Oxford Performance Materials is now “Laser Printing” Patient-Specific Spinal Implants

 
 
Oxford Performance Materials website
Oxford Announces Patient-Specific Implants (Biloine Young @ OTW)
Osteofab, a division of Oxford Performance Materials (OPM) of South Windsor, Connecticut, has manufactured and shipped its first patient-specific implant. According to OPM President Scott Defelice, the custom-designed implant is made by a selective laser centering machine from a polymer called polyetherketoneketone or PEKK.
Spinal cages and other implants made from the material are widely distributed in 25 countries, he said, and the firm has recently received approval from regu...