Medical Devices

Medical device co. receives FDA approval for ceramic-on-ceramic hip replacement

Published in Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA, January 23rd, 2005

Smith & Nephews' orthopedics division (SNN) announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's has approved the company's newest advanced bearing product for patients who undergo total hip replacement surgery, the ceramic-on-ceramic hip.

Smith & Nephew will immediately launch the product as an extension of its Reflection family of hip implants.

The approval and introduction of the ceramic-on-ceramic product complements the company's existing line of bearing products for hip replacement surgery, including a hip product made of oxidized zirconium metal, branded Oxinium. The bearing materials are longer wearing and are increasingly used by...

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