Business Wire06.05.17
RTI Surgical (RTI), a global surgical implant company, is part of a new public-private Manufacturing USA initiative, the Advanced Regenerative Manufacturing Institute (ARMI). Headquartered in Manchester, N.H., ARMI is the twelfth Manufacturing USA institute. It brings together a consortium of nearly 100 partner organizations from industry, government, academia and the non-profit sector to develop next-generation manufacturing processes and technologies for cells, tissues, and organs.
Approximately $80 million from the federal government will be combined with more than $200 million in cost share to support the development of tissue and organ manufacturing capabilities. As part of continuing efforts to help revitalize American manufacturing and incentivize companies to invest in new technology development in the United States, ARMI will lead the Advanced Tissue Biofabrication (ATB) Manufacturing USA Institute on behalf of the Department of Defense.
Under the umbrella of Manufacturing USA, a public-private network that invests in the development of world-leading advanced manufacturing technologies, ARMI will work to integrate and organize the fragmented collection of industry practices and domestic capabilities in tissue biofabrication technology in order to better position the US relative to global competition. ARMI will also focus on accelerating regenerative tissue research and creating state-of-the-art manufacturing innovations in biomaterial and cell processing for critical Department of Defense and civilian needs.
“We need to develop twenty-first century tools for engineered tissue manufacturing that will allow these innovations to be widely available—similar to how a fifteenth century tool (the printing press) allowed knowledge to spread widely during the Renaissance,” said inventor Dean Kamen, ARMI’s chairman.
ARMI’s efforts are supported by forty-seven industrial partners, twenty-six academic and academically affiliated partners, and fourteen government and nonprofit partners. The ARMI partnership continues to grow.
“RTI Surgical is pleased to participate in the ARMI consortium,” said Todd Goede, global vice president of research and development. “We look forward to providing the regenerative manufacturing resources and knowledge that we use every day to help patients—undoubtedly, the lives of many will benefit from the innovations this initiative will create.”
Approximately $80 million from the federal government will be combined with more than $200 million in cost share to support the development of tissue and organ manufacturing capabilities. As part of continuing efforts to help revitalize American manufacturing and incentivize companies to invest in new technology development in the United States, ARMI will lead the Advanced Tissue Biofabrication (ATB) Manufacturing USA Institute on behalf of the Department of Defense.
Under the umbrella of Manufacturing USA, a public-private network that invests in the development of world-leading advanced manufacturing technologies, ARMI will work to integrate and organize the fragmented collection of industry practices and domestic capabilities in tissue biofabrication technology in order to better position the US relative to global competition. ARMI will also focus on accelerating regenerative tissue research and creating state-of-the-art manufacturing innovations in biomaterial and cell processing for critical Department of Defense and civilian needs.
“We need to develop twenty-first century tools for engineered tissue manufacturing that will allow these innovations to be widely available—similar to how a fifteenth century tool (the printing press) allowed knowledge to spread widely during the Renaissance,” said inventor Dean Kamen, ARMI’s chairman.
ARMI’s efforts are supported by forty-seven industrial partners, twenty-six academic and academically affiliated partners, and fourteen government and nonprofit partners. The ARMI partnership continues to grow.
“RTI Surgical is pleased to participate in the ARMI consortium,” said Todd Goede, global vice president of research and development. “We look forward to providing the regenerative manufacturing resources and knowledge that we use every day to help patients—undoubtedly, the lives of many will benefit from the innovations this initiative will create.”