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Acumed is excited to welcome Acute Innovations, a manufacturer of innovative solutions for challenging traumatic chest wall injuries, to join us in developing industry-first products and sharing our commitment to Education, Evidence, Innovation, and Quality. The Acute product portfolio specifically offers surgeons solutions to address rib fractures associated with traumatic injury, as well as technologies for chest wall reconstruction.

Acumed LLC today announced that it has entered into an agreement with Vivorte Inc. to be the exclusive distributor of the Louisville-based company’s orthobiologics portfolio. Under the terms of the agreement, Acumed will employ its sales, marketing, and medical education expertise to distribute Vivorte’s calcium phosphate-based bone allograft (Trabexus) and calcium phosphate-based biocement (Fortera). Vivorte will continue to utilize its product development and manufacturing capabilities to support the distribution.

Acumed, a leading manufacturer of orthopaedic surgical solutions, is pleased to announce the acquisition of a novel solution to address injury to the scapholunate ligament of the wrist. This area has been identified by surgeons as an area requiring surgical innovation to optimize patient outcomes.

Acumed, a leading manufacturer of orthopaedic surgical solutions, is pleased to announce the acquisition of technology that will help the company provide a total elbow arthroplasty (TEA) solution to the market.

Staff members from Acumed reached the beach—Cannon Beach, to be specific—to help rid the sand of microplastics on August 15. Working with the nonprofit organization Sea Turtles Forever and led by Acumed’s Green Team, the 40 Acumed employees, family members, and friends sifted through yards of sand in front of iconic Haystack Rock.

Acumed staff members put their innovation skills to the test at the 2017 Design Challenge. The teams were tasked with building the ultimate paper airplane launcher with the materials of their choice.

Hillsboro, Ore — Acumed LLC, a member of the Colson Associates, Inc. group of companies and a global leader of innovative orthopaedic medical solutions, today announced the appointment of Sharon Wolfington as president and chief executive officer, effective immediately.

It takes a special amount of drive and determination to carve a path to a successful career, especially if you’re a woman and that career is in a traditionally male-dominated field. Inspiring young women to pursue careers in orthopaedic surgery and engineering is what the Perry Initiative is all about, and on Saturday, January 14, the remains of a historic snowstorm couldn’t keep 22 female high school students from coming to Acumed for their Perry Initiative program.

Acumed is pleased to announce that it has reached a resolution of a patent infringement dispute involving Acumed’s US Patent No. 6,030,162 and the Skeletal Dynamics REDUCT Headless Compression Screws (Acumed LLC v. Skeletal Dynamics LLC Case No. 3:15-CV-01581, filed in US District Court for the District of Oregon). As part of the settlement, Skeletal Dynamics has agreed to license Acumed’s patent for the remainder of its term.