Additive Manufacturing Status in the Orthopedics Industry (Orthopedic Design & Technology)
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Implants expo organizer offers a brief synopsis of the sector.
Zimmer, one of the major orthopedic companies, penetrated this market 15 years ago with a proprietary technology acquired from Implex, thereby opening the trabecular structure market with an investment of several hundred million U.S. dollars.
In 1997, Zimmer used clinically trabecular metal based on the tantalum vapor deposit process for the hip cup. In 2007, Adler Ortho (Italy) used its first trabecular titani...
