Linares Medical Devices (LMD), a technology company based in Auburn Hills, Michigan has added a well-known and respected orthopedic spine surgeon, Richard W. Easton, M.D. to their Research and Development team, joining Perry W. Greene, M.D.

Dr. Easton is Board Certified by the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons. He has served as Chief of the Section of Spine Surgery at the Henry Ford Hospital Center for Athletic Medicine, and is currently Director of the Division of Spine Surgery at William Beaumont Hospital, Troy, Michigan. Dr. Easton was named to the Detroit Hour Magazine list of "Top Docs" for 2008.

Dr. Easton stated, "These innovative plastic materials and designs from Linares will have a major impact on orthopedic surgery as we know it."

Linares Medical Devices' approach of using more durable lightweight, radiolucent and infection resistant materials combined with superior designs will allow the spinal decompression and stabilization devices and the artificial disc systems that are produced to provide significant improvement over conventional spine surgery devices. This will spare hundreds of thousands of patients the risk and pain of revision spine surgery, which is relatively common today.

Linares Medical Devices based in Auburn Hills, Michigan has a long history of success in designing and manufacturing innovative solutions using plastics.

LMD's utilization of light weight and durable plastics has been very successful and will be an ideal improvement for artificial human joint applications.

LMD has over 40 patents on a range of orthopedic hardware, including prosthetic knee, hip and shoulder joints, fracture fixation devices, hardware for spine surgery, process patents on new materials, as well as patents on medical devices.

For more information about Linares Medical Devices, go to www.linaresmedicaldevices.com.

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