DJO Global, a San Diego-based medical device provider announced this week that the company’s indirect subsidiary DJO LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of DJO Finance LLC, has acquired Minnesota startup Exos Corp. The terms of the deal weren’t disclosed. Exos makes heat-moldable and reformable casts and splints that come in a variety of eye-popping shades […]
Casts and splints haven’t changed much since they were first used to treat fractures: uncomfortable to wear, hard to shape, and incompatible with water. Steve Ingel, president of the Bracing & Supports Division of San Diego-based DJO Global says the Exos casts and splints solve all those problems, and look more stylish too. The product is made […]
Canada has a proud history of achievement in the areas of science and technology, and the field of biomanufacturing and life sciences is no exception.
By circumstance and design, crutches are not pleasant devices. If you need a set, it’s a good bet you did something that your knee, leg, or foot did not appreciate. In other words, crutches are just so darn depressing! Jeff Weber certainly thought so. Five years ago, the Minneapolis-based industrial designer broke his heel after […]
Exos Medical Corp. has raised $925,000 in equity to develop its high-tech casts and splints that have been worn by several notable athletes, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing. The company’s casts and splints are billed as being waterproof, adjustable and X-ray friendly. That’s helped the start-up’s products gain favor with prominent athletes […]
Exos, a joint venture with Enova Medical Technologies in St. Paul and Product Innovations in Aspen, Colorado, has developed polymer materials that when layered with foam create a lightweight, moldable material that allows doctors to custom fit each cast and splint to the patient.