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.
Acu-Loc® and Acu-Loc® 2 Wrist Fixation Implants Reach 500,000 Worldwide
The Acumed Acu-Loc Volar Distal Radius (VDR) Plate has been a fracture fixation market leader since its introduction in 2004. The Acumed Acu-Loc 2 VDR Plate was launched in 2010, and recently the number of Acu-Loc and Acu-Loc 2 VDR plate sales reached half a million worldwide.
The Acumed Ankle Plating System 3 and Small Fragment Base Set features a variety of fracture-specific plating options designed to address fractures of the distal tibia and fibula. The system marks the company’s continued commitment to provide industry-leading fracture fixation solutions.
Acumed is extending National Engineers Week (February 21-27) in celebration of our own engineers! Engineers are extremely important to Acumed’s work of creating innovative orthopaedic implants.
It’s 8:30 on a cold and gray Saturday morning. They could be sleeping in or texting their friends about the weekend, but instead, 25 high school girls are seated in rows in spotless new blue scrubs, quietly filling out surveys. It is their first assignment in an action-packed day at Acumed as part of the Perry Initiative, a program that encourages young women to pursue careers in orthopaedic surgery and engineering.
From its earliest beginnings in a garage in Butler, New Jersey, Acumed has manufactured its products according to the highest standards.
Acumed receives special recognition and awards from Energy Trust of Oregon and CleanWater Services Industrial Partners for Green Team strategies and reaching compliance and environmental quality goals.
Acumed is a proud participant in the 2015 ASSH Annual Meeting in Seattle, Sept. 10-12. We’re sponsoring a mobile device charging station as well as an espresso cart with Acumed-branded java jackets!
