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ELEMENTS Interview | Quantum leap for spinal implants from the 3D printer

ELEMENTS Interview | Quantum leap for spinal implants from the 3D printer

Elements Magazine vor 2 Jahren

Todd Reith and Erik Erbe on the world's first PEEK-based filament

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Perseverance and the belief in a revolution in orthopaedics: both
are driving the inventor and start-up entrepreneur Todd Reith from
the USA. Together with Evonik, he has developed a process with
which spinal implants can be 3D printed from polyether ether ketone
(PEEK). The practical test has been completed: Surgeons in the USA
have used spinal implants from Curiteva that were made from the
VESTAKEEP PEEK filament. In this interview, Todd Reith and Dr. Erik
Erbe, Chief Scientific Officer of Curiteva, talk about the road to
this success.