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A French manufacturer of orthopaedic implants and more particularly total hip prostheses and sport medicine implants is seeking distributors

Summary

Profile Type
  • Business Offer
POD Reference
BOFR20230310002
Term of Validity
10 March 2023 - 9 March 2025
Company's Country
  • France
Type of partnership
  • Commercial agreement
Targeted Countries
  • All countries
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General information

Short Summary
A French company from the South of France is specialized in the design and manufacture of implantable medical devices. It has developed three kinds of prothesis: total hip implants, knee and shoulder implants in the frame of sport medicine surgery. The company is looking for distributors or commercial agents for its range of products.
Full Description
The French company is a 35-year experienced organization specialized in the design and manufacture of implantable medical devices. After having built global partnership as a sub-contractor, with worlwilde well-known companies, the company has developed its own range of implants progressively launched on the market after the year 2000.
Its factory based in the South of France is specialized in machining, plastic injection and medical packaging in cleaning room.
It has developed total hip implants and implants dedicated to sport medicine.
Its last range of total hip implants does include a new generation of dual mobility cup, a modern design of femoral stems perfectly adapted to modern surgical approaches. Its specific instrumentation set is light accurate and ergonomic. One sole set is necessary for the whole range of 4 acetabular cups.
After 7 years of history, this device is now involved in several clinical studies and clinical results are very positives. Despite of its youth, it is already quoted in the ODEP (Orthopaedic Data Evaluation Panel) System.
Regarding sport medicine, the company provides a complete range dedicated to the repair of ACL (anterior cruciate ligaments of the knee). The resorbable screw is made of Polylactic Acid (PLLA/PDLA) injected in its own factory. All instrumentation sets are well known for their high accuracy and reliability during arthroscopic procedures.
Sold around the world, the company ranges of implants are meeting surgeons requirements and patients specificities. To continue to market its systems throughout the world, the company is looking for distributors or sales agents with experience in similar products.
Advantages and Innovations
The range of hip implants is modern and does include last generation of dual mobility cup and shorten femoral stem implanted thanks to a unique and ergonomic instrumentation set. The device provides the last generation of Dual Mobility Cup, from diameter 44mm till 68mm, with a fully hemispherical design allowing hip stability without changing the surgeon’s way to ream the acetabulum. The device stem is available is 6 different versions that meet all surgeons and patients needs.
Stage of Development
  • Already on the market
Sustainable Development Goals
  • Goal 4: Quality Education
  • Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
  • Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth
  • Goal 5: Gender Equality
IPR status
  • IPR granted

Partner Sought

Expected Role of a Partner
The French company is looking for partners under a distribution services agreement or a commercial agency agreement. Partner has to be already introduced in the orthopaedic field and able to perform the local regulation activities.
Type and Size of Partner
  • Big company
  • SME 11-49
  • SME <=10
  • SME 50 - 249
Type of partnership
  • Commercial agreement

Dissemination

Technology keywords
  • 06001017 - Surgery
  • 06001020 - Physiotherapy, Orthopaedic Technology
Market keywords
  • 05005016 - Environmental Medicine, Social Medicine, Sports Medicine
  • 05005015 - Orthopaedics
Sector Groups Involved
  • Health
Targeted countries
  • All countries

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