Heraeus Home Corporate Information Product Navigator Careers Press Language Heraeus Medical professionals Deutsch English Français Español 中文 Service for patients Deutsch English Nederlands Medical professionals PALACADEMY® Service for patients Welcome to Heraeus Medical Heraeus Medical is one of the leading companies in the field of bone cement and biomaterials for elective orthopaedic and trauma surgery. As a result, the company makes an essential contribution by improving the surgical outcome in bone and joint surgery leading to an improvement in the patients health-related quality of life. Furthermore, this may lead to a reduction in healthcare costs. Heraeus Medical mainly focuses on biomaterials for orthopaedic surgery. The key product PALACOS®, is regarded as the Gold Standard amongst bone cements, with a history of clinical efficacy spanning five decades. Did you know? Bone cement attaches a prosthesis to a prepared bone bed. Both the quality of cementing technique and that of the bone cement are crucial for the service life of the prosthesis. The first cold-curing bone cement was patented in Germany by the Heraeus company in 1943 and finally approved as PALACOS® for use in arthroplasty in 1959. © 2015 Heraeus Medical Imprint Privacy Policy Disclaimer Contact

Heraeus Home Corporate Information Product Navigator Careers Press Language Heraeus Heraeus Heraeus Medical Medical professionals Home News and Congresses Company Products PALACADEMY® Downloads Locations & contacts worldwide Imprint Heraeus Medical GmbH Philip-Reis-Str. 8-13 61273 Wehrheim Deutschland Tel: +49 (0) 6181 35 3399 Fax: +49 (0) 6181 35 3366 E-Mail: contact.medical@heraeus.com Board of management: Dr. André Kobelt Headquarter in: Wehrheim/Taunus Registration Court: Bad Homburg Trade register No.: HRB 9715 Sales Tax ID No.: DE 814096513 Responsible according to section 55 (2) of the German Interstate Broadcasting Agreement (RStV): Meike Zimni, Heraeus Medical GmbH Marketing & Communication Services Conception, design and realisation: UDG United Digital Group Kalkofenstr. 51 71083 Herrenberg Tel.: 07032/932-0 eMail: herrenberg@udg.de www.udg.de © 2015 Heraeus Medical Imprint Privacy Policy Disclaimer Contact

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