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Cadavers for surgical training have been around for centuries and provide medical education value. However, the inefficiencies and complications, their lack of supply for surgical training, compounded by increased demand related to the barrage of new minimally invasive (MIS) implant technologies launching into the medical device market, poses a great challenge for medical device companies…
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Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC) is highlighting examples of how Michigan SmartZones are supporting entrepreneurs in the medical device industry. MEDC recently interviewed Encoris Co-Founder Jim TenBrink.
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In an effort to improve spine surgery training simulation, we teamed up with west Michigan-based applied Medical Device Institute at Grand Valley (aMDI) to help develop a first-of-its-kind spine model to improve the way surgeons are trained for spinal procedures. Together we developed the S2T Surgical Smart Trainer and readied it for manufacturing and sales. Photo Credit: Amanda Pitts / From…
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HOLLAND Jim TenBrink believes he has the invention that’s going to revolutionize the way surgeons are trained in spinal procedures and how medical device companies research and test innovations. For generations, the traditional surgical training methods have involved cadavers, a practice that comes with logistical challenges and a mountain of regulatory paperwork — not to mention…
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The 2017 Excellence in Surgical Products Awards will be presented in the November/December issue of Surgical Products. Leading up to the publication of that issue, nominees will be featured on the Surgical Products website. Read More
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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE GRANTS PATENT 14/506,304 TO ENCORIS’ S2T SURGICAL SMART TRAINER HOLLAND, Mich., Sept. 19, 2017 – Encoris, the leading designer and manufacturer of medical models and surgical training devices, today announced the United States Patent and Trademark Office granted a patent for its S2T Surgical SmartTrainer. The S2T is a revolutionary surgical training system…
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Value stream: Jim TenBrink says that Encoris helps medical device companies cut costs, and enhance the benefits of their medical devices MPN: Who are you and what do you do? JT: Encoris is a fast growing medical modelling company located on the beautiful shores of Lake Michigan. Our company develops and manufactures medical sales demonstration…
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Encoris Encoris is a five-year-old, Holland, Michigan-based company that specializes in the design and manufacturing of clear, custom skeletal models that are used by medical device companies like Stryker Orthopaedics, Johnson and Johnson, and Medtronic to educate and promote implant devices in the medical field. The firm recently moved to a new manufacturing and design plant…
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You’ll see skulls, bones and skeletons everywhere. The look-alike body parts aren’t Halloween decorations but much in-demand products for medical device companies such as Kalamazoo-based Stryker. Encoris — which means “in the body” in Latin — is a fast growing Holland company in the $110 billion U.S. market for medical training and demonstration devices. HOLLAND,…
