Green OR

What Green OR does

Green OR is a privately held, early-stage company headquartered in Lakeville, Minnesota, that reprocesses single-use orthopedic medical devices for hospitals and ambulatory surgery centers. The company's stated value proposition is to reduce medical waste and supply costs for healthcare providers by reclaiming, sterilizing, and reintroducing single-use orthopedic surgical instruments rather than disposing of them after a single procedure.

Operating with a small team of 1–10 employees, Green OR is led by three co-founders: John Zehren and Doug Kohrs, who serve as co-founders and board members, and Tommy Vollmar, Co-Founder and VP/GM of Commercialization, who is responsible for commercial rollout. The technical foundation is reprocessing-specific — device tracking, validated cleaning/sterilization workflows, and regulatory compliance for handling labeled single-use devices — though specific protocols, facilities, or approvals are not disclosed in the available data.

The revenue model is not disclosed in the source material. No pricing structure, contract mechanics, customer segments beyond "hospitals and surgery centers," or named customers, partnerships, or distribution channels are visible. The company's website (thegreenor.com) returned only a verification/CAPTCHA page during data collection, which limits operational detail. No funding rounds, investors, subsidiaries, or geographic footprint are reported.

Name

Green OR

Website

https://thegreenor.com

Company type

Private

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Green OR is a privately held, early-stage company that reprocesses single-use orthopedic medical devices for hospitals and surgery centers, with the stated aim of reducing medical waste and supply costs.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Medical Device Reprocessing

NAICS

Medical Equipment and Supplies Manufacturing (3391), Surgical and Medical Instrument Manufacturing (339112)

SIC

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

akta.pro primary industry

Single-Use Medical Disposables & Procedure Kits (Drapes, Tubing, Catheters, Syringes, Custom Packs) (HLAHANAG)

akta.pro secondary industry

Recycling Equipment & Turnkey Reprocessing Systems (Extruders, Wash Lines) (IMANAMAI)

Keywords

• Orthopedic device reprocessing
• Medical device reprocessing
• Surgical supply cost reduction
• Single-use device reuse
• Operating room waste reduction

Headquarters

HQ city

Lakeville

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Core offering

Green OR reprocesses single-use orthopedic devices for hospitals and surgery centers. The company collects eligible used devices, restores them to a reusable condition, and returns them to healthcare facilities, enabling customers to reduce waste and per-procedure supply costs. The offering is delivered as a service to healthcare provider organizations rather than a software or hardware product.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Single-use orthopedic device reprocessing service A service for hospitals and ambulatory surgery centers that reprocesses eligible single-use orthopedic devices so they can be reused, reducing per-procedure supply costs and surgical waste for the customer facility.

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves1 record

Broad incumbents

• Stryker Sustainability Solutions: Stryker's sustainability/reprocessing division is the largest US operator reprocessing single-use medical devices (orthopedic, OR, and EP) for hospitals. Green OR targets the same buyers with similar third-party reprocessing economics, but at a much earlier stage.
• Medline ReNewal: Medline's medical device reprocessing program provides single-use device reprocessing and recycling services to hospitals and surgery centers. It is a direct competitor for hospital reprocessing contracts in Green OR's orthopedic niche.

Direct peers

• Hygia Health Services: A specialist medical device reprocessor focused on single-use devices for hospital and ambulatory surgery center customers. Closely comparable to Green OR in service offering and customer base.
• ReNu Medical: ReNu Medical reprocesses single-use, non-invasive medical devices for hospitals and surgery centers, often for orthopedic and surgical applications. Direct niche competitor to Green OR.

Emerging players

• Innovative Health: Reprocesses single-use electrophysiology (cardiac) devices. Different clinical specialty than orthopedics but uses the same FDA single-use reprocessing regulatory pathway and B2B hospital sales motion.
• Sustainable Healthcare (HMC Iberica / SHC): Reprocesses and remanufactures single-use medical devices for hospitals in Europe and other regions. Provides a useful benchmark on the international reprocessing model Green OR would face if expanding overseas.

Regional players

• Crothall Healthcare (Compass Group reprocessing services): Hospital services arm offering reprocessing and sterilization support to US health systems. Adjacent competitor for hospital supply-chain and reprocessing spend.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/greenor

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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