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2 WHAT IS DEPUY ?
3How is the product made ?
To produce a prosthesis, there are 6 steps
- Design
- Moulding
- Polishing
- Packaging
- Supply Chain
- Sterilization
- Surgery
4STEP 1 DESIGN
Everybody works together to design the next
products and it is very important.
The prosthesis has to preserve all natural
movements !
- In the Irish factory, the are 80 engineers among
the 500 employees. - The factory works 24 hours a day.
5STEP 2 MOULDING
First, The prosthesis is molded in order to give
it the initial shape.
- 70 of prosthesis are made of Cobalt-Crome
- Titanium is stronger but it is more expensive
6STEP 3 POLISHING
Polishing is very important because it avoids
wearing .
- Each prosthesis is polished twice. ( Robot
Worker) - Workers wear protection glasses. Moreover, they
must not stay polishing for a long time (to avoid
breathing diseases)
7STEP 4 PACKAGING
8STEP 5 SUPPLY CHAIN
- Then, all the products are shiped to the
international distribution center in UK. - Leeds is the main office of
9STEP 6 STERILIZATION
In Leeds, the products are sterilized in order to
avoid any risk of diseases.
Box 1
Box 2
The Box 2 has been exposed to UV radation. The
orange sticker has turned into Purple so We know
that the box is sterilized.
10 STEP 7 SURGERY
- A prosthesis costs 5000-6000
11CONCLUSION
- Turnover 26 billion euros
- Market leader for knee prosthesis
- 360,000 units produced each year
- High level of technology
But there is still a strong competition between
Depuy and the other companies.