Medical designs, prototypes, develops, and manufactures surgical instrumentation, primarily for orthopaedic and spinal surgery.  We were founded in 2000, in Pelham, Alabama, a suburb of Birmingham, Alabama, one of the leading orthopaedic surgical centers of the Southeast.  3DM brings over 20 years of experience in the medical and surgical device field and can provide solutions to both medical device manufacturers who sell instrumentation and directly to healthcare facilities and providers.

3D Medical intends to serve as a major provider of ideas, services, and solutions in the area of surgical device prototyping, design, and manufacturing.  We work with individual innovators to prototype, design, and develop new products for the orthopaedic and spinal industries in a safe environment that protects intellectual property.  3DM can also serve as an outsourced R&D Department for existing device manufacturers, providing a cost- and time effective service for these industries.  3DM currently has collaborative agreements with four orthopaedic surgeons and is working with a medical device company to develop instrumentation for spinal allograft implants.

Our Team

Harry E. Lee, Jr.

Since 1975, Mr. Lee has been involved in various areas of manufacturing engineering.  He worked as a research and development engineer with Smith & Nephew (Richards Medical) for five years.  He was the co-founder and managing partner of Engineering and Precision Machining, Inc., a medical machining company based in Memphis , Tennessee , that was purchased by Smith & Nephew.  He was the co-founder and majority stockholder of Memphis Orthopedic Design, until selling his interests in the company to move to Birmingham , Alabama .  In 2000, Mr. Lee founded 3D Medical Concepts, located in Pelham , Alabama , a suburb of Birmingham .  Birmingham is the home of the University of Alabama at Birmingham , which has a strong presence in the orthopedic academic world, and to HealthSouth, the largest rehabilitation hospital/facilities group in the country.  

Mr. Lee has worked on numerous patented products, including the Hex-Fix external fixation system, the Tri-Gen intramedullary nail, and the Russell-Taylor intramedullary nail system.  He has developed over 20 patented devices or instruments for the orthopaedic industry.  Current projects include a pelvic plating system, an external fixation device, various implant ideas for hip and femoral fractures, and spinal surgical instrumentation.

Beverly L. Laird, Ph.D.

Dr. Laird holds a B.S. from the College of William and Mary, and a Ph.D. from the School of Public Health , University of Alabama at Birmingham, specializing in development of systematic models of evaluation for programs in health care.  Dr. Laird’s work has focused on program evaluation, changing physician practice, genetics, and health promotion.  She has a special interest in orthopedic oncology, serving on the National Cancer Institute’s Director’s Consumer Liaison Group and  the CARRA program.    Dr. Laird has expertise in the areas of epidemiology, biostatistics, research methodology, survey research methods, and advanced program evaluation.  She has worked with 3D Medical since its inception in 2000.

Joshua Reardon, B.A., M.A.

Mr. Reardon has been with 3D Medical Concepts for three years as our Director of sales, marketing, and development, but is also a skilled machinist.  He works with representatives of medical device companies and with orthopedic surgeons to modify and develop instrumentation for surgery.  Both he and Mr. Lee accompany surgeons into the OR in order to see first-hand what the surgeon needs.

 Mr. Reardon earned a B.S. in Commerce and Business Administration, and a M.A. in Marketing from the University of Alabama , Tuscaloosa .

Contact Information

Telephone

205-987-0935

FAX

205-987-0936

Postal address

1061 Morgan Park Road, Pelham, AL 35124

Electronic mail

Mr. Lee:  3dm @bellsouth.net

Dr. Laird:  bev@3dmedicalconcepts.com

Mr. Reardon:  josh@3dmedicalconcepts.com