WARSAW — WishBone Medical, Inc. and Red Star Contract Manufacturing have teamed up to provide sterile packaging and plastic injection molded single-use instrument capabilities for their pediatric orthopedic market.

WishBone Medical is committed to providing anatomically appropriate innovative implants and instruments in sterile packed, single-use, disposable kits for their surgeons, hospitals, and customers worldwide. Red Star Contract Manufacturing is a leader in injection molded disposable instruments for the medical device industry as well as having a fully functional sterile packaging clean room and fulfillment center.

“We believe that single-use, disposable kits are the future for orthopedics,” said Nick Deeter, chairman of the board and CEO at WishBone Medical. “Red Star can grow as WishBone Medical grows to provide these single-use pediatric orthopedic products for kids. With this vertical integration of Red Star, we can ensure we have access to this very important part of our supply chain.”

“We are excited Red Star is part of the WishBone Medical team providing these sterile packed products to help kids with orthopedic issues worldwide,” said Scott Werstler, president of Red Star Contract Manufacturing. “Because of our work with WishBone Medical in completing all the sterilization validation and tooling for the most common instruments, Red Star will be able to provide other OEM’s a turn-key solution to sterile packed implants and instrumentation. We know the future of orthopedics is sterile packed single-use products, like the rest of the healthcare industry, and we are well-equipped and have the capacity to support it.”