DePuy Orthopaedics, Inc. Acquires Finsbury Orthopaedics Limited On the 11 December 2009 DePuy Orthopaedics, Inc. announced the acquisition of Finsbury Orthopaedics Limited. With the acquisition of Finsbury Orthopaedics, DePuy gains several key products, including the DeltaMotion® Ceramic-on-Ceramic Hip System, the ADEPT® Metal-on-Metal Hip Resurfacing and Total Hip System, as well as the Medial Rotation Knee™ System, the Dual Bearing Knee™ System, the BOX® Total Ankle Replacement, Tuke Saw™ and multiple small joint reconstructive implant lines.

Finsbury Orthopaedics, based in Leatherhead, UK, has pioneered advanced high performance, large diameter hip bearings that feature proprietary ceramic-on-ceramic and metal-on-metal bearing technologies. DePuy Orthopaedics leads the worldwide hip market in providing a complete range of high stability, low wear total hip implants.

Company history Finsbury Orthopaedics was established in 1978. Bill Day and Mike Tuke worked together during the 1970s in the Biomechanics Unit at Imperial College London. It was during this period they first considered the possibility of establishing a company with the development of advanced joint replacements at its heart. With the guidance of Professor Alan Swanson and Professor Michael Freeman, Finsbury was launched and has continued to grow and develop from its roots as a small self-funded company into one of the most successful British manufacturing companies to date.

Finsbury has always been characterised by its forward thinking and innovative attitude, this was confirmed early on with the success of the Freeman Hip, the Nuffield Knee and early hip resurfacing collaborations.

Collaborative projects Early hip resurfacing with Professor Michael Freeman (1970) Freeman-Samuelson Knee development with Protek AG and later Sulzer Corin Medical Ltd founded by Finsbury (1985) Rotaglide Knee Nuffield Knee McMinn Resurfacing Hip Medial Pivot Knee with Wright Medical Inc. (c.1990) BHR development with Midland Medical Technologies/Smith and Nephew (1997) Mitch THR developed with Stryker (2006)

Development Development remains a highly important activity to Finsbury with approximately 7% of turnover invested in this area. The current development portfolio has over forty projects at various stages of completion. International growth Finsbury Orthopaedics International Ltd. (FOIL) has a distribution network based in the UK; this is supported by direct sales operations through branches in Germany, Australia, Turkey, the Netherlands, and the US. Further to this dedicated sales operations exist in most major orthopaedic markets, including Belgium, Greece, Italy and South Africa.

Finsbury Education Finsbury Education was established in 2005 and is the flagship of the company’s focus on education. The education courses have been designed to deliver updates and offer training on the latest techniques available to surgeons and orthopaedic practitioners. Currently available are: Hip resurfacing, Specialist registrar, Knee arthroplasty and Basic science courses, folllow this link for more information: Finsbury Education.

Service Finsbury continues to practice its early philosophy of providing service and quality to all of its customers without compromise.