 

• Project management with concurrent engineering from development through 

production 

• Statistical Process Control 

• Autocad and Solidworks CAD/CAM interfaces for Engineering Services 

• Continuous improvement using Kaizen event analysis 


Sager Precision 

Technologies, Inc. 

123 Moore Road 

Weymouth, MA 02189 

USA 

781-335-5300 (phone) 

781-340-0517 (fax) 

Web site 


Founded 

1984 

Contacts 

Brad Correia 

President 

Facility 

Manufacturing facilities in 

Weymouth and Plymouth, MA 

Staff 

110 employees 

Certification 


ISO 9001:2000; 13485:2003 

EN46001 


SC-ST 

AT 


CA 

casting 

CP 


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forging 

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consultants 

15 Woodworker’s Way 

Seabrook, NH 03874 

USA 



Schutte TGM, LLC MM MN MT 

4055 Morrill Road 

Jackson, MI 49201 

USA 

SCT, Inc. MN 

509 Commerce Street 

Franklin Lakes, NJ 07417 

USA 

Seabrook International, LLC CP LP MM MN MT PA SO SP ST 

Signal Orthopaedics / Xylon 

400 Pyramid Drive 

Marysville, MI 48040 

USA 

201-337-4212 (phone) 

201-337-3278 (fax) 

603-474-1919 (phone) 

603-474-1833 (fax) 

810-364-7070 (phone) 

810-364-7072 (fax) 

SIM Surgical MN 

1650 Headland Drive 

Fenton, MO 63026 

USA 

636-349-4960 (phone) 

800-521-2985 (toll free) 

636-326-2417 (fax) 

vozehc@sctinc.org 

pds@seabrookinternational.com 

www.seabrookinternational.com 

Signal Medical Corporation RM 

Slater Tools Inc. MT 

44725 Trinity Drive 

Clinton Township, MI 48038 

USA 

586-465-5000 (phone) 

586-465-3030 (fax) 

Southeastern Technology — Player MM MN 


Murfreesboro, TN 37129 

USA 

615-890-1700 (phone) 

877-789-2500 (toll free) 

615-890-2914 (fax) 

TMorriello@SoutheasternTech.com 

www.southeasterntech.com 

300 Pump Road 

Lancaster, PA 17603 

USA 

717-392-8570 (phone) 

717-392-8578 (fax) 

sales@specializedmedical.com 

www.specializedmedical.com 

Orthopaedic Surgical Instruments & Implants. Our Program 

Managers serve as your key contact from concept through delivery. 

Our supply chain of strategic partners provides a variety of services 

in respective areas of expertise including engraving, coatings, welding, 

electrical components, water jet and CNC. FDA-registered. 

GMP compliant. 

Implants - Devices - Clean Room Packaging. Full service medical 

device contract manufacturing for 40 years. Custom design & prototype 

development. Trial runs or full-scale production. Comprehensive 

engineering/manufacturing support services. CNC screw machining, 

5-axis CNC milling, wire EDM, titanium anodization, laser marking, 

assembly & packaging in class 10,000 clean rooms. SMD is 

dedicated to meeting the most demanding specifications: 

ISO 13485:2003, FDA CGMP/QSR. 

signalmd@sbcglobal.net 

j.bartling@simsurgical.com 

www.simsurgical.com 

direct@slatertools.com 

www.slatertools.com 

Specialized Medical Devices, Inc. — Player MM MN PA SP YY 

Spire Biomedical ST 

One Patriots Park 

Bedford, MA 01730-2396 

USA 

781-275-6001 (phone) 

800-510-4815 (toll free) 

781-275-6010 (fax) 

biosales@spirecorp.com 

www.spirebiomedical.com 

Stahlwerk Ergste Westig GmbH RM 

Letmather Str. 69 

Schwerte, 58239 

Germany 

517-782-2938 (phone) 

517-782-2940 (fax) 

+49-2304-79-7259 (phone) 

+49-2304-79-482 (fax) 

davidtgm@acd.net 

www.schuttetgm.com 

medtech-vertrieb@zapp.com 

www.zapp.com

Implants - Devices - Clean Room Packaging 

Full Service Medical Device 

Contract Manufacturing 

With so much depending on the performance of 

your product, the need for absolute precision can be 

a life or death issue. That’s why, for over 40 years, 

orthopaedic and spinal companies have turned to 

Specialized Medical Devices for their most demanding 

medical devices and implants. 

SMD manufactures the most demanding Swiss Screw 

Machine products to within +/-.0001”. 

From prototype development to full production, 

SMD’s experienced engineers turn your design 

concepts into the finest quality medical products. 

From small run, individual components to full scale production and assembly, SMD is 

the first choice for Orthopaedic and Spinal companies. Because the pursuit of perfection--repeatable, 

consistent precision products--is an ongoing process. A process that 

SMD is committed to on every project. For one very important reason: Because you 

can’t afford anything less. 

• Contract Manufacturing 

• Clean Room assembly & packaging 

• Contract Packaging 

• 5-axis CNC Vertical Milling and Wire EDM 

• 10-axis CNC Screw Machining 

• Implants: connectors, hooks, plates, rods, screws 

• Devices: awls, anchor inserters, biopsy, drivers 

• Quickturn Prototyping 

Ultra precision CNC 5-asix vertical milling and CNC 10axis 

screw machining of complete implant systems as 

well as complementary disposable and reusable instruments. 

Specializing in titanium, stainless steel, cobalt chrome 

and PEEK as well as exotic metals. 

Turnkey finishing services include titanium anodization, 

laser marking, vacuum heat treating, passivation, electropolishing 

and bead blasting. Dimensional tolerances 

to within +/-.0001. 

Dedicated to meeting the most demanding specifications: using a product realization 

process based quality management system certified to ISO 13485:2003, Directive 93/42 

EEC and maintaining compliance with the FDA CGMP/QSR with capabilities for AQL 

sampling and SPC. 

Small Business, Woman Owned, Non-union Shop 

Dock-to-Stock and JIT Delivery Capabilities 


Specialized Medical Devices, Inc. 

300 Pump Road 

Lancaster, PA 17603 

USA 

717-392-8570 (phone) 

717-392-8578 (fax) 

sales@specializedmedical.com 

Web site 

www.specializedmedical.com 

Founded 

1962 

Contacts 

Jack F. Fulton 

VP, Sales & Marketing 

JackF@specializedmedical.com 

Facility 

48,000 sq. ft. 

Staff 

130 employees 

Certification 


ISO 13485 certified 

Materials 

Titanium 

Stainless Steel 

Cobalt Chrome 

PEEK 


ST-SY 

AT 


CA 

casting 

CP 


DS 


FO 

forging 

LP 


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implant mfg. 

MN 


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MT 


PA 

packaging/ 

sterilization 

RM 

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SO 

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SP 


ST 


YY 

consultants 

370 Summit Point Drive 

Henrietta, New York 14467 

USA 



Stealth Medical Technologies, LLC — Player FO MM MN ST 

1489 Cedar Street 

Holt, MI 48842 

USA 

517-694-2300 (phone) 

517-694-2340 (fax) 

info@stealth-medical.com 

www.stealth-medical.com 

2975 South Horseshoe Drive 

Naples, FL 34104 

USA 

509 South 22nd Avenue 

Suite 508 

Bozeman, MT 59718 

USA 

239-643-6577 (phone) 

888-446-6862 (toll free) 

239-643-6530 (fax) 

STS duoTEK, Inc. AT PA YY 

585-321-5000 (phone) 

585-321-3058 (fax) 

406-556-3270 (phone) 

406-556-1322 (fax) 

trubino63@yahoo.com 

www.structuremedical.com 

gwhitbourne@stsduotek.com 

www.stsduotek.com 

Summit Corporate Services, Inc. YY 

damon@summitcorporate.com 

www.summitcorporate.com 

Supra Alloys, Inc. RM 

351 Cortez Circle 

Camarillo, CA 93012 

USA 

805-388-2138 (phone) 

800-647-8772 (toll free) 

805-987-6492 (fax) 

craig@supraalloys.com 

www.supraalloys.com 

Symmetry Design & Development Center (DDC) AT CA DS FO MM MN PA YY 

2094 Boeing Drive 


USA 

574-267-8700 (phone) 

574-267-6618 (fax) 

info@symmetrymedical.com 

www.symmetrymedical.com 

Symmetry Jet FO MM MN SP ST 

5212 Aurelius Road 

Lansing, MI 48911 

USA 

517-882-4311 (phone) 

517-882-2330 (fax) 



Symmetry Medical Cheltenham Ltd. AT DS MM MN PA SP ST 

Unit 1, Malvern View Business Park 

Stella Way, Bishops Cleeve 

Gloucestershire, GL52 7DQ 

UK 

486 West 350 North 


USA 

+44-1242-662-040 (phone) 

+44-1242-678-324 (fax) 

574-267-8700 (phone) 

574-267-7306 (fax) 



Symmetry Medical Inc. — Player AT CA DS FO MM MN PA SP ST YY 

220 West Market Street 


USA 

574-268-2252 (phone) 

574-267-4551 (fax) 

tammyal@symmetrymedical.com 




Symmetry PolyVac AT DS LP MM MN SP ST 

253 Abby Road 

Manchester, NH 03103 

USA 

Forging, Machining, Coating & Polishing. World leader in the forging, 

machining, coating and polishing of exotic metal alloys for the 

orthopaedic industry. We are prepared to meet your needs with 

total in-house processing from concept to final production. When 

you combine the highest quality with maximum savings, you have 

the Stealth Advantage. We are committed to complete customer 

satisfaction in everything we do. ISO 9001:2000. 

Structure Medical, Inc. CP MM 

Instruments, Implants Cases and Total Solutions® Supplier. The 

world now has one source for instruments, cases and implants. 

With nine strategically located facilities throughout the U.S. and 

Europe, we provide unparalleled service to the medical device 

industry worldwide. With Symmetry DDC, Symmetry Jet, Symmetry 

Othy, Symmetry PolyVac, Symmetry Thornton (TPC) and Symmetry 

UltreXX, we are your one source for Total Solutions.® ISO 

13485:2003, FDA Registered, ISO 9001:2000, EN 46002:1997, EN 

46001, CE Marking, Environmental ISO 14001:1996/2004. 

Symmetry Othy AT DS LP MM MN PA SP ST 

603-647-7822 (phone) 

603-647-7877 (fax) 


www.symmetrymedical.com

Symmetry Medical Is Your One Source for Total Solutions® 

The world now has one source for instruments, cases and implants —Symmetry Medical. 

We are a global market leader, offering trusted brands, Jet®, Othy®, PolyVac®, Thornton 

(TPC) and UltreXX®. With Symmetry Medical you get over 200 years of combined 

experience. 

With 13 strategically located facilities throughout the United States and Europe, we 

provide unparalleled service to the medical device industry worldwide. Our global 

representation gives you local, personalized service. 

Our products and services extend into over 25 medical device markets, such as 

orthopedic, spinal, trauma, dental, cardiovascular, ophthalmology, etc. 

Our unique position as a single source supplier helps you get new products to market 

faster. We provide comprehensive services, including complete systems ready for use. 

We go beyond the ordinary to include kitting, inventory management, co-development 

and more. 

Symmetry Medical Inc. is Symmetry DDC, Symmetry Jet, Symmetry Othy, Symmetry PolyVac, Symmetry Thornton 

(TPC) and Symmetry UltreXX. 

Symmetry Design & Development Center (DDC) opened January 2004. DDC offers Design Services/Co-development, 

Prototypes, Project Management, Total Solutions® and Symmetry Products. 

Symmetry Jet, located in Lansing, MI, specializes in precision forging, machining and full finishing for the 

orthopedic industry. 

Symmetry Othy, formed in Indiana in 1976, is a world leading supplier of custom and standard surgical 

instruments. 

Symmetry Medical Cheltenham (formerly Symmetry Othy UK) was founded in February 1977 in Cheltenham, 

England. It became part of Symmetry Medical Inc. in 1998, supplying instruments to the European medical 

community. 

Symmetry PolyVac USA, formed in Manchester, New Hampshire in 1983, is a world leading provider of metal, 

plastic and hybrid cases. PolyVac became a part of the group as a subsidiary of Symmetry Medical Inc. in July 

1996. 

Symmetry PolyVac France (formerly EuroSter SA) was acquired by Symmetry Medical Inc. in August 1999 as a 

distributor of plastic surgical instrument cases and trays. PolyVac, located in Lille, France, is a design and manufacturing 

facility for cases and trays. 

Symmetry Thornton (TPC) was founded in 1895 in Sheffield, England. Symmetry Thornton (TPC) specializes in 

precision forging, casting, rapid prototyping, machining and full finishing for orthopedic implants. 

Symmetry UltreXX was founded in 1988 in Avilla, Indiana. It is a world leading supplier of precision spinal and 

trauma instruments and implants. 

Symmetry Medical is your one source for 

Total Solutions®. 


Symmetry Medical Inc. 

220 West Market Street 

Warsaw, Indiana 46580 

USA 

574-268-2252 (phone) 

574-267-4551 (fax) 

Web site 


Founded 

Thornton (TPC) - 1895 

Othy Instruments - 1976 

Othy UK - 1977 

PolyVac Cases - 1983 

Jet - 1985 

UltreXX - 1988 

PolyVac France - 1999 

Design & Development Center 

(DDC) - 2004 

Contacts 

Andrew J. Miclot 

Senior Vice President 

Marketing, Sales, Business 

Development & Investor 

Relations Officer 

Facilities 

553,700 sq.ft. worldwide 

Staff 

1,797 worldwide 

Certification 

ISO 13485:2003 


ISO 9001:2000 

EN 46002:1997 

EN 46001 

CE Marking 

Environmental ISO 14001: 

1996/2004 

Focus 

Custom and standard surgical 

instruments 

Custom and standard cases 

Design & Development Centers 

Implant components 

Complete sets 


SY-TH 

AT 


CA 

casting 

CP 


DS 


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implant mfg. 

MN 


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2663 South Freeman Road 

PO Box 338 

Monticello, IN 47960 

USA 

574-583-3868 (phone) 

574-583-9250 (fax) 

tools@ffni.com 

www.cutting-tools.com 

Wilmington Facility 


Wilmington, MA 01887-3379 

USA 

978-642-2400 (phone) 

978-658-4334 (fax) 

tecomet.sales@viasyshc.com 

www.viasyshealthcare.com 

11230 Deerfield Road 


USA 



Symmetry PolyVac France AT DS MM MN SP ST 

Zl de la Pilaterie, 14, 

Rue de la Ladrie, BP 165 

59653 Villeneuve d’Ascq 

Cedex 

France 

Beulah Road 

Sheffield S6 2AN 

UK 

200 Progress Way West 

Avilla, IN 46710 

USA 

28181 River Drive 

Circleville, OH 43113 

USA 

1100 Nola Avenue 

Barberton, OH 44203 

USA 

Manufacture, Sharpening & Reconditioning of Cutting Tools. Hand 

grinding, polishing and inspection. We’ll ship your custom burrs and 

cutting tools within seven to ten days of receipt of order. Although 

most orders are processed on an as-needed basis, we maintain a 

select inventory for JIT needs. S.S. twist drills & reamers manufactured 

to your specs. Burrs for aluminum, other non-ferrous metals, 

std. carbide, routers for fiberglass. FDA-registered. 

Tecomet, a subsidiary of VIASYS Healthcare — Player FO LP MM MN MT SP ST 

Extreme Performance in Orthopedics. Tecomet is an innovative 

manufacturing partner with the capacity and flexibility to perform 

under extreme conditions. We bend over backwards to provide engineered 

solutions, reduced time-to-market and contain costs. State 

of the art technologies, innovative, on-demand manufacturing and 

flexible management has made Tecomet a leader for more than 30 

years. FDA-registered, ISO 9001:2000. 

Teleflex Aerospace Manufacturing Group — Ohio FO MN 

Theken Orthopaedic AT 

+33-3-28-09-94-54 (phone) 

+33-3-20-72-31-04 (fax) 

Symmetry Thornton (TPC) CA FO MM MN ST 

+44-114-285-5881 (phone) 

+44-114-233-6978 (fax) 

260-897-2117 (phone) 

260-897-3884 (fax) 

513-489-9800 (phone) 

513-489-2409 (fax) 

740-477-5000 (phone) 

800-654-5696 (toll free) 

740-477-5001 (fax) 

330-753-9923 (phone) 

330-753-9925 (fax) 



Symmetry UltreXX MM MN SP ST 

T & L Sharpening, Inc. — Player MN 

Teleflex Medical OEM — Player MM MN 

2345 Waukegan Road 

Suite 120 

Bannockburn, IL 60015 

USA 

847-572-8000 (phone) 

847-572-8001 (fax) 


Developer and Manufacturer of Orthopedic Instruments and 

Devices A preeminent global outsource provider focused on orthopedic 

instruments and medical devices, including sutures. From 

concept development to manufacturing solutions, we provide dedicated 

engineering and technical services to ensure the successful 

transition from concept through development, manufacturing, and 

product packaging. Our brands include KMedic and Beere. 

FDA-registered, ISO 13485. 





contactus@teleflexaerospace.com 

www.teleflexaerospace.com 

Telesis Technologies, Inc. LP MT SP ST 

donovan@telesis.com 

www.telesis.com 

rtheken@thekensurgical.com 

www.thekensurgical.com

Leading Supplier of Orthopaedic Implants 

The ability to provide engineered solutions, manage 

cost containment and reduce product launch time 

through concurrent engineering has made Tecomet a 

leading supplier of orthopedic implants. Tecomet has 

the capacity and expertise OEMs require to deliver complex 

products with the highest quality. With innovative 

manufacturing and flexible management, Tecomet has 

earned a reputation for its ability to perform under 

extreme conditions. 

Extreme Manufacturing 

Tecomet specializes in reconstructive, trauma, spinal 

implants and cranio maxillofacial mesh. Tecomet offers 

cost-effective, on-demand cell manufacturing for flexibility 

and cost containment. 

Hip Systems As the manufacturer of the first near net shape forged hip stem, Tecomet 

has a long history in forging technology and has continued to improve its expertise in 

forged Cobalt Chrome, Titanium and Stainless Steel hip systems. 

Plate Systems From forged and machined plates for long bone fracture fixation to intricate 

photo-etched mini-plates for hand, foot, cranio maxillofacial and joint revision, 

Tecomet is using the optimal process to produce high quality implants at the targeted 

cost. 

Cranio Maxillofacial Mesh Engineered photochemical etching provides the foundation for 

top quality titanium trauma and reconstruction implants. A virtually unlimited range of 

designs, patterns and thicknesses allow applications specific to cranial and maxillofacial 

surgery, otolaryngology, neurology, plastic surgery and orthopedics. 

Extreme Technology 

Tecomet offers unique, proprietary technologies–in forging, machining and photochemical 

etching–to help OEMs and surgeons design new products. Engineers may take 

advantage of patented technologies to integrate new features, or to develop innovative 

products that are truly one-of-a-kind. 

Extreme Speed 

In 2005, Tecomet introduced LaunchQuick a dedicated, state-of-the-art, Process 

Development Center. LaunchQuick provides the collaborative environment surgeons 

and OEMs need to spawn new ideas. With the latest equipment and most sophisticated 

technologies at their fingertips, customers work side by side with the manufacturing 

experts at Tecomet to produce first article, pre-series, and to solve the most difficult 

manufacturing challenges. LaunchQuick provides a seamless transition to full-scale, 

on-demand manufacturing, and greatly reduces lead times for critical programs. 


TECOMET 

Wilmington facility 


Wilmington, MA 01887-3379 

USA 

978-642-2400 (phone) 

978-658-4334 (fax) 

tecomet.sales@viasyshc.com 

LaunchQuick 

Process / Product 

Development Center 

Bob Lynch, Sr. Director R&D and 


978-642-2468 (phone) 

robert.lynch@viasyshc.com 

Web site 

www.tecomet.com 

Founded 

1964 

Contacts 

Pat O’Neill 


630-222-5780 (phone) 

pat.oneill@viasyshc.com 

Donna Baker 

Inside Sales Manager 

781-782-6440 (phone) 

donna.baker@viasyshc.com 

Alice Higdon 

South Central/South East 

901-233-6396 (phone) 

alice.higdon@viasyshc.com 

Geoff Krakora 

West Coast 

480-239-1864 (phone) 

geoff.krakora@viasyshc.com 

Facility 

100,000 sq. ft. 

Staff 

170 employees 

Certification 


ISO 9001:2000 

Background 

Tecomet is a subsidiary of VIASYS 

Healthcare Inc. (NYSE: VAS), a world-class 

medical technology company dedicated to 

improving the quality of human life. With 

more than 2,000 employees worldwide, 

VIASYS is committed to delivering the 

highest quality products and services to 

the medical community. 


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consultants 

181 East Halsey Road 

Parsippany, NJ 07054 

USA 

973-428-1900 (phone) 

888-482-6486 (toll free) 

973-428-7250 (fax) 

rraess@titanium.com 

www.titanium.com 

116 Pleasant Avenue 

Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458 

USA 

201-825-1212 x 530 (phone) 

201-236-9814 (fax) 

dstrohmeyer@trianglemfg.com 

www.trianglemfg.com 

Highland Industrial Park 

601 Park East Drive 

Woonsocket, RI 02895 

USA 



Thortex, Inc. MM MN ST 

15045 NE Mason Street 


USA 

Ticona-U.S. RM 

8501 North Loop East 

Houston, TX 77029 

USA 

Titanium Industries, Inc. — Player RM 

12428 State Route 88 

PO Box 287 

Garrettsville, OH 44231 

USA 

Titanium Mill Products. Titanium Industries is the premier distributor 

of titanium mill products used for surgical implant applications in 

the medical industry. Throughout our titanium service center network 

across the U.S. and Canada, we stock the most extensive 

inventory of ASTM specifications of titanium bar, billet, plate, sheet 

and wire products. ISO 9001:2000 and AS9100A certified. 

Tornos Technologies MM MN MT 

70 Pocono Road 

PO Box 325 

Brookfield, CT 06804 

USA 

203-775-4319 (phone) 

203-775-4281 (fax) 

Triangle Manufacturing Co., Inc. — Player MM MN RM 

Design, Manufacturing, Speed to Market. For more than 50 years, 

Triangle Manufacturing has been a customer-focused, value-added 

engineering/manufacturing partner to some of the largest, most 

advanced medical companies in the world. With emphasis on the 

highest quality standards as well as on-time delivery, Triangle provides 

lean manufacturing solutions to the medical industry. 

FDA-registered, ISO 9001:2000 certified. 

Troy Innovative Instruments, Inc. MM MN 

330-527-9567 (phone) 

330-527-3299 (fax) 

401-762-4100 (phone) 

401-762-4262 (fax) 

contact@tornosusa.com 

www.tornos.ch 

tii@nacs.net 


troy-innovative-instruments2.htm 

Tytex Inc. USA RM 

80 Shelton Technology Center 

Shelton, CT 06484-0105 

USA 

gwerman@tytex.com 

www.tytex.com 

Unique Design AT YY 

Unique Instruments, Inc. — Player MM MN PA SP ST 

6688 Dixie Highway 

Bridgeport, MI 48722 

USA 

989-746-0780 (phone) 

989-746-9004 (fax) 

sales@uniqueinstruments.com 

www.uniqueinstruments.com 

503-654-5726 (phone) 

503-654-9711 (fax) 

713-671-0097 x305 (phone) 

800-242-8469 x305 (toll free) 

713-671-0306 (fax) 

203-922-0105 (phone) 

203-922-0130 (fax) 

Surgical Cutting Accessories, Instruments & Implants. Total supply 

chain solution, from engineering & prototyping through production 

& packaging. Extensive experience supporting new product launches 

to reduce your time to market. Sterile packaging & stocking programs 

to reduce your inventory investment. Laser etching, TiN coating, 

color coding, electropolishing. Drills, taps, reamers, burs, 

blades, instruments, implants. FDA-registered, ISO 9001:2000, 

ISO 13485:2003. 

dwalker@thortexinc.com 

www.orthosupplier.com/ 

profiles/thortex2.htm 

harvey.stein@ticona.com 

www.ticona.com 

info@uniqueD.com 

www.uniqueD.com

Surgical Cutting Accessories, Instruments & Implants 

Quality — Over 25 years of superior craftsmanship in producing the finest surgical cutting accessories, 

instruments and implants. It is a quality difference skilled surgeons can feel. 

Supply Chain Solutions — We will work with you to develop stocking programs that improve customer 

service levels and reduce your inventory investment. 

Information Technology — Integrated enterprise system, quality system and finite capacity scheduling 

have transformed our ability to provide exceptional on-time performance in meeting your leadtime 

requirements. 

Full-Service Capabilities 

Dedicated Prototype Cell — Dedicated machinery and personnel with capabilities identical to our 

production cells provide rapid turn-around prototypes and smooth production scale-up. 

Custom Packaging & Labeling — Complete sterile and non-sterile packaging and labeling 

capabilities. 

Engineering Support — From prototype through production, our engineers can assist you with 

material selection, product performance enhancement and design support for manufacturability. 

Specialized Processes — 

• Color Code Identification of Cutting Accessories 

• Electron Beam Welding, Laser Welding, Induction Welding and Brazing 

• Chemical and Laser Etching 

• Titanium Nitride Coating, Ion Nitride Coating, Anodizing, Diamond Coating 

• Electro-Polishing, Micro De-burring 

• Laser Cutting, Gundrilling, Multi-Axis Cutter Grinding 

Complete Range of Products 

Surgical Drill Bits And Reamers — Cannulated drills and reamers, dental implant cutters, step drills 

and reamers are produced for orthopaedic, maxillo-facial, cranial/neuro and ENT procedures. 

Surgical Cutting Burs — Fluted and diamond coated burs for otology, podiatry, arthroscopy, neuro, 

maxillo-facial and other surgical specialties. 

Surgical Blades — Extensive array of blades used in total knee procedures, arthroscopy applications 

involving ACL reconstruction, podiatry and other specialties. 

Surgical Instruments — Multi-component instrument assemblies and handles utilizing lightweight 

alloys. 

Implants — Precision-machined spinal and orthopaedic implants utilizing stainless steel and titanium. 

We have extensive experience in producing fracture fixation plates and spinal screw, hook 

and rod systems. 


UNIQUE Instruments, Inc. 

6688 Dixie Highway 

Bridgeport, MI 48722 

USA 

989-746-0780 (phone) 

989-746-9004 (fax) 

sales@uniqueinstruments.com 

Web site 

www.uniqueinstruments.com 

Founded 

1977 

Contacts 

Mark Burba 


Mike Lushin 

Engineering & Sales Manager 

Facility 

70,000 sq. ft. 

Staff 

300 employees 

Certification 


ISO 9001:2000 

ISO 13485:2003 

Focus 

• surgical cutting accessories 

• surgical instruments 

• implants 


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MN 


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raw materials 

SO 

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consultants 

3045 Commercial Avenue 

Northbrook, IL 60062-1997 

USA 

847-498-3111 (phone) 

888-326-7556 (outside Illinois) 

(toll free) 

847-498-2810 (fax) 

dyoho@vulcanium.com 

www.vulcanium.com 

West Lenni Road 

PO Box 127 

Lenni, PA 19052 

USA 

610-459-1000 (phone) 

800-999-1700 (toll free) 

610-459-1084 (fax) 

westlakeplastics@westlakeplastics.com 

www.westlakeplastics.com 

Unit 12 Parkway Close 

Parkway Industrial Estate 

Sheffield, S9 4WJ 

UK 



United Orthopedic Corporation MM MN 

14F-2 No. 268 Lian Cheng Road 

Chung Ho. City 

Taipei 235 

Taiwan 

619 Oak Street 

PO. Box 1529 

Oak Harbor, WA 98277 

USA 

886-2822-73996 (phone) 

886-2822-73997 (fax) 

Upchurch Medical ttrt MM MN 

360-679-8718 (phone) 

800-372-6042 (toll free) 

800-359-3460 (fax) 

Vulcanium Metals Incorporated — Player RM 

The Best in Titanium. We are a global leader in the distribution of 

titanium mill products, stocking metal for implantation, instrumentation 

and other medical applications for quick delivery worldwide. 

Sheet, plate, bar and billet to ASTM medical implant specifications 

are immediately available with complete documentation and melt 

source traceability. Value-added services available. VMI is 

ISO 9001:2000 certified. 

Westlake Plastics Company — Player RM 

The First Name in Plastics for Orthopaedics. Manufacturer of 

extruded and compression molded high performance thermoplastics 

for the orthopaedic marketplace. All stock medical products at 

Westlake Plastics are typically USP Class VI approved base resins, 

lot controlled and traceable & stress relieved. We supply the major 

plastics products used in three major product categories: containers, 

instruments and implant systems. 

Zapp (GB) Ltd. RM 

44-0114-278-8822 (phone) 

44-0114-278-8833 (fax) 

jasonlin@uoc.com.tw 

www.uoc.com.tw 

rlowell@idexcorp.com 

www.upchurchmedical.com 

david.hardacre@zapp.com 

www.zapp.com 


Visit the Supplier Directory online at 

www.orthosupplier.com

Orthopedic Surgical Instruments & Access, Procedural and Closure Devices 

Your Total OEM Resource for Surgical Instruments, Medical Devices, 

Components, and Contract Manufacturing Services 

Teleflex Medical OEM products and services encompass the Beere Medical®, KMedic®, Deknatel®, and TFX OEM 

brands. The teams serving these brands provide dedicated engineering and technical service to ensure the successful 

transition of your product as it evolves from concept through development, manufacturing, and product 

packaging. Teleflex Medical OEM’s manufacturing facilities comply appropriately to: 

• 9001: 2000 ISO 

• 13485: 2003 ISO 

• FDA Registered Medical Device Manufacturer 

• CFR 21 Part 820 cGMP Compliant 

• Delivers to customer-defined quality requirements 

OEM Orthopedics - Beere Medical and KMedic, leading global suppliers of orthopedic and spinal surgical instruments, 

together provide a single source for your instrument needs. Beere, known for its innovation and precision 

machined instruments and ergonomic silicon handles and KMedic, a leader in handcrafted forged instruments, 

have a total offering of more than 5,000 high quality surgical instruments. 

Beere’s offering is heavily focused on: 

• Ergonomic Ortho-Grip® silicone rubber handles 

• Ratcheting screwdrivers 

• Torque limiting instruments 

• Spinal implant removal kit 

KMedic’s broad product offering encompasses instruments for surgical procedures including: 

• General Orthopedic 

• Spine 

• Trauma 

• Reconstructive 

• Arthroscopic 

OEM Access, Procedural, and Closure Devices - Deknatel provides a full line of high quality absorbable/nonabsorbable 

surgical suture materials including Force Fiber® to the world’s largest medical device companies. 

Materials are extruded, braided, dyed, and coated in tightly controlled environments to achieve exact customer 

specifications ranging from spools to fully assembled devices including needle attachment. Specifically: 

Medical Grade Sutures, Fibers and Resins 

• Absorbable & Non-Absorbable 

• Braided or Twisted 

• Extruded 

• Contract, Private Label, Packaging, and Sterilization Services 

TFX OEM offers a wide array of medical devices, high-precision extrusions, and guidewires for access and diagnostic 

procedures. Our extensive experience and knowledge of materials has enabled us to overcome complex 

manufacturing challenges associated with heat shrinkable and precision extrusions incorporating tight tolerances, 

ultra thin walls, and multiple lumens. Our finishing expertise includes laser microdrilling, tip forming and micromolding. 

TFX OEM manufactures a broad array of delivery systems (listed below) with moveable core and Jformed 

distal ends. Specifically: 

Extrustions/Catheter Fabrication 

• PTFE, FEP, PFA, ETFE, & PVDF Extrusion 

• Polyethylenes 

• Polypropylenes, Polycarbonate 

• Profile Extrusion 

• Step Grinding & Centerless Grinding 

• Finishing for Flaring, Tipping Drilling, and Hub Molding 

• Tube Testing Capabilities 

• Prototype Compounding Capabilities 

Guidewires 

• PTFE Precoated 

• Access & Interventional 

• Specialty Wires 

• Private Label Sterile 

Custom Devices 

• Peelable Introducers 

• OTN Introducers 

• Introducer Kits 

• Epidural Catheters 

• Microcatheters 

• Assembly, Packaging and Sterilization 

• Multilumen Catheters 

• Multi-durometer braided catheter 


Teleflex Medical OEM 

Representing Beere, KMedic, Deknatel and 

TFX OEM 

2345 Waukegan Road, Suite 120 

Bannockburn, IL 60015 

USA 

847-572-8000 (phone) 

847-572-8001 (fax) 

Web site 


Contacts 

Beere Medical OEM 



262-657-2800 (phone) 

800-295-8505 (toll-free) 

262-657-2801 (fax) 

info@beeremedical.com 

KMedic OEM 



262-657-2800 (phone) 

800-295-8505 (toll-free) 

262-657-2801 (fax) 

oeminfo@kmedic.com 

TFX OEM 

50 Plantation Drive 

Jaffrey NH 03452 

603-532-7706 (phone) 

800-548-6600 (toll-free) 

603-532-6108 (fax) 

tfxsales@teleflexmedical.com 

Deknatel OEM 

375 Forbes Boulevard 

Mansfield, MA 02048-1805 

508-964-6021 (phone) 

800-458-2553 (toll-free) 

508-964-6078 (fax) 

sfillion@teleflexmedical.com 

Founded 

1943 - Teleflex Incorporated 

Certification 


ISO 13485 

Focus 

Orthopedic, trauma and spinal surgical 

instruments and access, procedural and 

closure devices. 

Innovative, High Quality Products - As a 

preeminent outsource provider, Teleflex 

Medical OEM has the market vision, corporate 

strength and global presence to be 

your long-term business partner. From 

concept development to our manufacturing 

solutions or even complete privatelabel 

procedure kits, Teleflex Medical OEM 

provides medical device manufacturers 

with the widest range or solutions, and 

unsurpassed customer service. 

Perhaps that’s why, for more than 30 

years, medical device manufacturers 

around the world have turned to Teleflex 

Medical OEM. We have the ability, through 

our global presence, to support your 

worldwide operations. 


Forging, Machining, Coating & Polishing 

Since our beginning in 1994, we have quickly established our reputation as a world leader in 

the near-net forging of exotic alloys for the orthopaedic implant industry. 

Our advanced technical capabilities and highly skilled workforce allow us to serve as a comprehensive, 

“one-stop” resource for our customers. We specialize in products made from titanium, 

cobalt-chromium-molybdenum and zirconium and offer complete design, forging, 

machining, polishing and porous coating services. By partnering with our customers at every 

step in the production process, we are able to provide cost-effective solutions to the toughest 

engineering problems and deliver quality products that meet or exceed design specifications. 

The quality management system at Stealth Medical Technologies is certified to the ISO 

9001:2000 American National Standard. In developing, maintaining and improving our quality 

systems, the requirements of our customers are the primary concern. We deliver products 

that are top-quality, structurally sound and dimensionally exact. Our Quality Statement says it 

best: “Complete customer satisfaction through responsibility, integrity and commitment to 

excellence in everything we do.” 

Expertise & Mastery — We’ve mastered the net and nearnet 

shape forging process of exotic alloys and have quickly 

become a leading supplier to the medical implant 

industry. With an experienced workforce, state of the art 

design technology and forging expertise, we offer top-ofthe-line 

products that are both customized and flawless. 

Unique & Customized — We specialize in the use of exotic 

alloys, including titanium, cobalt-chromium-molybdenum 

and zirconium. Our specially developed forging process 

results in precisely crafted products that are exceptionally strong and durable. This process 

allows us to manufacture your product to exact dimensional requirements with little or no 

machining, thus providing you with significant cost savings. 

Comprehensive, Knowledgeable & Customer Focused — Our entire operation has been 

designed to meet the needs of our customers, and our unique “one-stop” service allows us 

to offer an integrated plan that encompasses all aspects of design, quality control and production 

of your product. 

• 2-D AutoCAD and 3-D Unigraphics design services 

• Robotic radial forge 

• CNC controlled screw-type forging presses 

• CAM programming/CNC machining with horizontal/vertical mills 

• EDM precision die sinking 

• Quality lab includes automatic CMM/Non-Destructive Testing 

• Porous coating of implants using sintered titanium and cobalt 

Commitment to Quality — Achieving and maintaining ISO 9001:2000 certification demonstrates 

that STEALTH has developed and implemented effective quality systems throughout 

its production process, and that monitoring mechanisms are in place to ensure that requirements 

for quality are being maintained. When we release a product, it is high quality, structurally 

sound and dimensionally exact. 

Experience the Best — STEALTH has become the industry leader in the forging of exotic 

alloys for the orthopaedic implant industry. Our mission statement says it best — “Complete 

customer satisfaction through responsibility, integrity and commitment to excellence in 

everything we do.” 


STEALTH Medical Technologies 

Corporate Headquarters 

1489 Cedar Street 

Holt, MI 48842 

USA 

517-694-2300 (phone) 

517-694-2340 (fax) 

Web site 

www.stealth-medical.com 

Founded 

1994 

Contacts 

Mike Miller 


517-694-2300 

miller@stealth-medical.com 

Bill Frey 

C.O.O. 

517-694-2300 

frey@stealth-medical.com 

Joe Zuzula 

Sales, Marketing & Quality 

517-694-2300 

zuzula@stealth-medical.com 

Jeffrey Anto 

Director, Coating & Finishing Division 

901-853-7555 

anto@stealth-medical.com 

Facility 

Staff 

200 employees 

Certification 

ISO 9001:2000 

Focus 

orthopaedic implant industry 

Background 

“Since our company’s establishment 

in 1994, we have quickly built a 

strong reputation as a manufacturer 

of the highest quality, most structurally 

sound, customized specialty 

forgings available in the industry. 

This is a result of our undaunting 

commitment to provide a product 

that not only meets, but exceeds our 

customer’s stringent specifications 

and requirements.” 

Mike Miller 


Stealth Medical Technologies 


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Introduction 

Mass finishing may conjure up an image of thousands of parts 

being dumped into a barrel, slopped with water and tumbled 

part-on-part, within some media to some specific end. This 

vision perhaps represents the best that technology had to offer 

many years ago. While this procedure is still acceptable in applications 

requiring only minimum levels of process control, today’s 

machinery has evolved to permit sophisticated batch processing 

with lot integrity, as well as a single part flow to minimize onhand 

stock. 

Whether the objective is reducing intraoperative glare, removing 

burrs on screws, minimizing tissue trauma or refining surface 

structure to eliminate microscopic recesses that can harbor infection, 

mass finishing processes meet a wide range of functional 

and cosmetic requirements and, compared to hand finishing, 

offer significant advantages in terms of simplicity and automation. 

Definition 

Mass finishing comprises a large number of processes including 

relatively low energy vibratory finishing (0.75 - 1.5 G); higher 

energy centrifugal disc finishing (5 - 7 G) or centrifugal barrel 

finishing (10 - 20 G); and spin, spindle and drag finishing 

(4 - 20 G). 

All of these methods are independent processes within the overall 

manufacturing cycle, and all are characterized by the interaction 

of a component with equipment, media and, in many cases, a 

chemical solution. In certain instances, dry finishing is used to 

eliminate the waste water generated by conventional mass finishing 

processes. 

These basic components combine with parameters such as cycle 

time, amplitude, frequency or speed, lubricity, pH, etc. to finetune 

the process. 

Kyle Elmblad 

Technical Manager 

Hammond Roto-Finish 

Vibratory Finishing 

Vibratory finishing is a batch process whereby components are 

placed into a machine for a finite period of time and are then 

extracted. In some cases, a continuous flow of parts in and out of 

a machine is possible. For extremely delicate parts, vibratory 

machines equipped with urethane-lined dividers protect the 

components from damaging part-on-part contact. 

Vibratory finishing 

may be used to blend 

away machining lines 

left from the manufacturing 

process (See 

Figure 1.), or after 

robotically grinding 

and polishing 

ergonomic contours 

into a surgical instrument. 

As seen in 

Figure 2, a device may 

receive a dull finish to 

reduce surface glare. 

In this turnkey application, 

the finishing 

operation is cellular 

and encompasses 

robotic handling, 

mechanical finishing 

and feeding of the 

parts into a vibratory 

finishing unit. 

Centrifugal Disc Finishing 

Centrifugal disc finishing 

utilizes a spinning 

base in the bottom 

of the finishing 

unit to produce a torroidal 

flow of parts 

and media. (See 

Figure 3.) Centrifugal 

force moves parts to 

the outside wall, 

where the relative 

TECHNOLOGY 

Mass Finishing Processes— 

Not Just for Marbles Any More 

Figure 1. 

Vibratory finishing of a femoral component. 

Figure 2. 

Vibratory finishing of a surgical instrument. 

Figure 3. Centrifugal disc finisher. 



TECHNOLOGY 

Mass Finishing Processes, continued from page 85 

motion between the parts and media, combined with compression 

at the surface of the outside wall, greatly increases the work 

accomplished. 

Centrifugal disc finishers are perhaps the most versatile type of 

machine used in the industry, due to a the higher energy level 

with greater ability for automation and reduced operational labor. 

These machines finish the widest variety of components for the 

medical device industry. Bone screws, acetabular and femoral hip 

components, femoral knee components, clamps, cutters, drill bits 

and forceps all derive benefit from centrifugal disc finishing. (See 

Figures 4, 5, and 6.) 

Figure 4. 

Mass-finished knee components. 

Figure 5. 

Mass-finished hip components. 

Figure 6. 

A wide variety of mass-finished components. 

Centrifugal Barrel 

Finishing 

Centrifugal barrel 

machines resemble 

Ferris wheels, as seen 

in Figure 7. The 

machine consists of 

a rotating turret 

with individual barrels 

mounted to its 

exterior. The barrels 

rotate in the direction 

opposite the 

turret, creating an 

action that applies a 

tremendous amount 

of compression 

between the media 

and the part during 

rotation. 

The extremely high 

energy associated 

with centrifugal barrel 

machining is 

especially beneficial 

when finishing difficult-to-process 

parts 

or those made of 

extremely hard alloy, 

and works equally 

well with fragile or 

delicate parts. The 

process is laborintensive, 

but 

rewards the user 

with exceptional finishes 

that appear to 

be hand-buffed. In 

certain instances, compartmentalized barrels (or 1/2- or 1/3-size 

barrels) are used to process individual components where parton-part 

contact is undesirable. 


Spin, Spindle and 

Drag Finishing 

Spin, spindle and drag 

machines apply centrifugal 

force and subject a fixed part 

to a finishing media, as 

opposed to other applications 

in which parts move freely 

within the action of a media. 

In this process, the parts are 

fixtured and move through 

either a static or a counterrotating 

mass of media where 

tremendous amounts of energy 

are generated. (See Figure 8.) 

The major advantage to this 

finishing method is that a part, 

being fixtured, cannot possibly 

contact another part—thus 

eliminating the potential for 

part-on-part damage. 

Summary 

Whatever the medical device, 

a mass finishing process exists 

that may improve its function or appearance. Generally, the 

equipment and process are chosen to meet the specific needs of 

the part based on finish requirements, production and floor 

space. The mass finishing industry has outgrown its historic lowtech 

image and, with proper controls, mass finishing can be a 

robust and dependable part of the manufacturing process. 

The Hammond Roto-Finish Compound Group is ISO:9002 certified. 

The company manufactures such equipment as Vibratory Bowls, 

Tubs and Multi-Pass® machines for continuous processing; 

Centrifugal Disc Machines with the Up-Flow design; Steel, 

Ceramic, Plastic and a new Dry Media; Roto-Finish Roto-Brite® 

Compounds and Turn-Key systems including material handling, 

robots, vision and inspection equipment. 

Kyle Elmblad is the Technical Manager for Hammond Roto-Finish 

of Kalamazoo, Michigan. He is a degreed chemist with 23 years of 

experience in the Metal Finishing Industry and has published several 

articles for the industry. He can be reached at KElmblad@rotofinish.com. 

HAMMOND ROTO-FINISH 

1600 Douglas Avenue 

Kalamazoo, MI 49007 

USA 

269-345-7151 (phone) 

269-345-1710 (fax) 

www.roto-finish.com 

Figure 7. 

Centrifugal barrel finisher. 

Figure 8. 

Fixtured part moves through media.

Laminated electrical steel cores—those used for electric motors or 

other electromagnetic devices—have been utilized for well over a 

century. The stamping and assembly processes used in the manufacture 

of these structures have advanced dramatically during the 

past 20 years. 

Old Rules No Longer Apply 

New three-dimensional (3D) stamping technology for die-producing 

laminated stacks offers medical design engineers geometric 

freedom that was previously unattainable. Nearly any 3D 

shape can be produced, permitting electromagnetic cores to be 

designed to conform to confined spaces. The core’s surface intersections, 

once rigidly fixed at 90˚, can now follow a more ideal 

wire path. Integral mounting surfaces or features may be added 

to the core, eliminating the need for additional mounting hardware. 

Holes (round or otherwise) can not only be included in the 

core, they can also be perpendicular or parallel to the core’s axis. 

All this can be achieved inside a single progressive lamination die, 

without secondary operations. 

Interlocking lamination dies brought a new level of flexible 

automation to the electric motor manufacturing industry by 

dynamically adjusting the skew angle of rotor cores in response to 

material thickness and stack height, and by indexing the stack to 

evenly distribute coil stock gamma (variations in thickness) in the 

finished stack. 

Figures 1 through 4 illustrate how Varilok principles can be 

applied to actual products. These are only typical applications of 

the system and should not imply that the process is in any way 

limited to these designs. 

Figure 1 portrays normal 

and sectional views of stator 

segments. The same geometry 

is possible with a common 

one-piece stator core. 

Figure 1 – Stator Core Segments 

Tom Neuenschwander 

Vice President, Technology 

LH Industries Corp. 

Rotor and Stator Cores 

The rotor and stator cores 

produced via interlock die 

systems are measurably 

improved over cores 

Motor Technology: 

TECHNOLOGY 

Varilok Stamping Process Changes the 

Rules for Design of Laminated Stacks 

produced by the conventional means of stamping loose laminations, 

stacking and skewing the lams in a fixture, and joining the 

stack together by welding or keying. In addition to reductions in 

labor cost and improved productivity, this technology brought a 

new level of precision to the laminated cores produced and to the 

handling of individual laminations and the stack inside the die. 

Not the least of these quality improvements is the improved balance 

of the finished cores. 

Die designs have been continually enhanced to accommodate an 

ever-increasing number of variations between individual laminations 

in a given stack. For example, computer-controlled cam 

operations in the die—necessary to produce the end laminations 

that separate one stack from the next—also permit the inclusion 

of other variations in the stack. Shaft hole punches, relief punches 

and counterbore punches are all programmable to allow creation 

of complex part geometries. However, each lamination in 

the motor stack typically shares a common outside periphery, 

providing common choke surfaces at the assembly station. 

Figure 2 shows application of several unique Varilok features to a 

linear voice coil motor core. Integral mounting features and 

precise openings to locate guides for the actuator are utilized. 

Limitless Stack 

Geometries 

New techniques for stamping 

3D stacks open new 

possibilities. Part geometries 

often considered impossible 

to produce in a progressive 

interlock die are now 

achievable. Programmable 

punches may be utilized for Figure 2 – Linear Voice Coil Motor Core 

trimming multiple outside 

shapes on individual laminations; discrete segments on a given 

lamination layer offer still greater geometric flexibility; and servodriven 

die modules accommodate a greater number of trim stations 

in a die of reasonable size. 



TECHNOLOGY 

Motor Technology, continued from page 89 

Virtually any outside shape is possible, as is nearly any type of 

cavity or opening into the part, through or blind. This is 

achieved by establishing a basic part recipe: select a desired core 

shape, determine which surface(s) of the part should be normal 

to the die line and then pass horizontal cutting planes through 

the part with a vertical spacing equal to the thickness of stock to 

be used. 

Figure 3 illustrates non-moving electromagnetic cores used, in 

this instance, in automotive ignition systems. Similar shapes 

might be preferable for other uses. 

Figure 3 – Auto Ignition Pencil Cores 


This provides the recipe, the 

shape of each individual 

lamination, and the order in 

which individual laminations 

must be produced to 

yield the final desired 3D 

shape. In turn, this will dictate 

the number of programmable 

cutting stations and 

the proper position of each 

in the tool. 

Each trim or contouring punch must be enabled/disabled so that 

it influences only the particular lamination(s) for which it is 

intended. Each lamination is individually trimmed to its desired 

shape and carried in the progressive strip to arrive in the correct 

order at the assembly or choke station. 

Control of the Process 

One feature present in each lamination except the first (usually 

called the “end”) lamination is an interlock feature. The interlock 

tabs or “bosses” may be shaped and located as required. Each 

interlock feature extends from one lamination to enter the adjacent 

lam below; thus, each subsequent lam is locked together in 

a stack. 

The “end” lamination has an opening to receive an interlock, but 

has no interlock feature to extend into the lam below it. Hence, 

it keeps the stack it is attached to from locking to the stack 

immediately below it. In this manner, stacks can be produced 

sequentially and continuously, keeping the choke station constantly 

filled with parts, which is essential to generating the consistent 

back-pressure needed to interlock parts together. 

Figure 4 provides a look at how a larger cylindrical surface can be 

manufactured, in this example for a generator pole piece. 

The peripheries of each lamination are die-cut, so close tolerances 

and high repeatability are a given. All part dimensions that run 

perpendicular to the pass line of the tool (for example, the part’s 

overall height) are to some extent dependent on the stack-up of 

stock thickness. Coil stock on the thin side of its range produces 

shorter stacks, while 

thick stock produces 

taller stacks. This 

does not mean that 

action cannot be 

taken to mitigate the 

accumulation—plus 

or minus—of stock 

thickness variance. 

The die control sys- 

Figure 4 – Generator Pole Piece Cores 

tem to manage the 

programmable die functions and servo actions described must 

offer unrivalled flexibility. Its basic features should match the 

complexity of the tool to be run, and it must handle important 

matters such as part recipes, die protection, diagnostics, die I/O 

for all actuable die features, servo motor operations, production 

scheduling and even coil stock measurement. By either adding or 

removing a lam, stack height adjustments can be produced that 

improve the dimensional accuracy of the finished product. This 

can be accomplished either with a stock measuring system in 

place or by simply adjusting the lamination counts. 

Stamped Parts for Other Purposes 

Although these newer technologies were initially employed in 

tools for the production of electromagnetic components, laminated 

structures produced with these methods can be used for purely 

mechanical reasons, as in substitution for machined or cast parts. 

Die-cut edges are extremely accurate and repetitive, and even 

those features whose depth or height is determined by lamination 

stack-up dimensions are generally as accurate as can be attained 

by other more common manufacturing methods. 

Summary 

The Varilok process was not engineered for any specific product 

and is not limited in application to any specific industry. 

Growing naturally from other advancements in die/stamping 

technology, it changes the fundamental geometric rules of lamination 

stamping and now offers new opportunity for application 

in the manufacture of medical devices. 

LH Industries Corp. designs and manufactures progressive stamping 

dies and industrial control systems and provides contract stamping 

services in its 80,000 square foot. facility. L.H. Carbide, a sister 

company, manufactures progressive tooling and dies. Varilok is a 

trademark of L.H. Carbide Corporation. 

LH Industries Corp. 

4420 Clubview Drive 

Fort Wayne, IN 46804-4498 

USA 

260-432-5563 (phone) 

260-432-2503 (fax) 

Web: www.lhindustries.com 

E-mail: tneuensc@lhindustries.com

Introduction 

Used to make gun barrels more than 100 years ago, gundrilling is 

the process of boring long or deep holes. Back then, it was a particularly 

time consuming and costly manufacturing process. 

Today, gundrilling is a reliable high-production method used to 

create both long and short holes. However, it is still regarded as a 

“black art” process that is best left to the experts. This should not 

be the case. 

Gundrilling is commonly employed for the production of cannulated 

intramedullary devices as nails, screws and cannulated 

instruments such as drills. Gundrilling provides very straight 

holes with extremely close tolerance and excellent surface finish 

in diameters as small as .040” (1mm). 

Gundrills 

A gundrill consists of a hollow carbon steel tube with a V-shaped 

groove or flute along its length, and a carbide cutting tip ground 

with a similar flute. The tip contains a hole below the cutting 

edge that aligns with the hole in the tube. The hole allows cutting 

oil to pass at high pressure through the shank and over the 

tip to lubricate, cool and flush chips back along the V flute. See 

Exhibit 1, Drill Construction. 

Exhibit 1: Drill Construction 

The drill point is typically at one-quarter that of the diameter of 

the drill. The tip is ground so that, as the drill rotates, the tip 

cuts only on the left side of the hole center—the right side being 

ground to clearance angles to allow cutting oil to pass, as shown 

in Exhibit 2, General Purpose Nose Grind. 

Exhibit 2: General Purpose Nose Grind 

Neil Ryall 

Sales Manager 

Kays Engineering Inc. 

TECHNOLOGY 

Gundrilling: 

Should We Do It Ourselves? 

The net result is a tool that, due to cutting forces, wants to move 

its eccentric point to the hole center, but is prevented from doing 

so by the remainder of the tip diameter. This side pressure is 

absorbed by a support or wear pad (See Exhibit 3, Drill Tip 

Nomenclature.) that rubs and burnishes the hole, effectively creating 

its own guide bushing as it drills. Once set on its path, the 

drill locks itself into a direction and follows it without deviation. 

The resultant 

hole is virtually 

identical to the 

size of the drill 

used and yields a 

fine burnished 

finish and a hole 

witha practically 

zero deviation 

from its path. 

Exhibit 3: Drill Tip Nomenclature 

As the drill point 

is eccentric and cannot be self-started, it must be supported by 

special set-ups. It is not suggested that limited success is obtainable 

on machining or turning centers where high pressure 

“through the tool” coolant supplies are available; but, it can only 

be limited. Difficulties related to drill shank support, starting 

conditions, tool change and hole straightness, as well as actual 

maximum coolant pressure dictated by method of transfer to the 

tool, will be the limiting factors. The hole specifications for 

implants, drills and screws are so critical that their production is 

often beyond the capability of conventional CNC machines. 

Certain situations demand the use of gundrilling machines. 

Gundrilling Machines 

Gundrilling machines come in numerous configurations according 

to a particular industry sector and application. Within the 

medical device industry, machinery is typically characterized by 

the use of single-, twin- or multi-spindle machines with drilling 

stroke lengths of 15”, 30” or 48”—configurations characterized 

by compactness and ease of use. For instance, Exhibit 4 on the 

following page shows an Eldorado M75 machine with 15” nominal 

stroke supplied for the manufacture of bone screws and drill 

guides. 



TECHNOLOGY 

Gundrilling, continued from page 91 

Exhibit 4: Eldorado Model M75-15 with 

Part Counter Rotation 

The single or multiple drilling spindles and slides are horizontally 

mounted with fixed work tables. Parts may be fixtured between a 

part counter rotation driven chuck and tailstock with a pneumatic 

advance/retract rotating female support cone. Both variable 

spindle speed motors and feed drive servos are PLC-controlled 

with programmable operator interfaces. 

Critical to a gundrilling machine’s performance is its initial build 

quality. This precursor to success is not always understood. Some 

users believe that a relatively simple process such as gundrilling 

demands little sophistication in the design and production of 

machinery—a belief with which this author strongly disagrees, 

arguing that compromise is unacceptable in relation to hole 

straightness and sizing, drill life and finish integrity. 

There is no substitute for the provision of hardened box ways, 

hand-scraped surfaces and laborious alignment protocols in the 

production of precision high production machinery. Gundrilling 

machines must follow this discipline. Linear ways and milled 

wear surfaces, while perhaps acceptable for other types of manufacturing 

machinery, cannot provide equivalent long-term performance 

and reliability to the aforementioned build standards. 

Set-up 

In most applications, set-up consists of a spindle assembly driven 

by an AC servo and precision ball screw. An in-line chip box collects 

the returning cutting oil and chips as they are flushed back 

along the drill flute. The part is held by the chip box mounted 

part counter rotation drive and rotating tailstock support. The 

drill is held in the spindle, if necessary using a suitable drill driver 

adaptor, and the drill tip and shank pass through a drill bushing, 

as shown in Exhibit 5, Gundrilling Drill Basics. 


The drill bushing is critical. 

It supports the drill 

so that it can start to cut, 

considering the eccentric 

point, and controls the 

initial path of the drill. It 

must be set to tolerances 

of “gundrilling standards,” 

typically drill 

diameter -0/+.0002”. Any 

more tolerance and the 

drill could easily deviate, giving greater runout and, in severe 

cases, premature drill wear and breakage. The drill bush should 

always make physical contact with the work face ensuring maximum 

possible support of the drill, avoiding both leakage of the 

high pressure coolant and also chip entrapment. All coolant and 

chips must pass back along the drill flute. 

Exhibit 5: Gundrilling Drill Basics 

Whip guide assemblies are mounted between the spindle and rear 

of the chip box. They are employed to support long or extra long 

drill shanks and to minimize vibration. They will also travel 

along the slide being collected by the carriage as it advances and 

being dragged back to home position at the end of the cycle. In 

most applications, the whip guide inserts are made of molded 

polyurethane and either round holed or contoured to the drill 

cross section (usually for the rear of the chip box only). They will 

be a good fit to the drill shank and rotate in bearings to avoid 

drag. 

It is generally accepted that a whip guide support is required for 

up to every 40:1 length to diameter ratio of unsupported length 

between spindle and chip box. Example: for a drill diameter of 

10mm and an unsupported length of 500mm. 500/10 = 50:1= 1 x 

whip guide will be needed. 

Chip Removal 

Chips must be removed at a rate equal to or greater than that at 

which they are being produced. To do so, the cutting edges and

earing pad must be lubricated and cooled. High pressure 

coolant is introduced into the center of the drill tube through the 

spindle of the gundrilling machine to help break and evacuate 

the chips along the V groove of the tool and out of the hole. 

The coolant, usually mineral oil, travels through the tubular drill 

shank, through the hole in the tip, and flushes the chips back 

along the drill flute and into a catchment area known as a chip 

box. If a “balanced condition” exists—whereby chips are being 

flushed and removed freely and steadily—then drilling is continuous 

and uninterrupted until completion. 

The Drilling Operation 

The drill is set up in the spindle and supported by the traveling 

whip guide and rear chip box whip guide. The correct drill bushing 

is installed and lies in contact with the work piece which, in 

turn, is mounted in the counter rotation chuck and tailstock support. 

Parameters are programmed into the machine control. 

Primary considerations include spindle speed, feed or penetration 

rate and coolant pressure/flow. 

Spindle speed – The optimal speed is determined mostly 

by the amount of heat generation at the cutting 

edge. Overspeed is often evidenced by chip discoloration, 

but primarily by the wear rate of the outer 

corner of the tool. Other contributory factors to the 

actual cutting speed include the hardness and structure 

of material being cut; coolant type, pressure and flow; 

the grade of carbide and quality of the gundrilling 

tool; and the primal quality and current condition of 

the machine itself. 

Feed (penetration) rate – The optimum feed rate is that needed to 

form a controllable chip while balancing the wear rate of the 

drill’s cutting edges. Too slow, and edges may “rub” work, hardening 

the face of the material. Too fast, and the cutting force 

may twist the drill shank and cause vibration, shocking the tip. 

Penetration rates vary from .375 to 4.000 IPM in the alloys mentioned 

in Exhibit 6, subject to material condition and hardness. 

Coolant pressure/flow – Unlike less critical machining processes 

such as conventional drilling and turning, in gundrilling operations, 

the coolant must achieve three objectives: cool, remove 

chips as fast and as efficiently as possible, and lubricate the cutting 

edges and the support or wear pads on the drill periphery. 

(This latter factor is often overlooked and may result in friction, 

overheating, poor finish, premature drill wear and potential 

breakage.) 

Lubricants 

Gundrilling oils should be selected with the greatest care. They 

must offer high lubricity with extreme pressure additives to withstand 

the burnishing action of the wear pads. To maximize tool 

life, avoid the use of soluble oils unless absolutely necessary, as 

they invariably do not have the same lubrication capability as 

these specialist oils. However, consideration may need to be given 

to soluble oils if oil additives such as chlorine are unacceptable. 

Oil Temperature 

Overheating causes denaturing of the oil, consequential 

deterioration of hole quality, and potential tool breakage. 

Generally, air coolers or water-type heat exchangers are fitted to 

coolant systems as standard. Where environments experience 

high ambient temperatures and have no plant cooling water, then 

refrigerated cooling systems should be fitted. 

Cutting Parameters 

Primarily, metals employed in the manufacture of medical devices 

fall into one of three categories, none of which pose especially 

difficult challenges to the gundrilling process. Of the three types, 

titanium is the easiest to gundrill. Cutting parameters for these 

materials are indicated in Exhibit 6. 

• Precipitation hardening stainless steels - 15-5 PH, 17-4 PH 

• Austenitic stainless steels - 310, 316, 320 Series 

• Titanium - Ti-6Al-4V 

Material Hardness Bhn Cutting Speed 

SFM (Mpm) 

TECHNOLOGY 

Exhibit 6: Gundrilling Cutting Parameters for 

Typical Medical Device Materials 

Penetration Rate 

IPM (mmpm) 

15-5 PH, 17-4 PH 275 - 325 150 (46M) .700 (18mm) to 

.870 (22mm) 

310, 316, 321 

Series 

135 - 185 210 (64M) 1.500 (38mm) to 

2.160 (55mm) * 

Ti-6Al-4V 320 - 380 100 (30M) .625 (16mm) to 

.750 (19mm) ** 

* Assumes free-cutting drawn material. Forged materials, in particular, will be 

up to 50% less. 

** With rigid, well-aligned set-up and fixturing; regulated oil temperature of 

less than 100° F, this figure may be increased significantly. It is not unusual 

to drill at 1.2” (30mm). 

Example: Knee Nail Ti-6Al-4V .213” diameter hole through x 

15.787” (400mm) long = 15.787 divided by .800 = 19.7 min. 

drill time (conservatively), but possibly 15 minutes. 

Benefits 

Not only, as described, can gundrilling achieve the highest quality 

holes in terms of diameter tolerance and surface finish in a single 

drill pass, but a gundrilled hole can be almost “perfect” in terms 

of straightness. Deviation in concentricity to the outside diameter 

is a function of build quality, machine condition and set-up, as 

well as maintenance of consumable/wearable parts. It is generally 

accepted that hole straightness with a rotating drill will be within 

.001”/1” (0.1mm/100mm) total indicator reading (TIR). With 

counter rotation of the part, 50% of this value i.e. .0005”/1” 



TECHNOLOGY 

Gundrilling, continued from page 93 

(0.05mm/100mm) is achievable. This is a good working average, 

but considerably better result are obtainable with customer 

collaboration and “fine tuning” at the time of machine assembly 

and run off. 

Conclusion 

Gundrilling is often underappreciated as a simple, reliable, cost 

effective, in-house process. However, gundrilling is no longer a 

discipline beyond the comprehension or mastery of the OEM. 

The versatility of gundrilling machinery makes the process ideally 

suited for low as well as high volume production. With correct 

set-up, it is a matter of “pressing a button” and waiting until the 

hole is complete, even for considerable depths of 150 times drill 

diameter and beyond. 

The type of component or device being produced obviously dictates 

the preferred drilling method; however, gundrilling is now 

an affordable consideration whose benefits are in reach of even 

smaller users that demand both quality and flexibility for the 

drilling of both long and short holes. As a rule-of-thumb, gundrilling 

proves faster than conventional or high performance 

If you knew the final destination of your design would end up in your body, of 

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always start with premium quality material. 

helical twin flute drilling when hole depth is in excess of ten 

times diameter, and yields unrivalled straightness, hole tolerance 

and surface finish. 

With the benefits of today’s technology, gundrilling is a realistic 

upgrade to the OEM tooling arsenal that can prove to be a cost 

effective alternative for meeting capacity requirements. 

Kays Engineering Inc. specializes in the design, manufacture and 

build of DeHoff and Eldorado precision deep hole drilling machines 

and high pressure coolant systems. The company provides technical 

support and field service for this equipment and also designs and 

manufactures custom machine tools and one-of-a-kind processing 

equipment. Neal Ryall is a Sales Manager for Kays and can be 

reached at nryall@kays-dehoff.com. 

Kays Engineering, Inc. 


Marshall, MO 65340 USA 

660-886-9929 (phone) 

660-886-2249 (fax) 

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Introduction 

Due to their high degree of biocompatibility and their high 

strength-to-weight ratios, titanium and titanium alloys have long 

been used in the manufacture of biomedical devices. Given the 

significant advances in the fields of powder metallurgy and, more 

specifically, metal injection molding, there is an increasing 

amount of interest in the use of spherical titanium powders in 

the manufacture of orthopaedic implants. 

Techniques for producing spherical titanium powders include the 

Plasma Rotating Electrode Process (PREP) and Gas Atomization 

—both of which yield spherical titanium powders at significant 

throughput. Each process produces powders with distinct characteristics 

in terms of size distribution and purity. However, neither 

truly addresses the needs of providing high purity (

TECHNOLOGY 

Plasma Atomization, continued from page 97 

Droplets shear off in a superheated state, com-pletely consuming 

the wire, as demonstrated in Exhibit 3. The droplets disperse, 

then fall down a tall water jacket argon-filled tower. The droplets 

spend enough time in freefall to physically transform into their 

most natural state dictated by surface tension: a perfect sphere. 

Exhibit 3: 

Three Argon Plasma Torch Jets Converging on Titanium Wire 

The spheres are collected semi-continuously under an argon 

blanket, and then sieved generally into three powder sizes: 0- 

45µm, 45-75µm and +75µm. The biggest challenge when using 

metallic powders in a biomedical component manufacturing 

process is ensuring that the final component exhibits properties 

comparable to that of machined, cast, wrought or forged components. 

Metal Injection Molding (MIM) 

MIM is a technique derived from plastic injection molding. With 

MIM, metallic powders are blended with thermoplastic binders 

and injected into a complexly-shaped, totally enclosed mold at 

temperatures around 150oC. The polymeric material is then dissolved 

or burnt off from the “green” component in the de-binding 

stage. 

The subsequent porous component is then sintered to approach 

full density characteristics. The problem when using MIM with 

titanium and other reactive alloys is that during each step, the 

risk for contamination elevates. Titanium reacts with oxygen, 

hydrogen, nitrogen and carbon, thus modifying detrimentally the 

mechanical properties of the final component. 

With plasma-atomized spherical titanium powders—given the 

strict controls on the wire and minimal pick-up of contaminants 

during processing—raw MIM powder initially possesses excellent 

purity, a step above powders produced from other processes. 

Typically, 0-45µm sized powders are used. Since plasma-atomized 

titanium powders are very flowable at fine size ranges, minimal 

amounts of binder are required to ensure that the mold is completely 

filled with the feedstock. 


Given the bonded structure of the intermediate component, the 

carbon-based polymer can easily be liberated during the de-binding 

stage, leaving virtually no carbon to contaminate the final 

component. Once it is sintered, the final component produced 

with plasma-atomized titanium powders exhibits excellent 

mechanical properties. 

Summary 

Plasma-atomized titanium powders have been used extensively 

for surface coatings of porous structures on orthopaedic implants. 

Varying size ranges of powders have been used for laser sintering 

and laser deposition in the rapid prototyping and rapid manufacturing 

of components. As the orthopaedic implant industry 

comes to embrace powder metallurgy—and, more particularly, 

techniques such as MIM—spherical titanium powders produced 

by plasma atomization will represent a key underpinning in the 

emergence and acceptance of these techniques. 

Thomas Whitton is Business Development Manager at AP&C 

Advanced Powders and Coatings Inc., a division of Raymor 

Industries Inc. He can be reached at: twhitton@raymor.com. 

AP&C Advanced Powders and Coatings is a wholly-owned subsidiary 

of Raymor Industries. AP&C’s mission is to become the leading 

Canadian producer of advanced materials and nanomaterials for 

high value-added applications. AP&C comprises four operating divisions: 

(1) nanotechnology products, including nano-powders, nanocoatings 

and single-walled carbon nanotubes (C-SWNT) for “the 

applications of tomorrow;” (2) thermal spray coatings, which largely 

targets military, aeronautical, aerospace, specialized industrial and 

mining applications; (3) spherical metallic powders, primarily used 

for biomedical and aerospace applications; and (4) net-shape forming, 

a component manufacturing technique used for ballistic protection 

and other aerospace and military applications. 

AP&C Advanced Powders and Coatings, Inc. 

2000 William St. 

Montreal, Quebec 

H3J 1R8 CANADA 

514-932-8805 (phone) 

514-932-5635 (fax) 

References 

Froes, F.H., Developments in Titanium P/M, University of Idaho 

Web Site, 2002. 

Smagorinski, M et al., Production of Spherical Titanium Powder 

by Plasma Atomization, PM2TEC 2002, Orlando, June 2002. 

Limberg, W., Aust, W. et al, Metal Injection Moulding of an 

Advanced Bone Screw 7Nb alloy Powder, PM2004, Vienna, 

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Ortho FactBook 

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Smarter supply solutions 

Doncasters Medical Technologies is a leading supplier of cast, forged and finished 

orthopaedic implants and instruments, serving the medical market worldwide, offering: 

Technical supply solutions: A broad product range: 

| Metal-on-metal bearing 

technology 

| Bone in-growth features 

| Cast textured bone 

on-growth features 

| Concurrent engineering 

European Casting Operations 

Parkway Close, 

Parkway Industrial Estate, 

Sheffield S9 4WH UK 

Tel: 44 (0)114 273 8764 

Fax: 44 (0)114 275 4526 

Email: 

medicaleurope@doncasters.com 

| Machining and polishing 

| Metallurgical developments 

| Rapid prototyping 

| Program management 

| Femoral knees 

| Unicondylar knees 

| Tibial trays 

| Femoral hips 

| Acetabular cups 

| Humeral stems 

| Elbows 

European Operations American Operations 

European Forging & 

Finishing Operations 

PO Box 66, Penistone Road, 

Sheffield S6 2FR UK 

Tel: 44 (0)114 285 8163 

Fax: 44 (0)114 285 8246 

Email: 

medicaleurope@doncasters.com 

Alabama Operations 

331 City Park Drive SE, 

Arab, AL 35016 

USA 

Tel: 1 256 586 4534 

Fax: 1 256 586 4533 

Email: 


| Staples 

| Bone plates 

| Generic endo 

prostheses 

| Femoral and tibial 

cutting blocks 

| Patella clamps 

Oregon Operations 

13963 Fir Street, PO Box 1990, 

Oregon City OR 97045-0043 

USA 

Tel: 1 503 656 9653 

Fax: 1 503 656 1788 

Email: 


| Broach handles 

| Pin cutters 

| Retractors 

| Half pins 

| Fin punches 

| Stem inserters 

Mexico Operations 

Blvd. Interamerican No. 309, 

Parque Industrial Finsa, 

Apodaca N.L., Mexico C.P. 66600 

Tel: 528 18 1450032 

Fax: 528 18 1450036 

Email: 

medicalmexico@doncasters.com 

www.doncasters.com

Introduction 

Acrylic bone cement has been on the market for over 30 years, 

and surgeons have used over 18 million doses from one manufacturer 

alone 1 

to secure prostheses such as hip and knee replacements. 

Various biomedical corporations now produce versions of 

this material, along with mixing devices. 

How does a surgeon decide which brand to use? Researchers have 

carried out various studies looking at how mixing affects certain 

properties of bone cement. In addition, different brands of 

cements have been compared. However, until now, no study has 

examined the interaction between the mixers and cements over a 

broad range of properties. The following recounts an attempt to 

determine if the choice of mixer or cement is critical for bone 

cement use. 

Process 

To answer this question objectively, two of the most popular 

bone cements as well as three of the marketed mixing systems 

were compared. One manufacturer produced Cement A along 

with Mixer 3. A different company markets Cement B, Mixer 1, 

and Mixer 2. All mixers are vacuum assisted devices, which are 

popular for reducing the methacrylate fumes 2 released by the 

cements. Application of the vacuum also reduces the porosity 3 of 

the resulting bonds, increasing the mechanical integrity. Cement 

A was mixed with Mixers 1 and 3; Mixers 1 and 2 were used for 

Cement 2. All samples were tested for setting time, porosity, tensile 

strength and flexural strength. 

Both the A and B materials are two-part poly (methyl methacrylate) 

(PMMA) bone cements. Each of the three mixing systems is 

designed to be used with bone cements in a clinical setting to 

prepare a twodose shot of cement under vacuum. 

Mixing 

Each mixing step was accomplished in accordance with the manufacturer’s 

instructions for the particular bone cement and mixer. 

Liquid was added to the mixer before the powder when mixing 

Cement A and was used in the opposite order for Cement B. The 

manufacturers recommended using a vacuum of about 22 inch 

Hg for Cement B and approximately 25 inch Hg for Cement A. 

Mixer 1 and Mixer 3 were operated with 30 seconds of mixing, 

Jennifer Robertson, Ph.D., Thermal/Physical Group Leader 

Grant Hancock, Equipment and Maintenance Manager 

James Rancourt, Ph.D., President and Technical Director 

Polymer Solutions Incorporated 

TESTING 

Comparative Analysis of 

Bone Cements and Mixers 

whereas the Mixer 2 system was operated with one minute. Due 

to differences in the viscosities and working times for the two 

cements, Cement A was injected into the molds 2.5 minutes after 

starting the mixing while Cement B was injected after 3.5 minutes. 

Cement A exhibited a significantly higher viscosity than did 

Cement B. A longer pre-injection time could be employed for 

Cement B, since it took a longer time for an equivalent viscosity 

to develop. 

Mixer 1 and Mixer 3 were used to prepare a total of twelve mixes 

of Cement A, alternating the mixer with each batch. Mixer 1 and 

Mixer 2 were then used in an alternating fashion to prepare 

twelve total batches of Cement B. In this manner, six sets of test 

bars from each mixer/cement combination were prepared for 

porosity testing. The entire process was then repeated to generate 

mechanical test specimens from another six sets of bars for each 

mixer/cement combination. 

During the molding process, Cement A was noted to be significantly 

more viscous than Cement B. Therefore, significantly 

more force was required in order to fill the molds when we used 

Cement A. At times, an audible pop was heard from a bubble 

breaking. The manufacturer had reported that Cement A often 

showed large voids in the end of the mold opposite the filling 

port, and this was indeed observed. The lower viscosity of 

Cement B evidently helped to alleviate this problem, as no large 

voids were observed in Cement B specimens. 

Setting Time 

Cement A was blended using both Mixer 1 and Mixer 3, and the 

cure of the resulting samples was monitored for setting time by 

insertion of a thermocouple attached to a MicroDaq recorder 

into the end of the mold. Similarly, Cement B was mixed in both 

Mixer 1 and Mixer 2 to determine any variations resulting from 

the different mixers. These molded samples were then used for 

porosity measurements. 

Exhibit 1 shows the setting times for the cement mixes. These 

were calculated based on ASTM F451 4 , which defines setting 

time as that at which the cement reaches the average of the 



TESTING 

Comparative Analysis, continued from page 101 

ambient temperature and the maximum temperature. In addition 

to the average and standard deviation values shown in the Exhibit 

1, additional statistical analyses were performed on the data. It 

was determined that all setting time data provided a normal distribution, 

and a One-Way ANOVA (analysis of variance) calculation 

indicated that no statistically significant differences in setting 

time existed between the two mixers for a given cement. There 

was, however, a significant difference in setting times for the two 

cements with Cement B having a longer setting time relative to 

Cement A. This would allow a surgeon an increased window in 

which to work with this cement in a clinical situation. 

The maximum temperature reached by a given cement/mixer 

combination varied, although this seemed to have little effect on 

the setting times. In addition, the ambient temperature changed 

somewhat during the course of a day’s molding. Both of these 

temperatures were recorded using the thermocouple. (See 

Exhibit 1.) 

Exhibit 1. Setting Time Results for the Two Cements and Three Mixers 

Though mixing is carried out under vacuum, it is possible for air 

to become trapped in the cement, leading to porosity. Clearly, 

any voids in a molded component could lead to weakening, 

which is to be avoided in in vivo applications. Therefore, porosity 

of the prepared bone cement bars was measured. Variations both 

between mixers and between cements are relevant. 

To test the porosity two bars from each of the first batch sets 

were machined down to a specified size and then stained on both 

sides with a machine dye. Both surfaces of each bar were handsanded 

to remove surface dye. Any dye still visible existed in a 

porous void below the level of the surface. The porosity level was 

determined using a digital technique to quantify the level of dye 

visible on each side of a bar. This method analyzed both sides of 

each bar in a two bar set and resulted in one porosity value for 

the four surfaces. 

Exhibit 2 summarizes the results of the porosity testing. One can 

see that the uncertainty inherent in these measurements is quite 

large, as the standard deviation is often larger than the average of 

the readings. Statistical analysis of the porosity results showed 

that the data were not normally distributed, so an ANOVA calculation 

could not be performed. This is not unexpected since 


Exhibit 2. Results of Porosity Testing 

Cement A has a significantly higher viscosity 

relative to Cement B, making it 

more difficult to fill the molds and leading 

to increased occurrence of large voids. 

From the data, it is evident that Cement A 

has a higher average percent porosity than 

Cement B. Also, it appears that Mixer 3 

resulted in a higher mean porosity. It 

should be noted, though, that Mixer 3 was 

used only for Cement A, and Mixer 2 only 

for Cement B, so this comparison is somewhat 

skewed. 

Tensile Testing 

The tensile mechanical properties of the bone cements on each 

set of bars were measured in accordance with ASTM D638-03 5 . 

Type V dog bone specimens were machined from the molded 

bars and tested. 

Tensile testing results are summarized in Exhibits 3 and 4. 

Statistical analysis of the data revealed that tensile strength and 

modulus results provided a normal distribution, but the distribution 

of the elongation data was not normal over all samples. An 

ANOVA calculation showed that Cement A exhibited a higher 

tensile strength relative to Cement B, while the trend for the 

modulus was the opposite. Since the distribution of the data was 

not normal, an ANOVA could not be performed on the elongation 

data. However, the elongation was numerically greater for 

Cement A than Cement B, although the difference was slight. 

One can note, though, that the values only range from around 

2% to 3% for either of the cements, so it is not clear that this 

difference would be important in practice.

Flexural Testing 

The flexural properties of bone cements are also important since 

many physiological motions are not pure tension and compression. 

To measure these properties, mechanical testing was carried 

out based on ISO 5833:2002(E) 6 . Exhibits 3 and 4 also summarize 

results of the flexural testing. All flexural data exhibited a 

normal distribution. An ANOVA calculation showed that, when 

the mixers were compared, no statistically significant differences 

Exhibit 3. Results of Mechanical Testing 

Exhibit 4. Mechanical Properties for the Two Cements and Three Mixer 

TESTING 

were identified in the bending strength or the bending modulus. 

There was a statistically significant difference between the 

cements, in the bending strength and the bending modulus. 

Cement A demonstrated a higher bending strength relative to 

Cement B. Conversely, Cement B showed a higher bending 

modulus than that observed for Cement A. 

Conclusions 

In conclusion, this testing showed the following: 

• The setting time was longer for 

Cement B than for Cement A. 

• Cement B was less porous than 

Cement A. 

• Cement A has a higher tensile strength 

than Cement B. The mixer used did 

not have any effect on the strength. 



TESTING 

Comparative Analysis, continued from page 103 

• Cement B has a higher tensile modulus than Cement A. 

• Cement A has a numerically higher elongation than Cement B. 

• Cement A has a higher bending strength than Cement B. 

• Cement B has a higher bending modulus than Cement A. 

• The choice of mixer did not affect setting time, porosity, tensile 

properties, or flexural properties. 

Several combinations of mixers and cements were evaluated in an 

effort to determine whether any particular combination provided 

superior properties. No clear “winner” emerged. The choice of a 

mixer seems to be entirely a matter of personal choice, as it was 

observed that the mixer had no effect on results. The cements did 

show some differences. Cement B offered the advantages of a 

longer working time and lower porosity, as well as greater tensile 

and flexural strength. Cement B was also easier to inject into a 

mold. Cement A, though, exhibited a higher modulus in tension 

and flex and showed a slightly higher level of elongation. The 

trade-offs must be carefully considered to determine what will 

benefit not just the surgeon in ease of use, but also the patient 

receiving a new prosthesis. 

References 

1. http://www.stryker.com/jointreplacements/sites/bonecement/?WT.mc_id=1224 

2. Schlegel UJ, Sturm M, Ewerbeck V, and Breusch SJ, “Efficacy of Vacuum Bone Cement 

Mixing Systems in Reducing Methylmethacrylate Fume Exposure,” Acta Orthop Scand, 

75: 559-566, 2004. 

3. Wilkinson JM, Eveleigh R, Hamer AJ, Milne A, Miles AW, and Stockley I, “Effect of 

Mixing Technique on the Properties of Acrylic Bone-Cement,” J. Arthrop, 15: 663-667, 

2000. 

4. ASTM F451 Standard Specification for Acrylic Bone Cement, American Society for 

Testing and Materials, 1999. 

5. ASTM D638 Standard Test Method for Tensile Properties of Plastic, American Society for 

Testing and Materials, 2003. 

6. ISO 5833:2002(E) Implants for Surgery-Acrylic Resin Cements, International Standards 

Organization, 2002. 

Jennifer Robertson is the Thermal/Physical Group Leader at Polymer 

Solutions Incorporated. She can be reached at (540) 961-4300 or 

Jennifer@polymersolutions.com. Grant Hancock is the Equipment 

and Maintenance Manager at Polymer Solutions Incorporated. He 

can be reached at (540) 961-4300 or Grant@polymersolutions.com. 

James Rancourt is the President and Technical Director of Polymer 

Solutions Incorporated and can be reached at (540) 961-4300 or 

jim@polymersolutions.com. Polymer Solutions Inc. is a chemical 

analysis testing laboratory with 15 years’ experience answering difficult 

questions regarding polymer and plastic analysis testing. Services 

include rheology testing, RoHS compliance testing, differential scanning 

calorimetry testing, polymer synthesis, molecular weight analysis, 

polymer analysis testing and plastic analysis testing, including deformulation 

and failure analysis. 

Polymer Solutions Incorporated 

1872 Pratt Drive, #1375 

Blacksburg, VA 24060 

540-961-4300 (phone) 

877-961-4341 (toll-free) 

540-961-5778 (fax) 

www.polymersolutions.com 

info@polymersolutions.com 

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BONE CALENDAR 

Zone® 

JANUARY 

01/11-01/14 Tucson, AZ 

AAHS - American Association for Hand Surgery 

36th Annual Meeting 

FEBRUARY 

02/15-02/16 Birmingham, UK 

Medical Device Technology Magazine 

13th Annual Medical Device Technology Exhibition 

and European Conference 

MARCH 

03/08-03/11 San Diego, CA, USA 

NASS - North American Spine Society 

Spring Break 2006: Back to the Evidence 

03/19-03/22 Chicago, IL, USA 

ORS - Orthopaedic Research Society 

Annual Meeting 

03/22-03/26 Chicago, IL, USA 

AAOS - American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons 


03/25 Chicago, IL, USA 

AOFAS - American Orthopaedic Foot & Ankle Society 

Specialty Day Meeting 

MAY 

05/10-05/13 Montreal, Quebec, Canada 

SAS - Spine Arthroplasty Society 

SAS Summit 6 

05/18-05/21 Hollywood, FL, USA 

AANA - Arthroscopy Association of North America 


05/20-05/24 Boston, MA, USA 

NAON - National Association of Orthopaedic Nurses 

Annual Congress 

05/21-05/24 Phoenix, AZ, USA 

BONES - Bones Society 


05/21-05/24 Las Vegas, NV, USA 

CCJR - Current Concepts Institute 

Current Concepts in Joint Replacement - Spring 2006 Course 

05/31-06/03 Denver, CO, USA 

ACSM - American College of Sports Medicine 


JUNE 

06/13-06/17 Bergen, Norway 

ISSLS - The International Society for the Study of 

the Lumbar Spine 

33rd Annual Meeting 

6/21-6/22 Rosemont, IL, USA 

OMTEC - Orthopaedic Manufacturing & Technology 

Exposition and Conference 

2nd Annual Meeting 

06/21-06/24 San Antonio, TX, USA 

AOA - American Orthopaedic Association 


06/26-06/29 Davos, Switzerland 

European Cells & Materials Conferences 

ECM VII: Cartilage and Joint Repair 

06/29-07/02 Hershey, PA, USA 

AOSSM - American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine 

32nd Annual Meeting 

JULY 

07/13-07/15 La Jolla, CA, USA 

AOFAS - American Orthopaedic Foot & Ankle Society 

22nd Annual Summer Meeting 

07/23-07/27 Maui, HI, USA 

North American Spine Society and the Japan Spine 

Research Society 

Spine Across the Sea 

SEPTEMBER 

09/07-09/09 Washington, DC, USA 

ASSH - American Society for Surgery of the Hand 

61st Annual Meeting 

09/13-09/16 Monterey, CA, USA 

SRS - Scoliosis Research Society 


09/15-09/19 Philadelphia, PA, USA 

ASBMR - American Society for Bone and Mineral Research 


09/26-09/30 Seattle, WA, USA 

NASS - North American Spine Society 


09/27-09/29 Glasgow, Scotland 

BOA - British Orthopaedic Association 



BONE 

Zone® 

CLASSIFIEDS 

U.S. Surgical Orthopedics Manufacturer 

Sales Executive (International Opportunity) 

US and global, travel involved 

We are a global surgical instruments manufacturer seeking an 

experienced executive to lead our sales initiatives in North 

America. This highly visible position will report to the CEO 

and will provide direction and leadership to all sales initiatives 

required to achieve the Company’s aggressive growth 

plans. Extensive experience and knowledge in the medical 

device industry, and more specifically orthopedics, is 

required. This role also requires the ability to actively participate 

in the sales cycle, simultaneously manage several priorities, 

hire and develop an effective sales team and design 

incentive plans in alignment with corporate goals. A college 

degree with a career track demonstrating the ability to 

achieve specified sales goals and 10-15 years of experience 

in progressively responsible sales and management roles is 

required. Extensive travel, including some international. We 

offer an attractive compensation package including a competitive 

base salary, incentive bonus based on performance 

achievement and a comprehensive benefits plan. Contact 

Information: Please respond in confidence to 

SurgOrtho@orthoworld.com. 

3D Machining, Inc. 

QA Manager 

West Palm Beach, Florida 

Directs and coordinates activities of quality assurance department. 

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the 

following: Manages and supervises personnel in the department; 

accountable for incoming, in process and final inspection; 

Facilitating and conducting all ISO and customer audits; 

Communicating directly with customers on drawing specification 

/ inspection requirements; Personally participating on 

the floor with manufacturing for inspection, gage support, 

and process improvement. 3D Machining, Inc. is a privately 

held manufacturer of Medical Device assemblies, components, 

and instruments, located in South Florida. 3D is currently 

certified to ISO 9001:2000 and ISO 13485. Contact 

employment@3d-machining.com, IsoTis Orthobiologics, Vice 

President, Research & Development, Irvine, California. 

Reporting to the CEO, the Vice President of Research & 

Development will lead and oversee the research and product 

development functions for the Company (internal R&D staff 

of 6-8, as well as collaboration with academic collaborators). 

The scope of this role near term will focus heavily on managing 

the product development activities for the Company’s 

product offerings. Longer term, this individual, in close cooperation 

with Marketing, will provide the vision and leadership 

for research into areas of orthobiologics that will drive the 

For the most current orthopaedic employment 

opportunities please visit: www.OrthoCareers.com. 

growth of the Company in this emerging field. The VP R&D 

will be accountable for: • Staffing and organizing the R&D 

organization to facilitate rapid movement of development 

projects from concept to production (3-4 months) • Establish 

dedicated project teams for the development of specific identified 

projects (3-4 months) • Successfully conclude the 

development of the first new, identified, 3 product improvements 

(9-12 months) • In close cooperation with Marketing, 

identify, plan and initiate the development of 3 additional 

products (to be launched in 18-24 months). Compensation 

will be commensurate with the candidates education, experience 

and track record and will consist of a base salary, a cash 

bonus, stock options and a comprehensive benefits package. 

A comprehensive relocation package will be provided as 

needed. Contact Information: Ruedi Sandmeier, Ph.D., Senior 

Consultant, sandmeier@bioquestinc.com BioQuest, LLC. 

Stryker Orthopaedics 

Manufacturing Engineer 

Mahwah, New Jersey 

Stryker is an exceptional company with exceptional people 

who deliver exceptional results. We have differentiated ourselves 

by responding in innovative ways to the needs of our 

global customers and patients. We have created a work environment 

that attracts talented, driven people who love to win 

and to serve others. We hold ourselves accountable to reach 

or exceed our goals and to continually improve everything we 

do. These attributes are shared by the employees that make 

up Stryker. They are the things that bring us together. They 

are the foundation of all we do. And they are the enablers of 

both our past and future success. RESPONSIBILITIES: 

Provides the project management and quality engineering 

support to assist the team in the completion of new product 

introductions including vended product. This involves the 

qualification & selection of suppliers & coordination of all 

other pre launch activities. Also supports the manufacture of 

orthopedic implants in the areas of manufacturing engineering, 

production planning, purchasing and any other functions 

necessary for the team to meet its customers’ needs. Must 

have 2-4 years of Quality, Manufacturing or Mechanical 

Engineering experience. Validation experience is a plus. 

Working knowledge of FDA & international medical device 

regulations. Working knowledge of Advanced Quality tools 

such as Failure Mode Effect Analysis (FMEA), GD&T, SPC, Root 

Cause Analysis, and Mistake Proofing/Poka-Yoke is a plus. 

Ability to work cross functionally with Product Development, 

Operations, QA & Marketing. Excellent project management 

skills. Excellent problem solving & troubleshooting skills. 

Excellent interpersonal & communication skills. Must be a 



Classifieds, continued from page 109 

positive & energetic team player. Candidate must be results 

oriented, multitasking, quick learner & show a strong track 

record of meeting deadlines. Must have excellent PC skills. 

Must be challenged by a team-based environment which 

places high degree of emphasis on accountability for new 

product development, cost reduction and quality/GMP compliance. 

Have knowledge of basic manufacturing equipment 

& processes. Stryker is an equal employment opportunity/ 

affirmative action employer committed to hiring a diverse 

workforce. Contact Information: To apply online, please visit 

www.stryker.com/careers. Reference Code: 3033BR. 

CNC Programmer 


DESCRIPTION: Responsible for developing the manufacture of 

orthopedic implants in a manufacturing cell in the areas of 

programming, manufacturing engineering, equipment maintenance, 

troubleshooting, and any other functions necessary 

for the team to meet its customers needs. Writing and editing 

programs using G & M code and parametric macro programming; 

Setting up lathes, screw machines, EDMs, 

grinders, robots and milling machines and designing fixtures 

and gages; Project management and frequent communication 

with vendors concerning products, forgings, tooling, fixtures 

and gages; Providing technical support for quality control, 

process improvements, cost savings, process development 

projects and product launches; Training and development of 

operators; Writing Operation Specifications and supporting 

quality documents; Writing and submission of Capital 

Expenditure Requests. REQUIRES 4 plus years experience 

with CNC programming in a production/manufacturing environment. 

Strong PC skills along with Pro E and Master CAM 

experience. Effective analytical skills with demonstrated success 

in problem- solving. Effective verbal and written communication 

skills. To apply online, please visit 

www.stryker.com/careers. Reference Code: 3038BR. 

Packaging Engineer/Designer 


DESCRIPTION: A creative designer with the ability to convey 

consumer feedback to innovative, functional packaging solutions 

for orthopedic implants and instruments. As part of a 

cross functional team, convert consumer feedback into innovative 

functional package designs. Coordinates efforts of 

Package Engineering and Packaging Suppliers to evaluate 

concept designs and convert into robust tooling. Oversees 

mold design based on knowledge of package technologies 

and packaging materials. Works closely with package engineering 

and quality, to evaluate and approve packaging 

designs through capability studies and validations. Designs, 

creates, and modifies drawings as needed. Supports marketing 

concepts through prototype development. Develops database 

for global packaging designs. REQUIRES minimum of 5 

years experience in consumer product, medial device or 


pharmaceutical package design. CAD, CAE, Pro-Engineer, 

Unigraphics and or Solid works expertise. Demonstrated ability 

to work independently or in a team environment. Must 

have strong verbal and written communication skills. Must 

have strong PC skills. To apply online, please visit www.stryker.com/careers. 

Reference Code: 3037BR. 

Senior Designer 


DESCRIPTION: The Senior Designer will work with assigned 

operations team members to lead the CAD development of 

implants and instrumentation manufacturing models through 

the modeling and detailing of designs. He or She will also 

develop / maintain expertise in Pro E design software and act 

as the technical mentor in this area for the team. Modeling 

and detailing of implant and instrumentation manufacturing 

designs utilizing the PRO E design software. Develop prototypes 

for design verification and validation. Serve as main 

design interface with R&D to gather input for design and 

evaluation of new product. Lead the utilization/management 

of the Design Controls(NPDP) Design and model tooling, fixturing, 

gauging, and machining paths. REQUIRES 5+ years of 

product design experience in the medical device industry or 

equivalent. Expertise in a parametric CAD design package. 

PRO E preferred. Expertise with design controls within a regulated 

industry helpful. Candidates should be self-starters, 

have a hands-on approach and capability to work independently. 

To apply online, please visit www.stryker.com/careers. 

Reference Code: 3039BR. 

Teleflex Medical 

Director, Research and Development-OEM Orthopedics 

Kenosha, Wisconsin 

Job Description: The Director of R&D – OEM Orthopedics is a 

high impact role in customer- focused product development 

reporting to the VP of R&D for the OEM business. The scope 

of this role will focus heavily in creating new product concepts 

for orthopedic customers and delivering sound product 

designs to the development teams located in Wisconsin. 

Activities will also include frequent visits to key customers for 

conceptual discussions, attendance at leading universities for 

orthopedic procedure observation and attendance at key 

educational meetings in the US and abroad. Key elements 

critical to the success of this role will be a dedication to customer 

service, creative design and an ability to see product 

development opportunities and start them on a development 

project leading to commercialization. Responsibilities: 

Conceptual design and development of OEM Orthopedic 

products, provide technical insight and recommendations for 

product improvements and next generation product platforms, 

surveillance of existing product designs to insure competitiveness, 

responsible for setting and meeting Design 

continued on page 111


Standards utilizing CAD improvements, FEA and other design 

tools to insure component modularity, SKU reductions and 

future component cost reduction, develops initial project 

plans and program schedules in conjunction with the development 

teams, maintains thorough understanding of competitive 

products and their advantages and drawbacks, identifies 

external capabilities that are complimentary to the OEM 

group leading to licensing and acquisitions, creates technical 

articles for publications and marketing support, responsible 

for resource management and personnel evaluations for 

direct reports, works with VP of R&D and others to develop 

new IP, technologies and technology strategies. 

Requirements: BS in Engineering discipline, advanced degree 

preferred, 10+ years experience in creative design, hands-on 

and team leadership, 10+ years experience in orthopedic 

product development with leading physicians., Breadth of 

knowledge in materials and the use of CAD and FEA tools for 

guiding new product design and development, Outstanding 

interpersonal skills, customer service attitude and ability to 

communicate effectively with all levels internal and external 

to the company. Additional Information: Relocation package 

is available. Contact Information: jobs@teleflexmedical.com. 

Senior Product Development Engineer 


Job Description: Teleflex Medical, a world-wide surgical device 

manufacturer, is seeking a Sr. Product Development Engineer 

to join their Spine Team in Kenosha, Wisconsin. 

Responsibilities include: Liaison between R&D and PD and 

between PD and manufacturing on the development of new 

instruments. Use of SolidWorks (3D Modeling) to create 

designs and drawings. Develop new products and technologies 

Address customer’s issues and improve performance, 

appearance, and impact of product to end-user Research new 

materials, assembly methods, and manufacturing processes 

Develop design controls from initial customer request 

through Verification/Validation of products Initiate, process, 

and review Engineering Change Notices Provide support to 

R&D, manufacturing, marketing, and customer service; interface 

with customers and suppliers. Education: BSME 

required; BS in Biomedical or Biomechanical Engineering preferred. 

Work Experience: 6-10 years in product design and 

development of medical products. Prefer 8-10 years of product 

design and development in orthopedic spine instruments 

and/or implants. Contact Information: All qualified applicants 

please submit resumes and respond with #B777 in the subject 

of your e-mail. E-mail to jobs@teleflexmedical.com. 

Product Development Engineer 


Job Description: Responsibilities include: Design new products, 

perform testing and stress analysis, provide engineering 

support to manufacturing and marketing; interface with customers 

and suppliers to achieve our goal of on-time delivery 


and high quality products. Proficiency in SolidWorks to create 

designs and drawings and AutoCad. Requires at least 3 years 

orthopedic experience in Product development, design control, 

analysis, testing, and validation; Solidworks;. experience 

with forged instruments. BS in Mechanical Engineering. 

All qualified applicants please submit resumes and respond 

with #B783 in the subject of your e-mail. E-mail to: 

jobs@teleflexmedical.com. 

Exactech, Inc. 

Product Test Engineer 

Gainesville, Florida 

DESCRIPTION: Conduct the verification/validation testing 

activities of several new orthopedic implants and instrument 

development projects. Define and execute scientifically sound 

test protocols. Provide design of experiment guidance, 

schedule coordination and results analysis for tests that need 

to be conducted by outside test facilities. Apply sound engineering 

problem-solving techniques to facilitate product 

development and maintenance efforts. This includes, but is 

not limited to, design, analysis, material selection, and 

inspection requirements. Prepare and submit written and oral 

communications that describe product design testing and 

multi-project testing status. Areas of involvement include customer 

and sales support, regulatory submissions, Design 

History Files, device evaluation and testing, manufacturing or 

supplier support, quality control, packaging, device complaint 

evaluation and patent disclosures. Assure timely and 

effective test completion according to the project plan and 

budget. Review requested product tests for feasibility and 

scientific validity. Approve test reports for accuracy and completeness. 

Participate in product design review meetings. 

Procure and evaluate necessary test equipment. Provide 

product development engineers with advice on how to establish 

appropriate test plans for their products (i.e. design of 

experiment, define tasks, dependencies, schedule and 

resource requirements). Assist in the resolution of manufacturing- 

or quality-related issues. Participate in the establishment 

of product development goals, project plans and 

resource requirements. Play a key role in setting product-testing 

strategies for new product development. Study and recommend 

improvements to existing product testing protocols 

and types. This entails staying “up to date” on emerging 

material and medical product testing technologies. This may 

be accomplished by attending seminars, classes, professional 

standard societies and industry meetings. Please submit a 

cover letter, resume and salary history in MS Word format to 

robyn.szabo@exac.com. Our website is www.exac.com. 

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Announcing . 

OMTEC 2006 

"For my purpose, your show was far more interesting than the 

MD&M show—which I will no longer attend." 

-post-event feedback from a Director of Materials Management 

at one of our industry's leading OEMs. 

The 2nd Annual 

Orthopaedic Manufacturing & Technology 

Exposition and Conference 

June 21-22, 2006 

Donald E. Stephens Convention Center, 

Rosemont, Illinois USA 

This show is not open to the public. A unique conference exclusively for 

OEM Buyers including Materials Managers, Purchasing Agents, 

Buyers/Planners and Engineers. Only Exhibitors and OEM Buyers 

will be admitted. Non-exhibiting suppliers will not be badged. 

visit www.orthosupplier.com or 

See Registration Form at page 114

PRESS RELEASE 

Second Annual Orthopaedic Manufacturing Technology Exposition & 

Conference (OMTEC) to be Held June 2006 

CHAGRIN FALLS, Ohio, Dec. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- OMTEC 2006 is the world’s only event focused 

upon meeting the strategic sourcing needs of the orthopaedic industry’s OEM buyers. Sponsored by The 

Institute for Orthopaedics(TM), the event will be held June 21-22, 2006 at the Donald E. Stephens 

Convention Center in Rosemont, Illinois. 

“OMTEC is the only orthopaedic-specific platform offering face-to-face interaction between OEM 

buyers and third-party providers of products and services,” commented Jack Detweiler, Vice President of 

Business Development for Knowledge Enterprises. “For those with buying, planning, engineering, manufacturing, 

or other sourcing responsibilities, OMTEC stands uniquely focused to address their needs and 

interests.” 

The conference agenda will feature educational sessions covering biomaterials, offshore sourcing, 

machinery and manufacturing solutions, strategies for supply chain success and more. Exhibitors will include 

providers of contract manufacturing services, raw materials, machinery and equipment, coatings and other 

surface treatments, as well as consultants that offer product design and development services such as engineering, 

testing and analysis. The exhibit floor will not be open to the public. Only exhibitors and OEM buyers 

will be permitted. Exhibiting companies include: 

Accutek Testing Laboratory -- Acme Manufacturing -- Bolt Industries -- Branson Ultrasonics Corp. -- Britton- 

Gallagher -- Criterion Instrument -- Cutting Solutions -- Design Standards Corporation -- Doncasters 

Medical Technologies -- DOT GmbH -- Electrolizing Corporation of Ohio -- Ensinger -- Gauthier 

Biomedical -- Handy & Harman -- Holmed Corporation -- IonBond-Medthin Medical -- Kays Engineering 

-- MACDEE -- MAHE Medical -- Marox Corporation -- McLean Medical & Scientific -- MedicineLodge -- 

Medin Corporation -- MediTECH Poly Hi Solidur -- Metal Craft Machine & Engineering -- Millstone 

Medical Outsourcing -- NEMCOMED -- New Concepts Prototyping -- Oberg Industries -- Onyx Medical 

Corporation -- PAK Orthopaedics -- Paragon Medical -- Pinnacle Technologies -- Precimed -- Precision Metal 

Products -- Precision Technology -- Quintus Composites -- Richter Precision -- Schutte TGM -- Southeastern 

Technology -- Specialized Medical Devices -- Spire Biomedical -- Stealth Medical Technologies -- Tecomet -- 

Teleflex Medical OEM -- The MedTech Group -- Tornos Technologies -- Unique Design/Unique Instruments 

-- Vulcanium Metals


Stealth Medical Technologies 

Quality Control Manager 

Holt, Michigan 

Stealth is part of a growing and expanding organization. If 

you want to be part of an exciting and innovative company, 

this may be the position for you. We are seeking an experienced 

QC Manager to head QC operations at our Holt, 

Michigan location. You will be responsible for in-process 

inspection, non-destructive testing and final audit of forged 

medical devices (human implants). This position has three 

direct reports (supervisors) and will focus on managing quality 

goals for the company, determining inspection criteria for 

all products, participating in the new product development 

team, evaluating and implementing corrective action, and 

quality engineering (product & process validations). This full 

time position includes base salary, annual performance 

bonus, insurances, vacation, 401(k) plan, etc. View our website 

at www.stealth-medical.com. Send resume and salary history 

to HR@orchid-orthopedics.com. 

Tornier 

Product Manager 

Houston, Texas 

Qualifications include 3-5 years of successful marketing experience 

in the orthopaedic joint reconstruction field, or product 

management experience. Knowledge of the U.S. medical 

device marketplace and has demonstrated progressive levels 

of accomplishment, experience in the commercialization and 

promotion of new products. Ability to travel extensively and 

must have excellent presentation, communication and organizational 

skills. Responsible for supporting company’s U.S. 

marketing effort for a specific Tornier product line. Develop, 

coordinate and support the implementation of marketing 

plans, which involves product development, technical sales 

support and the development medical education training 

materials. Education: Bachelors degree or other equivalent 

advanced education qualification. Responsibilities include 

but are not limited to: Responsible for maximizing surgeon 

acceptance and market penetration of Tornier related products; 

Establish marketing goals and execute comprehensive 

brand strategy to ensure share of market; Coordinate the 

work of product specialists in such activities as product promotion, 

sales training and product up-dates; Forecast customer 

demand and participate in review of sales forecasts for 

the various Tornier products; Provide product leadership, 

technical support and medical education to the sales field 

distribution network; Ensures effective control of marketing 

results and that corrective action takes place to be certain 

that the achievement of marketing objectives are within designated 

budgets; Perform market and competitive product 

analysis; Develop working relations with leading orthopedic 

surgeons and staff to analyze their needs and maintain a dialog 

for current information; Communicate product related 


sales support information to the field sales force in the form 

of Product Updates and other documents, Assist sales in the 

management of field inventory, Support the selling activities 

through field training, field visits and case coverage, etc.; 

Support the advertising and promotion activities for assigned 

product(s); Interact with sales force and surgeon customers 

to develop in depth product market knowledge in order to 

anticipate market changes and trends and to seek new ideas 

for improvement of existing products and new products; 

Contribute ideas and offer solutions to critical market issues; 

Plan and forecast product sample inventory. The Product 

Manager will be based in Houston, Texas and will report 

directly to the Vice President of Marketing. Evaluation of performance 

will be reviewed on a quarterly basis. Company 

offers competitive compensation and benefits packages. 

Please e-mail a resume along with a cover letter to: 

HR@tornier.com. 

For the 

most current 

orthopaedic employment 

opportunities, 

please visit 

www.OrthoCareers.com.

(We wanted to say we go the extra mile, but we let our 

engineers write the headline.) 

When it comes to getting your product to market 

quickly, every detail matters, down to the micron. 

With Total Solutions ® we help with everything from 

small projects to complete sets, co-development, design, 

logistics – whatever you need. All this means you save 

time and money. 

This is Total Solutions. ® 

And it’s only from Symmetry Medical. 


Total Solutions® is a registered trademark of Symmetry Medical Inc. Printed in USA © 2005 Symmetry Medical Inc. All rights reserved.

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right here in the USA has allowed us to distinguish ourselves by 

offering and performing to highly aggressive lead-time 

commitments while maintaining superior quality and competitive 

pricing. We understand your needs, let us be your instrument 

partner! 

"Manufacturers of custom and specialty 

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• Experienced manufacturer of all custom spinal 

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and disc replacement 

• Design help provided to yield optimal 

ergonomics and performance 

• Forging-based production insures highest 

value and aggressive lead times 

• US manufactured in our own 30,000 square 

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704 South 21st Street, Irvington, NJ 07111 

Tel (973) 372-1090 

Fax (973) 372-1091 

Email info@pakmanufacturing.com 

Website www.pakmanufacturing.com 

Call today, and consult with an owner: Peter Wester, Peter Scranton or Alex Even-Esh. 

• Unmatched responsiveness! 

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