Arthrosurface

What Arthrosurface does

Arthrosurface is a privately held orthopedic medical device company founded in 2002 and headquartered in West Bridgewater, Massachusetts, with a stated 101–250 employee footprint. The company develops and commercializes motion-preserving joint restoration implants spanning the shoulder, wrist, thumb, knee, foot, and ankle. Its core technology is the HemiCAP (Contoured Articular Prosthesis) platform, which uses 3D joint mapping to match more than 150 patient-specific implant curvatures to damaged articular surfaces, paired via Morse taper lock fixation that enables inlay placement preserving native bone and soft tissue. The portfolio extends the same motion-preserving design philosophy across systems including OVO and OVOMotion shoulder arthroplasty, RevoMotion reverse shoulder, WristMotion hemiarthroplasty and total wrist arthroplasty, PF Wave and UniCAP knee resurfacing, WaveKahuna patellofemoral knee, SpeedSpiral thumb CMC, and ToeMotion total toe replacement, supported by allograft and fixation adjuncts such as CheckMATE, ToeMATE, BOSS, and SpiralUP TCL.

The business operates a hybrid go-to-market: a US direct field sales force organized across Central, East, and West territories selling implants and instrumentation directly to hospitals and ambulatory surgery centers, complemented by an international distributor network covering more than 25 countries. Revenue is generated through hardware sales of sterile-packaged implants and reusable/loned surgical instruments, with surgeon adoption supported by cadaveric training, peer-reviewed clinical evidence (200+ publications and book chapters), and an installed base reported at 5,000+ surgeons globally and 2,000+ US facilities, including 34 of the top 50 orthopedic hospitals ranked by US News & World Report. Since founding, Arthrosurface reports over 100,000 patients treated.

The company was originally spun out of Primo Medical Group's machine shop, accumulated approximately $18.5M across six disclosed funding rounds between 2002 and 2008 led by Boston Millennia Partners, was subsequently owned by Anika Therapeutics, and was reacquired in October 2024 by Primo Medical Group's executive team, returning it to private operating ownership.

Name

Arthrosurface

Legal name

Arthrosurface, Inc.

Website

https://arthrosurface.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2002

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Arthrosurface is a privately held orthopedic medical device company that develops motion-preserving joint resurfacing implants (shoulder, wrist, thumb, knee, foot, ankle) for orthopedic surgeons, hospitals, and ambulatory surgery centers across the US and 25+ international markets.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Orthopedic Joint Resurfacing Implants

NAICS

Surgical Appliance and Supplies Manufacturing (339113)

SIC

Orthopedic, Prosthetic & Surgical Appliances & Supplies (3842), Surgical & Medical Instruments & Apparatus (3841)

akta.pro primary industry

Orthopedic Joint Reconstruction Implants (Hip/Knee/Shoulder/Elbow/Ankle) (HLAHAEAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Orthopedic Trauma & Extremities Fixation (Plates/Screws/Nails/External Fixation) (HLAHAEAB), 3D-Printed & Patient-Specific Implants (Custom Ortho/Spine/Cranial) (HLAHAEAJ)

Keywords

• Orthopedic joint resurfacing
• Minimally invasive implants
• Joint preservation devices
• Extremity surgical implants
• Hemiarthroplasty systems

Headquarters

HQ city

Franklin

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Technology or R&D, Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Medical Device Sales - Implants and Instruments: Arthrosurface generates revenue through the sale of orthopedic implants and surgical instruments to healthcare providers, hospitals, and ambulatory surgery centers. Products include joint resurfacing implants for knee, shoulder, wrist, foot/ankle, and toe applications, along with associated surgical instrumentation sets.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Arthrosurface designs, manufactures, and markets proprietary joint resurfacing implants (notably the HemiCAP system) used by orthopedic surgeons to treat focal cartilage and joint surface defects in the knee, shoulder, hip, ankle, wrist, and toe. The company focuses on joint-preserving alternatives to total joint replacement, enabling less invasive surgical procedures that conserve native bone and allow for future treatment options.

Product overview

Arthrosurface is a joint preservation technology company offering a comprehensive portfolio of motion-preserving implant systems across multiple anatomical regions. The product portfolio centers on the proprietary HemiCAP® platform technology—a cap and screw system with Morse taper lock fixation that resurfaces only the damaged area of a joint, similar to a dental filling. The offering spans shoulder systems (Shoulder HemiCAP®, OVO®, OVOMotion® with Inlay Glenoid, RevoMotion® Reverse Shoulder), upper extremity systems (WristMotion® Hemiarthroplasty and Total Wrist Arthroplasty, SpeedSpiral® Thumb CMC), knee systems (PF Wave®, WaveKahuna™, UniCAP®), and foot/ankle systems (HemiCAP® Toe, ToeMotion® Total Toe, CheckMATE® Fusion Plate, ToeMATE®, BOSS, SpiralUP TCL). Supporting products include the Glenojet® Allograft System for glenoid reconstruction. The portfolio comprises over 150 different surface implant curvatures designed to treat upper and lower extremity orthopedic conditions.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• WristMotion: WristMotion Hemiarthroplasty Implant System and Total Wrist Arthroplasty System for wrist joint replacement
• HemiCAP
• OVO/OVOMotion
• RevoMotion
• ToeMotion
• SpeedSpiral
• ToeMATE
• CheckMATE
• Glenojet

Products and services

• HemiCAP Knee Resurfacing System
• HemiCAP Shoulder Resurfacing System
• HemiCAP Toe Resurfacing System (ToeMotion)
• HemiCAP Ankle Resurfacing System
• HemiCAP Wrist Resurfacing System
• HemiCAP Hip Resurfacing System

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 100,000 patients treated since company founding in 2002
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature6 records

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Arthrex: Privately held leader in sports medicine and orthopedic soft-tissue repair, with growing extremities and joint preservation offerings. Competes with Arthrosurface in shoulder, foot/ankle, and minimally invasive joint procedures via a similarly surgeon-focused sales model.
• Smith+Nephew: Global medical device company with established orthopedic reconstruction and sports medicine businesses. Competes with Arthrosurface in shoulder and knee, and has invested in resurfacing and stemless implant technologies.
• Exactech: Orthopedic implant company specializing in shoulder, knee, and hip replacement. Directly competitive with Arthrosurface in stemless and anatomic shoulder arthroplasty and was acquired by TPG to accelerate growth in joint preservation.
• DePuy Synthes (Johnson & Johnson MedTech): J&J's orthopedic and neurosurgery arm offering total joint replacement and extremities solutions. Competes with Arthrosurface in shoulder arthroplasty and foot/ankle, with substantially larger IDN-level contracting leverage.
• Stryker: One of the largest global orthopedic device companies with broad joint replacement, sports medicine, and extremities portfolios. Competes with Arthrosurface across shoulder, knee, and foot/ankle, and has aggressively expanded into stemless and inlay shoulder resurfacing through acquisitions.
• Enovis (DJO Surgical): Medical technology company with a surgical orthopedic implant business that competes in shoulder, hip, and extremities. Overlapping customer base with Arthrosurface among orthopedic surgeons and ASCs.
• Zimmer Biomet: Global orthopedic leader with comprehensive joint reconstruction, sports medicine, and extremities franchises. Directly competes with Arthrosurface in shoulder, knee, and wrist, with established sales coverage in the same 2,000+ US facilities Arthrosurface serves.

Emerging players

• ConforMIS: Patient-specific knee replacement technology company that, like Arthrosurface, emphasizes customized implants and motion preservation. Comparable in approach to patient-matched design rather than off-the-shelf total knee arthroplasty.
• BioPoly: Smaller orthopedic resurfacing competitor with partial joint restoration implants. Comparable niche positioning to Arthrosurface as a focused resurfacing innovator rather than full-line joint replacement vendor.

Direct peers

• Anika Therapeutics: Previous owner of Arthrosurface until the October 2024 divestiture. Operates in adjacent orthopedic viscosupplementation and regenerative cartilage repair markets; Arthrosurface's product line was historically integrated into Anika's joint preservation franchise.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/anikathera
• Facebookfacebook.com/AnikaThera
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/arthrosurface

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds6 records

Investors1 record

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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