September 2011


This Issue's Articles
Focusing on the future and listening to what customers want will help manufacturers keep a strategic eye on the prize.
by: Maria Fontanazza

Plasma spray coatings and additive manufacturing technologies offer significant value to orthopaedic device manufacturers.
by: Leo Glass and Pierfrancesco Robotti

3-D optical microscopy enables improved hip-implant wear characterization, especially when assessing scar depth and volume removal.
by: Roger Posusta and Matt Novak, PhD

This cost-effective process has advantages over other methods of molding orthopaedic parts.
by: Robert Boland

To weather the patent storm, orthopaedic device companies must carefully navigate a new world of patent reform and build a strategic patent portfolio.
by: David J. Dykeman and Danielle T. Abramson, PhD

Efficient test protocols remove excess cost and complexity from the product design equation.
by: Daniel Santos

by: Maria Fontanazza