JUST Medical
Chinese orthopedic medical device company specializing in 3D-printed hip and knee implants, surgical robots, and regenerative biomaterials for joint disease treatment.
- CEO / Founder
- Liu Nian (刘念)
- Team Size
- 501-1000
- Stage
- Growth Stage
- Total Funding
- $52M
- Latest Round
- Series B
- Key Investors
- Qiming Venture Partners; SDIC Unity Capital (国投创合); YuanSheng Venture Capital (元生创投); Jifeng Capital (济峰资本); Tasly Capital (天士力资本); Shengde Yuekai (晟德悦凯); Fangyuan Capital (方圆资本)
Technology & Products
Key Products
3D SEE® Trabecular Hip Prosthesis System (3D-printed EBM titanium alloy); SKII PS/PS+/CR/RPS Total Knee Systems; RSK Revision Knee System; HRSK Rotating Hinge Knee; AUSK Unicompartmental Knee; EPS TKA Surgical Robotic System; Mysmond Oxidized Zirconium-Niobium Femoral Head; Artidyz Bioceramic Bone Graft; Cartistem® SVF Adipose Collector; 3D-customized revision implants
Technological Advantage
EBM 3D metal printing for trabecular bone-mimicking structures (600-800μm pores, 75-80% porosity); NMPA Class III medical device certifications for 3D-printed implants; AI surgical robot platform; vertically integrated from R&D to manufacturing to sales; 5 R&D centers across China and US
Patent position
JUST Medical filed 15 patent families across all years, compared with 3 filed by AK Medical Holdings Limited. AMPulse analysis
- Filing momentum
- 7 families filed 2022–2024, 7 in 2019–2021 (0%); all tracked AM filings in the same offices -18%
- Focus, 2019–2021 → 2022–2024
- Applications 100% → 100%
- Filed in
- CN 53%US 47%EP 33%
- Named competitors, AM patent families
- AK Medical Holdings Limited 3
15 AM patent families in total. Recent years are still being published, so read a filing change against the same-office figure.
Differentiation
Value Proposition
Provides comprehensive joint disease treatment solutions with 3D-printed orthopedic implants (hip/knee), surgical robots, and regenerative biomaterials.
How They Differentiate
Combines 3D-printed metal implants (EBM technology), AI-powered surgical robots (EPS TKA system), and regenerative medicine (SVF adipose processing, bioceramic bone grafts). Has 5 R&D centers across Tianjin, Beijing, Shanghai, and the US, plus a dedicated 3D JCT medical-industrial interaction center.
Market & Competition
Target Customers
Hospitals, orthopedic surgeons, medical device distributors, healthcare institutions performing joint replacement surgeries
Industry Verticals
Orthopedic surgery; Joint replacement (hip, knee, shoulder); Sports medicine; Regenerative medicine
Competitors
AK Medical (爱康医疗, 1789.HK); Chunli Medical (春立医疗, 688236.SH); B. Braun / Aesculap
Growth & Milestones
Growth Metrics
3 consecutive years of >50% CAGR in product sales (as of 2021); 650,000+ implantations worldwide; sales in 49+ countries
Major Milestones
1958: Company origins (predecessor); 2004: Company formally established; 2019-07: NMPA approval for 3D-printed trabecular hip prosthesis (China's 2nd 3D-printed orthopedic implant approval); 2019-08: Series A funding ($15M); 2021-05: Series B funding ($34M); 2021-06: Smart manufacturing factory Phase I launch; 2025: 54 global Class III medical device registrations, 286+ global patents, 650,000+ implantations worldwide
Notable Customers
650,000+ implantations worldwide; sales network covering all Chinese provinces and 49+ countries
Recent coverage of JUST Medical
AM patents
AM-relevant patents linked to this company.
- Patents
- 20
- Granted
- 10
- Families
- 15
Leading domains: application (20), process (20), material (12)
Filings by year: 2025: 1 · 2023: 7 · 2020: 12
- Oxide layer-containing zirconium-niobium alloy shoulder joint prosthesis system and preparation method12403215 · US
- Metal-ceramic total shoulder joint prosthesis system and its fabrication method116942376 · CN
- OXIDE LAYER-CONTAINING ZIRCONIUM-NIOBIUM ALLOY TIBIAL PLATEAU PROSTHESIS HAVING BONE TRABECULA AND PREPARATION METHOD4094729 · EP
- ZIRCONIUM NIOBIUM ALLOY HIP JOINT PROSTHESIS SYSTEM COMPRISING OXIDE LAYER, AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR4082696 · EP
- Oxide layer-containing zirconium-niobium alloy tibial plateau prosthesis having bone trabecula and preparation method12458729 · US