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Smith & Nephew develops and markets advanced medical devices that help healthcare professionals treat patients more effectively - and patients to get back to their lives faster. A leader in its marketplace, it operates in 32 countries and has sales over £1 billion.
The business concentrates on the sectors of orthopaedics, endoscopy and wound management . The company applies innovative, cost effective solutions to provide real benefit to healthcare professionals and their patients through improving treatments and reducing healthcare costs - underpinned by a unique range of education and training programmes designed specifically for healthcare professionals.
Products include:-
Wound Management: CICA-CAREW - scar treatment gel sheet. ALLEVYN - moist wound dressing. PROFORE - four layer bandage system, OPSITE, - post operative dressings, TRANSCYTE - human dermal temporary burns covering. DERMAGRAFT tissue engineered skin treatment for diabetic foot ulcers, active wound debriding and healing products.
Orthopaedic Trauma: TRIGEN nail system for long bone fracture management. TAYLOR SPATIAL FRAME external fixator for bone fractures. EXOGEN - ultrasonic devices to accelerate bone healing.
Orthopaedic Implants: GENESIS total knee systems including OXINIUM, SYNERGY hip systems, ECHELON revision hip system. BIRMINGHAM HIP RESURFACING. Endoscopy: ACUFEX - hand held surgical instruments and fixation devices for minimally invasive surgery. DYONICS - imaging and resection systems. TRIVEX system for minimally invasive varicose veins removal.
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