Depuy Ireland Unlimited Co.

Depuy (Ireland)

Lake Region Medical, Inc.

Accellent Inc.

Depuy

Henri G Asselin

Todd R Beaupre

Donald Eric Welling

Roger J White

Jon M Edwards

Michael R Reeve

Christopher M Haenisch

Todd Garfield Sherva

Brendan Arash Zarechian

An orthopaedic surgical instrument comprising an orthopaedic cutting block includes a metallic bearing insert configured to support a bone cutting tool and a body molded to the bearing insert. The bearing insert includes a plurality of chemically etched holes, and the body is molded to the bearing insert such that each of the plurality of chemically etched holes is at least partially filled by a portion of the body. The body of the orthopaedic cutting block may include a bone-facing surface adapted to contact a portion of a patient's bone, and the bearing insert may be positioned to allow a surgeon to perform a cut on the patient's bone using the bearing insert for support. A method of manufacturing an orthopaedic surgical instrument is also disclosed.

Orthopaedic cutting block having a chemically etched metal insert and method of manufacturing

A method of manufacturing a surgical instrument or prosthesis and an injection moulded surgical instrument or prosthesis are described. A first material is injected into a first mould to form an interim component. A second material is injected into a second mould containing at least part of the interim component to form the surgical instrument or prosthesis such that portions of the first and second materials are exposed at the external surface of the surgical instrument or prosthesis. The first and second materials are visually distinct such that at least one exposed portion of the first or second material adjacent to an exposed portion of the other material forms a marking which is visible to a user.

Method of manufacturing a surgical instrument or prosthesis

Orthopaedic cutting block having a chemically etched metal insert

An implantable medical device that includes a first molded portion and a second molded portion fusion bonded to the first molded portion at an interface. The molded portions each are based on a moldable plastic material. A component, e.g., an electrical component, for the implantable device has at least one section disposed at the fusion-bonded interface of the first molded portion and the second molded portion so that the electronic component is fusion bonded to one or both portions at the interface.

Implantable medical device and method of molding

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Lowell, MA, United States of America

Henri G Asselin