The founder of the RMS: Dr Robert Mathys

1946

the twenty-five-year-old Robert Mathys sets up the company Mathys, a factory for the development and production of machines, equip­ment, and components of special stainless and acid-resistant steels

1958

the newly established Association for the Study of Internal Fixation AO/ASIF finds in Robert Mathys an industrial associate who can develop and manufacture stainless steel implants and instru­ments for bone surgery and orthopaedics. Robert Mathys takes over all development cost, an invest­ment that proves far-sighted

1968

he started his own development in arti­ficial joint replacement. On 15 February 1985, he establish the Dr Robert Mathys Foundation (RMS), a non-profit organisation for the promotion of medical and clinical research as well as technical development and further training in their fields of application.

1969

Corresponding member of the Association for the Study of Internal Fixation AO/ASIF

1974

Honorary doctorate of the faculty of medicine of the University of Berne

1976

Aesculap gold medal of the Gruppo Studio Mediterraneo di Aggiornamento Stomatologico, Bologna

1980

Recognition medal of the Centro Ortopedico Ricardo Galeazzi, Milano

1981

Werner Körte gold medal of the German Society for Surgery

1982

Recognition price of the Canton of Solothurn

1983

Honorary member of the AO/ASIF

1988

Corresponding member of the Sociedad Venezolana de Cirugía Ortopédica y Traumatología

1990

Honorary member of the AO/ASIF Foundation

1990

his sons take over the management of the company

1991

Honorary Professor of the faculty of medicine of the Universidad Central de Venezuela, Caracas

2000

Entrepreneurial price of the Canton of Solothurn

2000

On 19 August, Robert Mathys died after a short illness in his eightieth year.

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