Paragon Medical Opens of Bioskills Lab

The Pierceton, IN-based Paragon Medical Bioskills Lab is officially open.  Company management and employees were joined at a ribbon cutting on January 19, 2011 by the Warsaw / Kosciusko Chamber of Commerce and other local officials to commemorate this important event for the company and the community.

In December 2009, Paragon announced that through its Orthopaedic Instrument Global Design Center (OIGDC), it would accelerate the construction of this new lab in direct support of OrthoWorx, a Warsaw-based industry, community and education initiative established to advance and support growth and innovation within the region’s globally significant orthopaedics device sector.

The fully staffed facility is ready for client scheduling and includes capacity for up to four cadaveric evaluation stations and targets the comfort of lab attendees through ergonomic tables, laminar airflow, separate temperature zones, and a private conference room with a viewing window into the lab.  A multitude of other services are available upon request including specimen procurement and preparation, instrument cleanup in a state of the art instrument disinfection system, C-Arm and Arthroscopy Tower rentals, audio-visual connectivity, and full catering capabilities.

According to Van Flamion, director of the Bioskills Lab and Paragon’s OIGDC, “The lab was designed and constructed for the sole purpose of providing our customers a convenient, cost effective, full service facility where orthopaedic and other medical device companies can perform cadaveric studies on their products and / or train their surgeons or field representatives on surgical techniques pertaining to their products”.

Flamion also comments that a soft launch phase was conducted with a limited and controlled number of labs during the fourth quarter of 2010.  The Bioskills Lab exercised its logistics as a full service facility while gathering critical customer feedback to ensure optimization prior to going to its now full-launch status.

For lab scheduling or additional information you can contact the Bioskills Lab directly or visit their website at www.paragonmedical.com/bioskillslab.

About Paragon Medical, Inc.
Paragon Medical is a tier 1, turnkey supplier of world-class solutions for custom and standard cases and trays, custom and standard surgical instrumentation, implantable components, and design services to the medical device marketplace.  Incorporated in 1991 and headquartered in the orthopaedic capital of the world, Paragon has created strategic centers of excellence within the United States, Europe and Asia. Dynamic  acquisitions have brought some of the industry's most talented craftsmen to their team while regional centers of manufacturing excellence have made Paragon more versatile, allowing them to adapt a wide range of services to support the strategic needs of the customer with innovative solutions.   Offices and production facilities are located in Pierceton, Indiana; Indianapolis, Indiana; Smithfield, Utah; Lausanne, Switzerland and Changzhou, China. More information about the company may be found at www.paragonmedical.com.

About the OIGDC
The Orthopaedic Instrument Global Design Center is structured to serve the market at a higher level of participation by leveraging Paragon's existing capabilities while closing the loop between development and manufacturing. As extended team members, the OIGDC provides full collaborative design, development, prototyping and testing capabilities for surgical instrumentation, implantable components and cases & trays.  The OIGDC enables extensive collaboration between Paragon engineers and the OEM's development teams. The OIGDC delivers solutions through sound research, development and validation protocol. Contact the Orthopaedic Instrument Design Center for more information or visit their website at www.paragonmedical.com/oigdc.