What Ortho Development Corporation does

Ortho Development Corporation (commercial brand: ODEV) is a privately held orthopedic medical device manufacturer founded in 1994 and headquartered in Draper, Utah. The company designs, manufactures, and sells implants and surgical instruments for total hip arthroplasty and total knee arthroplasty, organized around the Balanced Knee System (BKS) platform spanning partial, primary, difficult primary, and revision knee solutions, the patented KASM articulating spacer molds for infected joint revisions, and a hip portfolio that includes the Trivicta triple-taper stem, Entrada, Ovation (with Tribute variant), Alpine hip stems, and the Legend and Escalade acetabular shells. Underlying technology emphasizes evolutionary refinements to clinically proven designs, with proprietary hydroxyapatite coatings over sintered titanium beads, E-Vitalize vitamin E-infused cross-linked polyethylene, 3D-printed porous titanium structures for revision cones and acetabular components, and enabling-technology integrations with Naviswiss (handheld navigation), Materialise (patient-specific instrumentation), and THINK Surgical (robotic-assisted TKA).

The company sells primarily through enterprise field sales and a global network of more than 60 independent distributors, with majority shareholder Japan Medical Dynamic Marketing (JMDM, TSE: 7600) serving as the exclusive distribution partner in Japan. Products are sold under quote-based, multi-year procurement contracts to hospitals, orthopedic centers, and ambulatory surgical centers; licensing/royalty revenue is generated through enabling technology partnerships such as Naviswiss and Materialise. Surgeon adoption is driven by a substantial education infrastructure including the ODEV Hip and Knee Arthroplasty Course, the biennial Utah Hip and Knee Arthroplasty Symposium (UHKAS), Center of Excellence Program, and active AAOS participation, supplemented by a biannual medical mission program in Honduras with One World Surgery that has completed 301 joint replacements since 2017.

As of 2025, Ortho Development reported 230+ employees (up from approximately 25 in 1999) and surpassed $100 million in annual revenue, distributing across the United States (primary), Japan, China, and Australia. The company recently completed a leadership transition with Hiroyuki Minamiya appointed CEO from Japan MDM and longtime CFO Greg Larson promoted to President, alongside senior commercial hires from Stryker, Zimmer Biomet, DePuy, NuVasive, and Conformis to support scaling of the Trivicta Hip System following its full U.S. commercial launch in May 2026.

Name

Ortho Development Corporation

Legal name

Ortho Development Corporation

Website

https://odev.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1994

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Ortho Development Corporation (ODEV) designs, manufactures, and sells hip and knee replacement implants and surgical instruments, including the Balanced Knee System platform and Trivicta Hip System, serving orthopedic surgeons, hospitals, and ambulatory surgical centers worldwide.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Orthopedic Implants

NAICS

Surgical Appliance and Supplies Manufacturing (339113), Surgical and Medical Instrument Manufacturing (339112)

SIC

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

akta.pro primary industry

Hip & Knee Reconstruction (Arthroplasty) (HLAKALAH)

akta.pro secondary industries

Orthopedic Joint Reconstruction Implants (Hip/Knee/Shoulder/Elbow/Ankle) (HLAHAEAA), Orthopedic Surgery (Operative Orthopedics) (HLAKALAC)

Keywords

• Orthopedic implants
• Hip replacement systems
• Knee replacement systems
• Surgical instrumentation
• Joint arthroplasty devices

Headquarters

HQ city

Draper

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Hip and Knee Implant Sales: Manufacture and sale of orthopedic implants including femoral stems, acetabular components, tibial trays, inserts, and revision components for total hip and knee replacement procedures.
2. Surgical Instrumentation: Production and distribution of specialized surgical instruments and modular instrumentation systems designed to support implant placement and surgical efficiency.
3. Enabling Technology Solutions: Distribution partnership with Naviswiss for navigation systems and licensing of BKS Total PSI technology powered by Materialise, providing enhanced surgical planning and execution tools.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

Ortho Development Corporation designs, manufactures, and distributes orthopedic implant systems and surgical instrumentation for total hip and knee replacement procedures. The product portfolio spans the full continuum of care, from partial knee replacement (BKS Uni) to primary total knee (BKS, BKS TriMax), difficult primary cases, revision knee surgery, infection spacer solutions (KASM), and a complete hip arthroplasty line including Trivicta, Entrada, Ovation, and Alpine hip stems with Legend and Escalade acetabular shells and Pivot Bipolar/Solitude Unipolar partial hip systems.

Product overview

Ortho Development Corporation (ODEV) offers a comprehensive portfolio of orthopedic implants and instruments for total hip and knee replacement. The knee portfolio centers on the Balanced Knee System (BKS) platform with partial (BKS Uni), primary (BKS, BKS TriMax), difficult primary (BKS Difficult Primary), and revision (BKS Revision) solutions, plus the KASM infection spacer system and BKS Total PSI enabling technology. The hip portfolio includes the Trivicta triple-taper stem, Entrada, Ovation (with Tribute variant), and Alpine hip stems, along with Legend and Escalade acetabular shells and Pivot/Solitude partial hip systems. Products feature evolutionary refinements to clinically proven designs with advanced materials including hydroxyapatite coatings, vitamin E polyethylene, and 3D-printed porous structures.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• ODEV: Commercial brand name/trade name for Ortho Development Corporation, used for products and company communications.

Products and services

• Trivicta Hip System Cementless triple-taper femoral component for primary total hip arthroplasty featuring full 35µm hydroxyapatite coating over sintered titanium beads, standard and extended offset options, progressive neck lengths, and hybrid broach system for bone preservation. Targeted at orthopedic surgeons performing primary hip replacement.
• Entrada Hip System Hip stem offered in collared and collarless options with hydroxyapatite coating and compaction broaching. Features variable progressive neck lengths, consistent proximal body growth, and shorter distal stem lengths in 14 standard and 13 extended sizes, for orthopedic surgeons performing total hip arthroplasty.
• Ovation Hip System M/L taper hip stem providing three points of fixation and rotational stability, available in standard and extended offsets with lengths from 98mm to 142mm. The Ovation Tribute variant is reduced in length by 25% to address proximal/distal mismatch, for surgeons performing primary total hip arthroplasty.
• Alpine Hip System Hip system with cemented and press-fit stem options featuring common instrumentation. Includes optimized neck geometry for range of motion, progressive neck lengths with 5-8mm direct lateralization, and ream and broach technique in 12 sizes, for primary and revision hip arthroplasty.
• Legend Acetabular Shell Acetabular component with true hemispherical design and 3D porous titanium coating featuring 200-300µm pore size for long-term fixation. Available in No-Hole, 3-Hole and Multi-Hole options with 30° screw angulation, for total hip arthroplasty.
• Pivot Bipolar Hemi-arthroplasty bipolar system with simple one-step assembly interface between femoral head and compression-molded liner. Available in sizes 38mm-60mm with cobalt chrome femoral heads in 22mm and 28mm diameters, for partial hip arthroplasty.
• Solitude Unipolar Hemi-arthroplasty unipolar system designed for surgical efficiency with versatile and reliable design. Available in sizes 38mm-60mm with trunnion adapters in -3, +0, +3, +6 and +9 offset options, for partial hip arthroplasty.
• BKS Total Knee System Flagship total knee arthroplasty system with over 20 years of clinical success and nearly 100,000 TKA procedures performed worldwide. Features balanced articulating motion, full range of compatible options, and easy transition to Difficult Primary and Revision Systems, for orthopedic surgeons performing primary TKA.
• BKS TriMax Advanced total knee system building on the 20-year clinical heritage of BKS. Features improved trochlear geometry, enhanced posterior femoral radius for greater range of motion, decreased PS box resection for bone conservation, and E-Vitalize Polyethylene, for primary total knee arthroplasty.
• BKS Revision Knee System Comprehensive revision knee system offering maximum intraoperative flexibility with sleeves and cones in one system. Features femoral and tibial stems, augmentation options, and 3D printed porous cones for addressing bone loss, for revision knee arthroplasty.
• BKS Uni Partial Knee System Medial fixed-bearing partial knee replacement system designed to preserve bone and simplify surgical technique. Features 8 femoral component sizes, 7 tibial tray sizes, and tibial inserts in 1mm increments from 6-11mm with E-Vitalize cross-linked vitamin E polyethylene, for ASC and outpatient partial knee arthroplasty.
• BKS Difficult Primary Designed for complex cases requiring additional stability and constraint options. Two-tray system works with existing BKS or BKS TriMax instrumentation, featuring cross-compatibility, stemmable tibial baseplate, and femoral/tibial stems in various sizes, for difficult primary knee arthroplasty.
• KASM Knee Articulating Spacer Molds Patented knee articulating spacer molds for two-stage revision knee surgery for infected total joints. Flexible and transparent molds filled with antibiotic-laden bone cement preserve range of motion and soft tissue tension, for orthopedic surgeons treating periprosthetic joint infection.
• BKS Total PSI Patient-specific instrumentation system powered by Materialise for total knee arthroplasty. Uses MRI-based preoperative planning and 3D-printed guides for precise implant positioning, compatible with BKS and BKS TriMax systems, for surgeons seeking enabling-technology precision.

Quantifiable outcome

• Nearly 100,000 TKA procedures performed worldwide using Balanced Knee System with 20+ years of clinical success
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers10 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

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AI maturity

App detail

Integration4 records

Feature8 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered minor, core and strategic.

• Summit Med SolutionsminorOthers · 18 December 2025Logistics coordination partner for Operation Walk hip replacement mission procedures.
• D2 CreativeminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting Partner · 22 April 2025Digital agency partnership for website redesign project. D2 Creative helped create a modern, sleek website with enhanced navigation, improved SEO, user-friendly CMS, and immersive 3D product experience.
• NaviswisscoreTechnology or Integration · 4 April 2023Distribution partnership with Swiss-based navigation technology company. Combines Ortho Development's clinical success in hip and knee arthroplasty with Naviswiss' miniaturized hand-held navigation solutions. Naviswiss Hip provides landmark and CT-based navigation; Naviswiss Knee provides axial alignment, resection depth and range of motion analysis.
• Materialise NVcoreTechnology or Integration · 11 November 2022Collaboration for BKS Total PSI (Patient-Specific Instrumentation) enabling technology. Materialise provides additive manufacturing software and 3D printing solutions for patient-specific preoperative planning and 3D-printed surgical guides.
• THINK SurgicalcoreTechnology or Integration · 12 May 2021FDA-cleared partnership for use of ODEV's BKS and BKS TriMax implants with THINK Surgical's TSolution One Total Knee Application active robot system. ODEV implants added to THINK's open implant library, combining ODEV's clinically-proven implants with robotic surgical technology.
• One World SurgerystrategicStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2017Partnership for biannual medical mission program to Honduras providing life-changing joint replacement surgeries at no cost to patients. ODEV sponsors missions and provides implants while One World Surgery organizes volunteer clinical teams and manages Holy Family Surgery Center logistics.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• ConforMIS: Smaller orthopedic company specializing in patient-specific knee implants using 3D-printed technology. Overlaps with ODEV's BKS Total PSI / Materialise patient-specific instrumentation play and competes in the customized-knee niche.
• Waldemar Link: German family-owned orthopedic implant manufacturer specializing in hip and knee replacement with a long clinical heritage comparable to ODEV's Balanced Knee System. Similar privately held mid-market positioning.
• Exactech: US-based mid-market orthopedic implant manufacturer focused on hip, knee, and extremities — closest direct peer by size, product scope, and GTM motion (independent distributor network, hospital channel). Highly comparable business model to ODEV.
• Corin Group: Privately held UK-based orthopedic implant company focused on hip and knee replacement with strong direct-to-hospital sales model. Comparable as a privately held, mid-sized, hip/knee-focused implant specialist with global distribution.

Broad incumbents

• Zimmer Biomet: Top-tier orthopedic implant manufacturer with comprehensive hip and knee reconstruction portfolio including Persona knee and G7 hip systems. Direct competitor across ODEV's entire product range and prior employer of ODEV's VP Marketing.
• DJO / Enovis: Medical device company with broad orthopedics portfolio including hip and knee reconstruction assets (formerly DJO Surgical). Comparable as a publicly traded mid-cap orthopedics platform competing in similar hospital channels as ODEV.
• Smith+Nephew: Global medical device company with established hip (Polarstem, Anthology) and knee (Journey, Legion) franchises. Comparable as a diversified orthopedics incumbent competing for the same hospital accounts and IDN contracts as ODEV.
• Stryker: Global orthopedics and medical device leader with Mako robotic hip and knee systems that compete head-to-head with ODEV's hip/knee portfolio. Directly relevant as the dominant incumbent in primary and revision arthroplasty and as the prior employer of several ODEV senior hires.
• Johnson & Johnson (DePuy Synthes): Operates DePuy Synthes orthopedics franchise with Attune knee and Pinnacle/Actis hip systems. Largest medical device conglomerate; competes with ODEV across primary hip and knee, particularly via Velys robotic platform.

Others

• THINK Surgical: Robotic surgery company whose TSolution One active robot integrates with ODEV's BKS implants. Not a direct competitor but a strategically linked enabling-technology partner; included as a comparable for the robotic-surgery adjacency relevant to ODEV's navigation strategy.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles11 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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