Wednesday, April 10, 2013
Amendia is a medical device firm that designs, manufactures and markets spinal implants in a quiet commercial section of Marietta, Georgia. I got to take a little time with the company’s president of operations, Tim Lusby, for a short tour of their facility and a crash course in how they create a spinal implant.
Juanes Martinez dips a batch of screws used for spinal implants into an electro polishing vat at Amendia in Marietta on Wednesday, April 10, 2013.
A titanium rod used in spinal implants undergoes a anodizing process at Amendia in Marietta on Wednesday, April 10, 2013.
Ryan Toadvine uses a machine to perform a quality check on one of the screws used for spinal implants at Amendia in Marietta on Wednesday, April 10, 2013.
An automated machine cuts a lateral interbody device made from PEEK inside the manufacturing portion of the Amendia medical devices firm in Marietta on Wednesday, April 10, 2013.
Tim Lusby, president of operations for Amendia, a medical devices firm that designs, manufactures and markets spinal implants in Marietta explains how one of their spinal implants work using a plastic model on Wednesday, April 10, 2013.
Tim Lusby, president of operations for Amendia, a medical devices firm that designs, manufactures and markets spinal implants in Marietta explains how one of their spinal implants work using a plastic model on Wednesday, April 10, 2013.