VOT announces Micropulse Incorporated located in Columbia City, IN as their manufacturing partner for a complete line of knee implants, instruments and delivery systems. “VOT is excited about our new business partner,” said Hans Stover, President & CEO of VOT. “Micropulse brings a wealth of orthopedic design and manufacturing expertise that allows us to focus on developing and launching products.”

“We are pleased to partner with and provide VOT with design and manufacturing support for new market changing technology,” said Brian Emerick, President and CEO of Micropulse, Inc. “We are excited to be part of something so innovative and look forward to assisting VOT with their future success. They have all of the ingredients for success including a strong management team, innovative market changing products and key surgeon relationships.” Micropulse uses state of the art machinery and technology to provide design, prototyping and manufacturing of the most demanding instrumentation, implants and delivery systems. “Due to a high level of customer satisfaction and the increasing demand for our orthopedic products, Micropulse is in the process of adding 47,000 square feet to our facility and investing $6 million in plant and equipment to keep up with future manufacturing needs,” said Emerick.

VOT Arthroscopic Solutions is an orthopedic medical device company located in Warsaw, IN and is focused on the design and development of innovative knee arthroscopic and arthroplasty surgical devices.

For more information about the company please contact Tom Carter, Vice President of Sales & Marketing at 438 E. 200 N, Warsaw, IN 46582, phone at 574-269-4103, ext. 224. Or review website at www.votechnology.com.

VOT Arthroscopic Solutions announces a move to 720 East Winona Ave, Warsaw Indiana. VOT has continued to add employees and consultants over the past year of operations and needed more space for development and design. “VOT is very excited about the move as it shows continued growth of the company and the need for additional space to move more activities in house,” said David Blakemore, Vice President of Research and Development. “The added office space and engineering lab will be necessary as we continue to expand and add more development engineers and other staff to drive the growth of the company.”

VOT Arthroscopic Solutions is an orthopedic medical device company located in Warsaw, IN and is focused on the design and development of innovative knee arthroscopic and arthroplasty surgical devices.

For more information about the company please contact Tom Carter, Vice President of Sales & Marketing at 438 E. 200 N, Warsaw, IN 46582, phone at 574-269-4103, ext. 224. Or review website at www.votechnology.com.

VOT announces it received 510K approval from the FDA for a new uni-compartmental knee implant called “SoloTM Partial Knee System.” The major advantage of the Solo Partial Knee is that the device can be surgically implanted using an arthroscopic assisted technique through a single, 25 mm (1 inch) opening which dramatically reduces the incision size and soft tissue trauma to the patients compared to conventional partial knee replacements. The procedure also utilizes bone sparing resection techniques which opens the procedure up to much younger patients.

“This is an important milestone for our young company,” says Hans Stover, President & CEO of VOT Arthroscopic Solutions. “We believe this product will provide a great solution to patients who suffer from osteoarthritis, but who are not ready for a total knee replacement.”

Knee arthritis afflicts millions of people and each year approximately 660,000 knee joint replacements are implanted in the US alone. Annual growth rates over the last decade average greater than 10% and the market is expected to exceed a million surgeries by 2010. The number of knee replacement candidates who decline surgery (i.e. patients in these treatment gaps who are foregoing surgical treatment) is undocumented, but projected to be quite large, given that over 21 million people in the US suffer from osteoarthritis.

VOT Arthroscopic Solutions is an orthopedic medical device company located in Warsaw, IN and is focused on the design and development of innovative knee arthroscopic and arthroplasty surgical devices.

For more information about the company please contact Tom Carter, Vice President of Sales & Marketing at 438 E. 200 N, Warsaw, IN 46582, phone at 574-269-4103, ext 224. Or review website at www.votechnology.com.

VOT announces the addition of three new members to its Board of Directors: Bix Benson, Ruffolo Benson LLC and Main Street Venture Fund; Brian Emerick, President & CEO Micropulse Inc.; Rod Mayer, CEO DVO Extremity Solutions, a division of Tornier. “VOT is extremely excited about the new additions to the board,” said Hans Stover, President & CEO of VOT. “The new members bring a wealth of orthopedic experience and business knowledge to assist in the future success of the company.”

All directors bring a wealth of knowledge and experience to the company. Mr. Benson through years of financial and start-up company experience, Mr. Emerick provides a strong understanding of the orthopedic manufacturing and Mr. Mayer brings many years of orthopedic sales and marketing, and most recently as CEO of a successful start-up, DVO Extremity Solutions, who was acquired by Tornier in 2007. “It’s comforting to know that you have a strong team of board members with a multitude of successful experiences and industry knowledge to assist in guiding the company,” said Stover.

VOT Arthroscopic Solutions is an orthopedic medical device company located in Warsaw, IN and is focused on the design and development of innovative knee arthroscopic and arthroplasty surgical devices used in bone, muscle and joint surgery. For more information about the company please contact Tom Carter, Vice President of Sales & Marketing at 438 E. 200 N, Warsaw, IN 46582, phone at 574-269-4103, ext. 224. Or review website at www.votechnology.com.

WARSAW, Ind.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The VOT Board of Directors announced the appointment of Hans Stover, 47, as President and Chief Executive Officer, who will replace Dr. Ron Clark to oversee the daily operations of the company. Dr. Ron Clark, Founder, will remain as Chairman of the Board.

Mr. Stover has worked in the medical device industry his entire career for innovative and successful companies like Honeywell, Nellcor, Puritan Bennett and Mallinckrodt in roles of increasing capacity. He served as President for Welch Allyn Protocol where he grew the company significantly through product development and acquisitions. Most recently he was Chief Executive Officer for Access Point Medical, a start-up company in the Home Medical Device industry with manufacturing facilities in China and a direct sales and marketing organization in the U.S.

“I am excited about joining this new innovative orthopedic company and moving the company to the orthopedic capital of the world, Warsaw, Indiana,” said Hans Stover. “I look forward to working with the Dr. Ron Clark and the executive team in bringing new technologies to the industry to benefit orthopedic surgeons while improving overall care to their patients.”

To support the newly appointed CEO, Tom Carter, Vice President of Sales & Marketing, will oversee marketing and distribution of newly developed VOT products. “Tom brings a sold marketing background in orthopedics and other medical devices with over 10 years medical device marketing as well as previous start-up company marketing experience to VOT,” said Stover. David Blakemore, Vice President of Engineering, will oversee the development, research and design functions. “David brings over 10 years of orthopedic research and development experience and has been instrumental in working with Dr. Ron Clark on new innovative technologies that will be a larger part of the design platform for future VOT products,” said Stover.