Hunter Medical, LLC, is a Tennessee based, medical device company, founded in 2013 by Lee Hunter M.D., M.B.A., a board-certified orthopaedic surgeon who specializes in surgery of the upper extremity, particularly the elbow, wrist and hand. Driven by the ever-increasing need to streamline operating room processes that yield more efficient, predictable and cost-effective surgery, the mission of Hunt
er Medical, Inc. is to improve the lives of patients and their surgeons by introducing to the global marketplace novel products and solutions for unanswered problems in Orthopaedic Surgery. Hunter Medical, LLC is home to The ElbowLOC® Arm Positioning System, a surgical assist device that improves operating room time by an average of 20 minutes per elbow procedure. After more than 500 surgical procedures in academic and private practice settings, the innovative ElbowLOC® has repeatedly demonstrated that shortened procedural and anesthetic times yield improvements in clinical outcomes and physician satisfaction – while, at the same time, significantly decreasing the overall costs. Specifically, using this new device:
• Lessens the need for additional operating room staff
• Eliminates the need for cumbersome intraoperative traction devices
• Allows for quicker arm positioning/preparation
• Simplifies patent positioning while enhancing humeral stability
• Offers the surgeon unlimited access to and control of the elbow joint
• Is easy to use, clean and maintain
For more information regarding the ElbowLOC®, please visit our website at www.huntermed.net.