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Additive Instruments Limited

UK company 12323687, incorporated on 20 November 2019.

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Additive Instruments Limited is a UK company with status active founded in 2019 based in East of England.

Company number
12323687
Incorporated
20 Nov 2019
Companies House status
Active

Company identity

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Founded / incorporated
20 November 2019

Company number 12323687

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Legal name
ADDITIVE INSTRUMENTS LIMITED
Company type
LTD
Region
East of England
Registered address
Unknown
Insolvency history
No

Corporate ownership

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Company events

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3 events
30 Sep
2026

Dissolution Application Strike Off Company

Dissolution

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27 Jul
2026

Confirmation Statement With No Updates

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20 Nov
2019

Incorporated

Inception

Company registered at Companies House

Spinout profile

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Company description

Additive Instruments develops a range of products for the orthopaedic and additive manufacturing sectors.

The company was set up to commercialise the IP that was generated during the EPSRC research. It uses additive manufacture to make instruments for orthopaedic surgery.

manufactures surgical instruments by additive manufacture

Project impact

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Public funding

4 awards
First funded
2020
Funded years
2020, 2021, 2022
Age at first award
0 years

Projects

2022 Collaborative R&D

Bone Regenerating Knee Implants for Long Term Bone Health

1 Jun 2022 to 31 May 2024

Awarded
£0
Total cost £0

The NHS performs 130,000 knee replacements annually. Demand is growing due to our ageing population and backlog caused by Covid-19\. Partial knee surgery is the fastest growing treatment, particularly in young patients for whom the risk of becoming less active, productive and socially connected is higher and has more severe long term consequences. Despite...

2021 Feasibility Studies Lead participant

Smart impaction: developing data driven orthopaedic instruments

1 Nov 2021 to 30 Apr 2023

Awarded
£240,450
Total cost £343,500

The NHS performs 100,000 hip replacements annually. Demand is growing due to our ageing population and backlog caused by Covid-19\. Despite advances in precision and robot assisted surgery, the hammer remains the state-of-the-art tool to insert hip replacement implants into the bone. This has two problems. (1) The hammer's weight and how hard the surgeon ...

2020 Collaborative R&D Lead participant

Closing The Loop - Towards defect free additive manufacture

1 Oct 2020 to 30 Sep 2021

Awarded
£172,571
Total cost £215,714

The manufacturing industry is no stranger to revolutions, from the first industrial revolution in the late 18th century which saw the mechanisation of hand production, all the way to computerisation in the 20th century, manufacturing and production technology continues to evolve. The latest industrial revolution, Industry 4.0, which we find ourselves amid...

2020 Feasibility Studies Lead participant

Alternative respirators for the COVID-19 pandemic

1 May 2020 to 31 Oct 2020

Awarded
£26,250
Total cost £26,250

The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed the shortfalls of global supply chains. Demand for Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) has outstripped supply and the UK is struggling to provide front-line healthcare workers with the vital protection they need.This project aims to design and gain regulatory approval for a face mask that meets the standards for protectio...

Product types

Collaborative R&D Feasibility Studies