is a bio-medical company that specializes in developing, manufacturing and distributing aesthetic surgical implants and devices. Doctor Straith started what would become Surgiform by making silicone facial implants for his personal use and for use by his colleagues. As a key figure in the evolution of modern plastic surgery, Dr. Straith and his WWI colleagues are credited with the development of innovative facial reconstruction techniques to treat battlefield injuries. When Dr. Straith returned to private practice after the war, he and several of his colleagues (Army Surgeons) formed the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) and continued to refine techniques using permanently implanted prosthetics. Dr. Straith's passion for improving the lives of his patients using his innovative silicone facial implants grew into a formal business entity (Surgical Technology Laboratories). Surgical Technology Laboratories was purchased in 1993 by STL Group, Inc. from Dr. Richard Straith, Dr. Claire Straith’s son, who is the founder of the Straith Clinic (Detroit, MI). STL Group established Surgical Technology Laboratories, Inc. as a FDA Registered Medical Device Facility and Surgiform Technology, Ltd. (Surgiform) to serve as a sales and marketing organization. Since its creation, Surgical Technology Laboratories, Inc./Surgiform has continued to develop manufacturing capabilities and a sales base within the cosmetic and plastic surgery markets and has expanded its initial product line of Silicone Facial Implants and Block to include ePTFE Facial Implants and Carvable Block, the Saf-T-Vac, PTFE Suture, and HexaPlast. In total Surgiform markets seven product lines in more than ten countries.
