Medical device manufacturer Curiteva is producing two families of spinal implants using a proprietary process for 3D printing porous polyether ether ketone (PEEK).
Perseverance and the belief in a revolution in orthopaedics: both are driving the inventor and start-up entrepreneur Todd Reith from the USA. Together with Evonik, he has developed a process with which spinal implants can be 3D printed from polyether ether ketone (PEEK).
Together with an ambitious inventor and entrepreneur, Evonik has developed a thermoplastic, that allows the manufacturing of 3D-printed implants that could improve the health of patients.
The Cool Parts Show - 3D Printed PEEK Spine Implants in Production
The Cool Parts Show, BONUS episode of #63. The Cool Parts Show visits Huntsville, AL and learns how medical device manufacturer Curiteva is applying a proprietary 3D printing process to produce spine implants from PEEK.
The Cool Parts Show - Improving Medical Implants with 3D Printed PEEK
The Cool Parts Show, episode #63. 3D Printing medical implants of Polyetheretherketone (PEEK) using a novel printing method called fused strand deposition (FSD).
Todd Reith thought that 3D-printed PEEK could revolutionize the spine industry. With a background as a software and manufacturing engineer, a maker of guitars, expandable titanium implants, and IndyCar parts, he started building a printer in his home lab
Curiteva, Inc. Acquires FossiLabs, LLC: Redefines Active Implant
Huntsville, Alabama-based spine manufacturer Curiteva announced a marketshifting transaction with the acquisition of FossiLabs, a company focused on the development of Fused Filament Fabrication 3D printed PEEK medical implants.
FossiLabs 3D Printed PEEK Porous Bone HAnano Modified Surface Comparison
FossiLabs first-of-its-kind 3D printed PEEK porous medical implants with defined areas of full porosity and advanced hydrophilicty using HAnano modified surface.