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Depuy
DePuy Synthes () is a franchise of orthopaedic and neurosurgery companies. Acquired by Johnson & Johnson in 1998, its companies form part of the Johnson & Johnson Medical Devices group. DePuy develops and markets products under the Codman, DePuy Mitek, DePuy Orthopaedics and DePuy Spine brands. DePuy Orthopaedics designs, manufactures, markets and distributes products for reconstructing damaged or diseased joints and for repairing and reconstructing traumatic skeletal injuries. DePuy Spine products facilitate fusion of the spine and correction of spinal deformities, preserving motion of the spine and repairing bone fractures. DePuy is now operating from several countries, including the United Kingdom, Japan, France, Germany, Ireland and Australia. In many other countries, DePuy operates as a brand under the Johnson & Johnson Medical organization. DePuy is currently the subject of more than 11,000 lawsuits related to its recall of faulty hip replacement systems, which lawyer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Revra DePuy
Reverend DePuy (March 22, 1860 – October 9, 1921), was an American inventor, noted for his invention of the fiber splint. He was the founder of DePuy Manufacturing, now part of Johnson and Johnson (J&J). Biography DePuy was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, where his father was a lawyer, but the family moved to Canada when Revra was a child. After his father died, Revra's mother moved the family to Marseilles, Illinois. As a young man, DePuy supported himself by doing many kinds of work. He worked as a clerk in a drug store, and then studied chemistry at the University of Toronto, where he received a degree. After college, he invented a technique for sugar coating pills. Later, he worked as a traveling salesman. DePuy settled in Warsaw, Indiana, and decided to make a fiber splint to replace the wooden barrel splints which were used back then to set bone fractures. DePuy Manufacturing became the first commercial orthopedic manufacturer in the world. The company operated o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |