Good point. Zimmer gets its femoral heads from Ceramtec. Why would they want to go ahead and start a highly complex and expensive endeavor of manufacturing SiN heads? Makes no sense. Obviously they can’t get the spinal implant line now!
SALT LAKE CITY, Nov. 26, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Amedica Corporation, a biomaterials company, today announced a collaboration with Kyocera Industrial Ceramics Corporation, a worldwide leading ceramics producer, to manufacture medical devices from Amedica's Silicon Nitride biomaterial at Kyocera's Vancouver, WA facility. This collaboration includes the manufacture of Amedica's FDA approved Silicon Nitride spinal interbody devices and will broaden Amedica's ability to meet market demand.