URGENCY VISION SUCCESS VALUE DISTINCTION

Personalized ManufacturingFor Medical Devices

URGENCY

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Personalized Manufacturing

Personalized manufacturing of medical devices is essential given our societal demographics and aging population.

171 million people worldwide have diabetes; 2x by 2030.

Diabetes is the most common cause of non-traumatic amputation of the lower limb.

750,000 Americans have a stroke each year.

6 million stroke survivors currently in the U.S; their most often stated goal is to restore their mobility.

773,000 Americans have a hip or knee replaced each year.

VISION

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Personalized Manufacturing

To improve the

rehabilitation and quality

of life for those with

various neuromuscular

and musculoskeletal

disorders

SUCCESS

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Personalized Manufacturing

• New manufacturing and design processes

• Materials development• Companies have been

established• Improved designs with

superior performance• Lower costs• Wide range of applications:

» Joint, dental implants, hearing aids, skeletal reconstructions, scaffolds, bone replacements

VALUE

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Personalized Manufacturing

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Access to IP that will enable companies that partner with us to develop and manufacture novel and improved devices.

» Reduced cost» Local manufacturing» Rapid production

DISTINCTION

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Personalized Manufacturing

Selective Laser Sintering (SLS)

• The world leader in additive manufacturing

• Unsurpassed breadth» Prosthetics to orthotics

• Industry partners» Materials to machines

• UT Health Science Center and VA collaborations

» Center for the Intrepid, Fort Sam Houston

• Entrepreneurial development

URGENCY VISION SUCCESS VALUE DISTINCTION

Personalized Manufacturing

Improved quality of life for those with various neuromuscular and musculoskeletal disorders.