Xilloc

Xilloc is a medical-device company headquartered in Sittard-Geleen in the Netherlands. It develops and manufactures patient-specific devices, particularly implants designed around the anatomy of individual patients. Its approach begins with CT imaging, which is used to create a three-dimensional digital model of a patient's anatomy. Engineers can then use that model to design an implant intended to match the required anatomical form before producing it through advanced manufacturing methods, including metal additive manufacturing. The company was founded in 2011 by Maikel Beerens as a spin-off from Maastricht UMC+. Its origins are connected to earlier clinical and technical work involving the use of patient imaging to create custom implants. The underlying approach had already been demonstrated in 2003 through the production of a 3D-printed titanium skull implant. Xilloc translated that type of work into a commercial medical-device activity focused on individualized reconstruction and implant solutions. In its founding year, Xilloc produced what was described as the first 3D-printed titanium mandible for an elderly woman suffering from a severe infection of the lower jaw. This case illustrated the company's central proposition: combining medical imaging, digital anatomical modeling, and additive manufacturing to address complex reconstructive needs that may be difficult to meet with standardized implants. Xilloc subsequently broadened its activities through partnerships and acquisitions. In 2015, it announced a partnership with the Japanese company Next21 to offer CT-Bone, a 3D-printed artificial bone material. The collaboration extended Xilloc's focus beyond metallic implants toward biomaterial-based bone-replacement applications. In 2016, the company also demonstrated its additive-manufacturing capabilities by producing a metal guitar in aluminum on an M400 machine. Although the guitar was not a core medical product, it showed the broader technical range of the company's manufacturing platform. In 2018, Xilloc acquired OTN, a company associated with the Click Safety Adapter. The adapter was developed to provide a safer connection between a limb prosthesis and an osseointegration implant, linking Xilloc's patient-specific manufacturing expertise with prosthetic and bone-anchored limb applications. Xilloc's positioning is therefore centered on personalized medical technology rather than mass-market consumer products. Its work sits at the intersection of medical imaging, computer-aided design, additive manufacturing, implantology, reconstructive surgery, and prosthetics. The available reference material identifies the company primarily through its technology and clinical applications; detailed information about its current management, ownership, financial performance, product catalog, and present geographic scale is not established here.

Xilloc was founded in 2011 by Maikel Beerens as a spin-off from Maastricht UMC+ in the Netherlands. The company was created around a patient-specific medical-device workflow that uses CT scans to generate a three-dimensional model of a patient's anatomy. That model can be used to design an implant tailored to the individual and then manufacture the device through advanced production methods, including 3D printing. The technical and clinical background for this approach predates the company's establishment. In 2003, the underlying method was used to create what was described as the first 3D-printed titanium skull implant. This earlier work provided an important precedent for the type of individualized reconstructive applications that later became associated with Xilloc. In 2011, the company's founding year, Xilloc produced a 3D-printed titanium mandible for an elderly woman with a severe infection in her lower jaw. The case became a defining example of the company's use of imaging data and additive manufacturing to address complex anatomical reconstruction. Rather than relying solely on standardized implant shapes, the process allowed the device to be designed around the patient's specific anatomy. Xilloc expanded its scope in 2015 through a partnership with Next21, a Japanese company. The partners worked to offer CT-Bone, a 3D-printed artificial bone material. This development broadened the company's apparent interest from custom metallic reconstruction toward materials intended to support bone-replacement applications. In 2016, Xilloc produced an aluminum metal guitar on an M400 machine. The object was outside the company's central medical focus, but it demonstrated the versatility of the additive-manufacturing technology available to the business. It also showed how the company's manufacturing capabilities could be applied to complex three-dimensional objects beyond implants and prosthetic components. In 2018, Xilloc acquired OTN. OTN had developed the Click Safety Adapter, a component designed to provide a safer connection between a limb prosthesis and an osseointegration implant. The acquisition connected Xilloc's expertise in patient-specific medical devices with the field of bone-anchored prosthetics and limb reconstruction. The available reference material presents Xilloc as a specialized Dutch company operating at the convergence of medical imaging, digital design, additive manufacturing, implantology, and prosthetics. It does not provide sufficient information to establish a detailed current ownership structure, executive roster, financial profile, official website, or full present-day product portfolio.

• 2018

  Acquisition of OTN

  [1]Xillocen.wikipedia.org

  Xilloc acquired OTN, developer of the Click Safety Adapter for limb prostheses and osseointegration implants.

• 2016

  3D-printed aluminum guitar

  [1]Xillocen.wikipedia.org

  The company produced an aluminum metal guitar using an M400 additive-manufacturing machine.

• 2015

  Partnership on CT-Bone

  [1]Xillocen.wikipedia.org

  Xilloc partnered with Japan's Next21 to offer CT-Bone, a 3D-printed artificial bone material.

• 2011

  Xilloc is founded

  [1]Xillocen.wikipedia.org

  Maikel Beerens founded Xilloc as a spin-off from Maastricht UMC+ to develop patient-specific medical devices based on CT-derived anatomical models.

• 2011

  3D-printed titanium mandible

  [1]Xillocen.wikipedia.org

  Xilloc produced a 3D-printed titanium mandible for an elderly woman with a severe lower-jaw infection.

• 2003

  3D-printed titanium skull implant precedent

  [1]Xillocen.wikipedia.org

  The technology underlying Xilloc's later work was used to create a 3D-printed titanium skull implant.

A specialized medical-device and additive-manufacturing company focused on digitally designed, patient-specific implants and prosthetic interface solutions.

• Medical implants · 2011

  Patient-specific implants

  Xilloc's core offering is the design and manufacture of implants tailored to an individual patient's anatomy. CT scans are converted into three-dimensional anatomical models, allowing the implant geometry to be developed for a particular reconstructive requirement. The reference material associates this work especially with titanium cranial and mandibular implants produced through additive manufacturing.

• Artificial bone material · 2015

  CT-Bone

  CT-Bone is a 3D-printed artificial bone material associated with Xilloc's 2015 partnership with the Japanese company Next21. The offering represents an extension of the company's patient-specific manufacturing model into bone-replacement materials and applications.

• Prosthetic connection component

  Click Safety Adapter

  The Click Safety Adapter was developed by OTN and became associated with Xilloc after the 2018 acquisition of that company. It is intended to provide a safer connection between a limb prosthesis and an osseointegration implant.

• Additive-manufacturing demonstration · 2016

  3D-printed metal guitar

  Xilloc produced an aluminum metal guitar on an M400 machine in 2016. It was a technology demonstration rather than a core medical product, illustrating the ability of the company's manufacturing platform to produce complex metal forms.

• 2018

  Acquisition of OTNM&A

  Background

  OTN had developed a safety component for the connection between limb prostheses and osseointegration implants.

  Action taken

  Xilloc acquired OTN and brought the Click Safety Adapter into its broader medical-device portfolio.

  Aftermath

  The transaction expanded Xilloc's reach into bone-anchored prosthetics and limb reconstruction. No purchase price or later financial result is provided.

  Source

• 2015

  Partnership to expand into artificial bone materialsStrategy

  Background

  Xilloc's patient-specific manufacturing model created an opportunity to move beyond metallic implants into bone-replacement materials.

  Action taken

  The company partnered with Next21 of Japan to offer CT-Bone, a 3D-printed artificial bone material.

  Aftermath

  The partnership broadened the range of materials and applications associated with Xilloc, although detailed commercial outcomes are not established in the available source.

  Source

1. 1Xillocen.wikipedia.org