Sawbones® and Numalogics Achieve First-Ever FDA Qualification of an Orthopedic Device Mechanical Test Under MDDT Program"
SEATTLE, WA and MONTREAL, QC – May 20, 2025 — In a groundbreaking advancement for the orthopedic device industry, Sawbones and Numalogics, Inc. are proud to announce that their jointly developed Finite Element Analysis (FEA) model for orthopedic screw pullout testing has received formal qualification from the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) through its Medical Device Development Tools (MDDT) program¹. This achievement marks the first-ever FDA qualification of a mechanical test for an orthopedic device, setting a new precedent for virtual testing in regulatory science.
Sawbones® and Numalogics Announce Launch of ENDPOINT™ – an Innovative Platform to Test Orthopedic Implants Using Automated Simulation Applications"
Seattle, Washington – Montreal, Canada, January 29, 2024, Pacific Research Laboratories, Inc., the parent company of Sawbones® and Numalogics Inc., are pleased to announce the launch of a web application that allows orthopedic implant manufacturers to test devices on industry standard Sawbones® bone surrogate (polyurethane foam), completely in a virtual environment. With the new web application, named “ENDPOINT™”, engineers can now easily test orthopedic screw designs using the latest computational modeling and simulation techniques and obtain results within days. With this new testing method, device prototyping can be reduced, or even eliminated, saving company time and money.
Sawbones® and Numalogics Announce Orthopedic Computational Model Validation & Commercial Partnership"
Seattle, Washington – Montreal, Canada, May 17, 2023, Pacific Research Laboratories, Inc., the parent company to Sawbones® and Numalogics Inc., announce today that the results of a thorough validation study of a virtual standardized biomechanical test will be presented at the ASME VVUQ conference this week in Baltimore, and also announce a formal partnership to make these tests widely available to industry.
MONTREAL’S KOLLIDE CONSORTIUM DECLARED ONE OF THE AWARDEES OF THE NFL HELMET CHALLENGE!"
The technology of Kollide’s football helmet has the potential to revolutionize
all head safety equipment
Montreal, Quebec (October 25, 2021) – The football helmet prototype developed by Kollide, a
consortium composed of four Montreal-based companies, in collaboration with the École de technologie
supérieure (ÉTS), has been selected as one of three final grant recipients from the NFL Helmet Challenge
launched by the National Football League (NFL) in 2019.
Sawbones® and Numalogics Launch New Strategic Partnership"
Seattle, Washington – Montreal, Canada, September 21, 2021, Pacific Research Laboratories, Inc., the parent
company to Sawbones® and Numalogics Inc., a subsidiary of Spinologics Inc., have partnered to develop
computational modeling and simulation software applications for the orthopaedic medical device industry.