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https://www.crunchbase.com/person/bryan-j-mcentire#section-locked-marketplace
Here it says he was a plant manager for close to 10 years. Related hubs. Hercules Capital. Well that was odd crunchbase. Not sure but I think it was Bryan that Sonny was mentioning on the Conference call before he mentioned Ashok so we didn't forget how key he is to all of this. I`ll call the phone and transcribe it when I have time.
https://www.sandia.gov/ess-ssl/docs/pr_conferences/2016/Monday_Presentations/8_Erik_Spoerke_.pdf
"Ceramatec" "Sandia" oh hey it's these guys again I remember these guys. I would let China take the Lithium home and let them have the IPR&D on lease and continue buying the finished batteries from China. I don't think that's an area of manufacture we want back. Too much environmental impact. Just let the spice flow into cheaper batteries on our end. I dont think we should sit there and provide security while they do it though.
CoorsTek & Ceramatec Develop Silicon Carbide Joining Technology - 2012
it was a company with a changing focus, from strictly R&D to more commercial, unfortunately the company was not able to turn around in time to survive another 40. Our Parent company provided all the necessary support to facilitate our closure.
Afghanistan is a huge deposit of lithium for batteries now being developed by the Chinese.
https://www.brookings.edu/research/china-buys-into-afghanistan/
Ashok C. khandkar held patents under Ceramatec. (speaking of solid state batteries for electric cars) Ceramatec was baby sat by Bryan J. McEntire until it was absorbed by Coorstek and McEntire was sent to Amedica.
Ashok C. Khandkar is advising some kind of Solid boat sail out of San Francisco as a side note. looks fascinating.
https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/national-international/UFO-Navy-476912603.html?_osource=SocialFlowTwt_DFWBrand
Context is Dallas is an Aerospace hub.
lockheed martin
northrop grumman
Nasa
raytheon
boeing
All have facilities in Dallas. The old RF precision warehouse has a plane interior manufacturer now operating out of it. Now it looks to be a spinal hub as well. Seems like a city now completely aligned with Howard Hughes interests.
The Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) is an American non-profit medical research organization based in Chevy Chase, Maryland.[2][3] It was founded by the American businessman Howard Hughes in 1953. It is one of the largest private funding organizations for biological and medical research in the United States. HHMI spends about $1 million per HHMI Investigator per year, which amounts to annual investment in biomedical research of about $825 million. The institute has an endowment of $18.2 billion, making it the second-wealthiest philanthropic organization in the United States and the second-best endowed medical research foundation in the world.[4] HHMI is the former owner of the Hughes Aircraft Company - an American aerospace firm which was divested to various firms over time
Frank William "Bill" Gay (September 11, 1920 – May 21, 2007) was an American executive who oversaw several entities for Howard Hughes. He was chairman of the board of directors of the Hughes Air Corporation. He served as a senior vice president and member of the board of directors for the Hughes Tool Company. He was also president and chief executive officer of Summa Corporation.
Born in Salt Lake City, Utah, he was a student at University of California, Los Angeles when he was hired by Hughes. He was responsible for the creation of Hughes Dynamics, a short-lived computer services subsidiary of Hughes Tool in the early 1960s.[1][2] A member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Gay put together the so-called "Mormon Mafia" that comprised Hughes's inner circle in his later life. Appointed by the Delaware Court of Chancery, Gay served as trustee of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute from 1984 until his retirement in 2006. He had previously served on the Institute's executive committee from 1971-1984
Madoff said in the June 17, 2009, interview that SEC Chairman Mary Schapiro was a "dear friend", and SEC Commissioner Elisse Walter was a "terrific lady" whom he knew "pretty well".[66]
After Madoff's arrest, the SEC was criticized for its lack of financial expertise and lack of due diligence, despite having received complaints from Harry Markopolos and others for almost a decade. The SEC's Inspector General, Kotz, found that since 1992, there had been six investigations of Madoff by the SEC, which were botched either through incompetent staff work or by neglecting allegations of financial experts and whistle-blowers. At least some of the SEC investigators doubted whether Madoff was even trading.[67][68][69]
Due to concerns of improper conduct by Inspector General Kotz in the Madoff investigation, Inspector General David C. Williams of the United States Postal Service was brought in to conduct an independent outside review.[70]
The Williams Report questioned Kotz's work on the Madoff investigation, because Kotz was a "very good friend" with Markopolos.[71][72] Investigators were not able to determine when Kotz and Markopolos became friends. A violation of the ethics rule would have taken place if the friendship were concurrent with Kotz's investigation of Madof
thinking about running a private sub reddit instance called HELLO REAL BULLS. and just modding everyone with an invite. This way we could private message everyone. Have a better board structure and push things to various portions such as off topic for clean up and allow the conversation to continue, with out paying for a sub par board that looks like its from the 80`s. Were a small community. so we'd have to think about this democratically as far as who is interested, Instead of me just going over there and hanging out with myself.
https://www.sec.gov/news/press-release/2018-190
"option 4 = bankruptcy" -AMDA Ihub
The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged a hedge fund adviser and his investment advisory firm with illegally profiting from a scheme to drive down the price of San Diego-based Ligand Pharmaceuticals Inc.
The SEC’s complaint, filed in federal court in Massachusetts, alleges that Lemelson used written reports, interviews, and social media to spread untrue claims, including that Ligand was “teetering on the brink of bankruptcy”
“While short-sellers are free to express their opinions about particular companies, they may not bolster those opinions with false statements
Interesting. I try to avoid trans fat. thanks for sharing that. Usually use bleach ammonia and vinegar not mixing any of those.
I've gleaned a bit of information scraping. The only thing I`m willing to share publicly is the concept of eyeballs I believe Amedica is looking toward the future here.It's there public to find. Makes perfect sense for a false eyeball. Now their going to cry about eyeballs. Thanks. It would be nice to not have to post publicly sometimes.
This is like explaining AMD's infinity fabric to normies. Their eyes glaze over and they develop an uncertainty of things they dont fully understand. what they can see is the sudden jump up from $2 to $30. By then it's either too late or they chase without capturing its full potential. I`m used to it by now. There's a noble qaulity to risk aversion.
Autistic people are famed for their 'obsessions'. Be it washing machines, vacuum cleaners or dinosaurs
From what I understand. Silicon Nitride leaches away the Nitrogen atoms to form multiple molecules including peroxynitrite and Orthosilicic acid then forms a hardened silicon dioxide surface layer. We dont fully understand the role silicon plays in bone health but 70% of your bioload is stored in bone and animals studies deprived silicon have shown osteoporosis, leaving little doubt it performs an essential role in bone health.
The ability for uptake of the silicon dioxide particulate faster than wear occurs probably helps flush contaminate out of the sinovial fluid, decreasing the rate of wear as particulate builds up. Think dumping metal shavings in your cars oil and never changing it and what this does to your main bearings. I think your body is saying "I know this, this is familiar when it encounters silicon dioxide" Unlike Aluminum which builds up in your bone replacing an element(My guess silicon) and weakens it. When your bone encounters metal and plastic particulate it doesn't have a use for it. It's detrimental if absorbed. If it cant be absorbed it's detriment is localized as the body attempts to encapsulate it and the bone tries to run away (osteolysis)and a foreign body response is generated into pain and swelling,rejection and possibly infection without a bacterial cause.
Even HA coatings on titanium are delaying the inevitable. Once it converts the HA coating into bone it starts asking itself "is this titanium a bone? or a foreign body?" and it shows a poor bond rate to titanium once in vivo as the body assimilates the coating and begins to reject the foreign body.
This is all my best guess at deciphering what Ive read on the subject anyway.
Everything Zimmer was doing in trabecular metal spine looks like 50% porous Valeo. Yes, I don't think Zimmer needed any of the patents for Valeo in the direction they are going. If Osseus is a front man for Zimmer it looks to be a superior development of 50% porosity. We still don't know what the CTL monet will look like and whether it will be inspiring in design or what they are planning for future designs using Silicon Nitride. If people could naysay C+CSC saying ceramics would shatter, keep away from my spine, Then a 50% porosity implant would compound upon this fear. I would trust the C+CSC but would have to see how the 50% porosity unit held up to the stress test of a hydraulic press, visually to ease my fear in my monkey brain.
You dont think deals where turned down for not being the correct "fit"? I dont think it's good for any companies "face" to go public with their inability to secure this tech. at this stage.
I`ll post a case study for funsies because otherwise it dies in the dark:
Dog goes in for a THA. metal cup with a UHMWPE liner and a metal femoral head gets put in. Develops infection. The femoral head and stem removed completely on revision surgery due to infection. Dog continues with infection. 3rd surgery removes the acetabular cup due to infection. The dog has 3 surgeries. the entire implant gets thrown in the trash. the dog is left with a femoral head ostectomy. This is basically cutting out the bone that joins the femur to the hip and leaving it that way leaving a bone gap. The muscles and tendons do all the work with no hip bone involved. You cant do this in people. They would wind up in a wheel chair.
Post the one on SiNi that says wear particulate absorbs faster than it's produced. Zimmer doesn't have SiNi coatings. That machine looks expensive. They're working with what they've got at the moment. The guy in charge of the research is interested in 3d printing and 3d imaging to correctly position the hip. Correct positioning and manufacturing tolerances could reduce squeaking and stripe wear my research suggests. Thus reducing wear debris. Not perfect with what we know is on the table but a step in the right direction.
I dont think it's for revision surgery. I think it's in testing phase in London and nobody is saying it's Zimmer. Supposed to save Socialized health care money.
http://www.imperial.ac.uk/msk-lab/research/clinical-trials/h1-hip-resurfacing-arthroplasty/
I'm impartial on Zimmer, but you should probably look up H1 implant.
Revolutionary
the defense industry relies exclusively on US manufacturers and providers.
A clear roadmap to resolving the military’s problem with clear language detailing how your company is the best choice to meet this need.
I would say we need more Sonny in Amedica, but after pouring over his CV I think we need more Sonny's throughout orthopedic research. Due to Russia's Socialized University they have us beat. Their population is entirely high ranking scientists. Perhaps lacking funding, but through oil and natural gas they may develop routes for funding,so this may only be a solution for our continued competition for so long.. I think at this point there is no choice but to be their friend and try to develop a bff status to partnership our scientific endeavors.
Sonny`s CV:
Department of Defense: “Biocompatible device for repairing segmental bone defects $292,335.00. 7/1/2012 to 6/30/2014
For context this is when your bones get rocked so hard there is no bone to put back together.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3669642/
Publish date 2013. This is probably the one were looking for.
"porosity = 50%..there is a great need for porous biocompatible implants that can replicate the structure and function of bone and have the requisite mechanical properties for reliable long-term cyclical loading during weight bearing."
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0272884215004095
"Slovak Republic 2015"
"America and NATO overall has tried their best to separate Russian from other Slavic countries, but Slovaks are slavs and we stand with Russia over America. America doesn't care about people at all"
I would like to see what stage of development Russia has achieved,We may be playing catch up. between Glass and Silicon nitride I see little difference as the research pertains. glass is silicon dioxide. Silicon nitride is stronger.
I imagine the big winners here to be CTL. They can put 2.5 mill down. Move the product, provide the accompanying products to complete the procedure and, hopefully, easily repay the 6mill promissory note and the 1.5 mill "told you so" bonus out of the demand for SiNi from surgeons. These are the numbers I can't wait to see. Earnings Per Share. Those numbers cannot be argued with so easily and will grab the analysts attention and all it will take is one to grab the technical analyst and high frequency traders. That's worth it to me. Bring in CTL. Let them have spine free for all I care. Sing them to sleep and tell them bed time stories. They will grow into our loyal juggernaut.
Sonny already said He's invested from IPO and has kept growing that position. a product gets FDA approved the stock goes down. A product gets glowing reviews by the doctors that use it the stock goes down. Sonny details a plan to make the Co. profitable the stock goes down.
These "people" day in and day out need easing of their fears in a stock they supposedly have no interest in taking a position on. By the time you alleviate the 5th fear they are back to the 1st "forgetting" it's been addressed. Meanwhile they celebrate the bad news. What bad news? The stock went down. :shakes head:. This offers a very beneficial opportunity for people like me watching these people glow in the dark, since I know when the price has separated from reality and can take the opportunity to develop a position. I have dug through these people to determine their motivation and some of them in fact are developing a position while spreading fear and doubt.
I`m still not sure if the antibacterial nature is permanent or semi permanent until a silicon dioxide surface layer is formed and it loses it's efficiency.
Can we set up a Discord for Amedica? this boards structure is extremely hard to read.
Yes. Didnt remember if it was ceramtec or Zimmer.
So many cup and handles that triggered a slap down for no reason here. It's good for consolidation but dont expect a leg up until an ER triggers the uptrend IMO.
Anecdotally I`ve heard of guys showing up on base to mess with the flag pole getting slapped with a random drug test on the spot.
https://www.policymed.com/2013/12/stryker-corp-pays-132-million-to-sec-to-settle-fcpa-allegations.html
I`ll have to paraphrase but I heard something along the lines of not getting wrapped up in other companies "ethics" issues. All the big names have been paying fines for bribing Doctors etc. I`ll have to wait for the transcripts to word this correctly to dance around the issue so elegantly.
CTL has some R&D and manufacturing channels out of Dallas players if remember on dental front. Too much DD something side tracked me here down the Coorstek rabbit hole investigating this in Dallas area. I forget what.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8648309
cobalt-chrome femoral heads matched with ..titanium.. preferred combination.
Common metallurgic wisdom cautions against bonding dissimilar metals in a biologically active environment.
Galvanic corrosion (also called bimetallic corrosion) is an electrochemical process in which one metal corrodes preferentially when it is in electrical contact with another
Epidemiological and clinical studies have shown a strong correlation between aberrant metal exposure and a number of neurological diseases, including Alzheimer’s disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, autism spectrum disorders, Guillain–Barré disease, Gulf War syndrome, Huntington’s disease, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson’s disease, and Wilson’s disease.
Due to time constraints when going into the silo, a recently accepted ratchet- 3 ft (0.9 m) long weighing 25 lb (11 kg) - was taken instead of the newly mandated torque wrench. The 8 lb (3.6 kg) socket for the oxidizer tank fell off the ratchet and dropped approximately 80 feet (24 m) before bouncing off a thrust mount and piercing the skin on the missile's first-stage fuel tank
Never saw it. pouring through the Wikipedia articles on broken arrow incidents is pretty entertaining.
Ejecting from an aircraft is extremely violent. To the point of breaking bones and compressing your spine.
You start messing with the properties of Si Ni to increase its strength and fracture resistance and you accidentally a better radome armor.
Silicon nitride. is used as radomes for missiles in the latest air defense systems. It was specifically selected for missile radomes because of its mechanical strength and dielectric properties. The material allows microwave or other energy to pass through to locate incoming targets. Its mechanical strength allows the missile system to withstand erosion and large temperature excursions while flying at hyper-velocity through the atmosphere.
Nothing I see stopping Zimmer from Contracting Cerasurf or MC over ceramtec. Not a patent attorney, but I`m wondering how Ceramtec isn't violating AMDA patents on manufacturing processes AMDA holds in regard to Alumina oxide ceramics.
https://americas.kyocera.com/kai-semiparts/government-and-aerospace/
https://www.coorstek.com/english/industries/defense-security/defense-contracting/
Both companies are set up for contracts.
I can think of several orgs. possibly hiding in the dark telling AMDA what to do to make this CTL deal happen in the best interest. CTL doesn't need 10 Mill. They need 2.5 and a 6 mill promissory note. Tell me about the sonny ball loan again Boston. Coorstek doesn't have a spinal division. It's strictly to help develop and manufacture. AMDA never could make spine sales because they can't give doctors kick backs, Strippers and Blow for some reason. I speculate DOD interference.
http://www.cafepharma.com/boards/threads/reps-using-cocaine.616275/
They`re the nerdy kid that wants to take you to chick fil a and show you their science, this approach doesn't translate to sales. It translates to Security clearance. This isn't an act of desperation IMO. it's a strategic game plan and we take whatever chump change CTL can scrounge up because it's mandatory for a bigger picture.
Perhaps Zimmer gets so mad at you for continuously rubbing their nose in things they want and cant have. Coorstek hasn't bothered me once.