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LINARES MEDICAL DEVICES (LMD)
PLASTIC SOLUTIONS
PROSTHETIC DEVICES REVOLUTIONIZED
Auburn Hills, MI (March 4, 2009) – Linares Medical Devices, a company based in Auburn Hills, Michigan is an innovative incubator, specializing in medical solutions utilizing plastics.
Linares Medical Devices objective is solving long-standing problems in orthopedic surgery, utilizing engineering and design experience that has resulted in nearly 50 patents. The lower cost patented applications apply to prosthetic knees, hips, shoulder joints and fracture fixation devices, along with the innovative hardware for application with spinal surgery restoration. These innovations minimize the problems patients face with the existing state of-the-art metal orthopedic devices by considerably extending the functional life of the artificial human joint. This will significantly eliminate complications from revision surgery and the risk, pain and inconvenience experienced by hundreds of thousands of patients.
Perry W. Greene, M.D., Richard W. Easton, M.D. and Craig Ramsdell, M.D., have joined Linares Medical Devices to implement the major advances these innovative plastic materials will have on orthopedic patients.
LINARES MEDICAL DEVICES (LMD)
TOP DOCS UNITE
NEW ERA IN PLASTIC ORTHOPEDIC DEVICES
Auburn Hills, MI (February 24, 2009) – Linares Medical Devices (LMD), a technology company based in Auburn Hills, Michigan is pleased to announce the addition of a well-known and respected orthopedic spine surgeon, Richard W. Easton, M.D. to their Research and Development team, joining Perry W. Greene, M.D.
Dr. Easton is Board Certified by the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgery. He has served as Chief of the Section of Spine Surgery at the Henry Ford Hospital Center for Athletic Medicine, and is currently Director of the Division of Spine Surgery at William Beaumont Hospital, Troy, Michigan. Dr. Easton was named to the Detroit Hour Magazine list of “Top Docs” for 2008. Dr. Easton stated “These innovative plastic materials and designs from Linares will have a major impact on orthopedic surgery as we know it.” Linares Medical Devices’ approach of using more durable lightweight, radiolucent and infection resistant materials combined with superior designs will allow the spinal decompression and stabilization devices and the artificial disc systems that are produced to provide significant improvement over conventional spine surgery devices. This will spare hundreds of thousands of patients the risk and pain of revision spine surgery, which is relatively common today.
Linares Medical Devices based in Auburn Hills, Michigan has a long history of success in designing and manufacturing innovative solutions using plastics.
LMD’s utilization of light weight and durable plastics has been very successful and will be an ideal improvement for artificial human joint applications.
LMD has over 40 patents on a range of orthopedic hardware, including prosthetic knee, hip and shoulder joints, fracture fixation devices, hardware for spine surgery, process patents on new materials, as well as patents on medical devices.
LINARES MEDICAL DEVICES (LMD)
TEAM ADDITION ANNOUNCED
NEW ERA IN PLASTIC ORTHOPEDIC DEVICES
Auburn Hills, MI (February 12, 2009) – Linares Medical Devices (LMD), a technology company based in Auburn Hills, Michigan is pleased to announce the addition of a well-known and respected orthopedic spine surgeon, Richard W. Easton, M.D. to their Research and Development team, joining Perry W. Greene, M.D. Dr. Easton is Board Certified by the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgery. He has served as Chief of the Section of Spine Surgery at the Henry Ford Hospital Center for Athletic Medicine, and is currently Director of the Division of Spine Surgery at William Beaumont Hospital, Troy, Michigan. Dr. Easton was named to the Detroit Hour Magazine list of “Top Docs” for 2008.
Dr. Easton stated “These innovative plastic materials and designs from Linares will have a major impact on orthopedic surgery as we know it.” Linares Medical Devices’ approach of using more durable lightweight, radiolucent and infection resistant materials combined with superior designs will allow the spinal decompression and stabilization devices and the artificial disc systems that are produced to provide significant improvement over conventional spine surgery devices. This will spare hundreds of thousands of patients the risk and pain of revision spine surgery, which is relatively common today.
Linares Medical Devices based in Auburn Hills, Michigan has a long history of success in designing and manufacturing innovative solutions using plastics.
LMD’s utilization of light weight and durable plastics has been very successful and will be an ideal improvement for artificial human joint applications. LMD has over 40 patents on a range of orthopedic hardware, including prosthetic knee, hip and shoulder joints, fracture fixation devices, hardware for spine surgery, process patents on new materials, as well as patents on medical devices.
LINARES MEDICAL DEVICES (LMD)
TEAM ADDITION ANNOUNCED
USHERING IN A NEW ERA IN ORTHOPEDIC DEVICES
Auburn Hills, MI (January 20, 2009) – Linares Medical Devices (LMD), a technology company based in Auburn Hills, Michigan is pleased to announce the addition of well-known and respected orthopedic surgeon, Perry W. Greene, M.D. to their Research and Development team.
Dr. Greene is Board Certified by the American Board of Orthopedic Surgery, a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons and a member of the American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons. Additionally, Dr. Greene is the Director of Adult Reconstructive Services and Co-Medical Director of Surgical Services for William Beaumont Hospital. He is the clinical director of the implant retrieval laboratory for the Gehring Research Laboratory studying implant modes of wear and failure. Dr. Greene has been named to the Detroit Hour Magazine list of “Top Docs” for the past eight consecutive years. Dr. Greene stated “Every sub-specialty of orthopedics will be impacted by these new materials.”
Linares Medical Devices is combining a long history of success in the designing and the manufacturing of innovative solutions using plastics. LMD strongly believes the light weight and excellent durability of plastics currently used in high wear items in many industries will provide the Next Generation of artificial devices for human applications.
LMD is applying this energy and design expertise to solving long standing problems in orthopedic applications in surgery, which has resulted in 35 patents on orthopedic hardware including prosthetic knee, hip, and shoulder joints, fracture fixation devices, spinal implants and hardware for spine surgery. LMD also has process patents on new materials, as well as other medical devices.
PLASTICS IN PROSTHETICS