LINK, founded in 1948 in Hamburg, is a full-line manufacturer of knee, hip and shoulder joint prostheses, surgical instruments and patient-specific custom implants for primary and revision arthroplasty.
Waldemar Link GmbH & Co KG, trading as LINK, is a full-line medical device manufacturer of joint prostheses, surgical instruments and auxiliary medical devices for primary and revision arthroplasty. Founded in 1948 and headquartered in Hamburg, Germany, the company develops and supplies knee, hip and shoulder implant systems together with the instruments that accompany them. Its technical work spans orthopaedic implant design, joint arthroplasty, surgical instrument design and the manufacture of patient-specific custom implants.
The product range includes the Endo-Model Knee System, a knee prosthesis with a clinical history extending over several decades, and a comprehensive portfolio of primary and revision prostheses for the major joints. Through customLINK, the company produces patient-specific implants and instruments for cases in which commercially available systems are not an option. Instruments and auxiliary devices are supplied as part of a full-line offering alongside the implant systems.
LINK has been in operation for more than 75 years and maintains subsidiaries in the United States, the United Kingdom, Italy, Spain, Finland, India and the Netherlands. The company is an owner-managed family firm that describes itself as oriented towards trust, innovation and progress, and works closely with orthopaedic surgeons in product development. Its stated aim is to enable patients fitted with joint prostheses to live pain-free, normal lives.
