Profile: Biomet, Inc designs and manufactures products for hip replacement, knee replacement, shoulder replacement, elbow replacement & other small joint replacements. We are an ISO 9001 CE certified company. We offer products like joint replacement, sports medicine & dental implants. We encourage you to talk to your doctor about options that could help you get back to living and keep you active. If you have suffered from a sports related or other injury, we can help. Sports knee injuries and the available treatment options is the first step to making an informed decision about your healthcare and your quality of life. Our recommendation is to see an orthopedic physician who, after an examination, can give you the appropriate treatment options for your medical condition. Our Repicci II® implant system resurfaces only the damaged section of cartilage, thus saving a healthy cartilage. Our BioSymMetRic™ PIP fixator is a device that uses pins placed through the finger bone to stabilize complex finger fractures.
The company was founded in 1977, has revenues of > USD 1 Billion, has ~20 employees and is ISO 9001, CE certified. NASDAQ:BMET (SEC Filings)
FDA Registration Number: 1825034
• Partial Knee Systems |
• Passer (FDA Code: HWQ / 888.4540) An orthopedic manual surgical instrument is a nonpowered hand-held device intended for medical purposes to manipulate tissue, or for use with other devices in orthopedic surgery. This generic type of device includes the cerclage applier, awl, bender, drill brace, broach, burr, corkscrew, countersink, pin crimper, wire cutter, prosthesis driver, extractor, file, fork, needle holder, impactor, bending or contouring instrument, compression instrument, passer, socket positioner, probe, femoral neck punch, socket pusher, reamer, rongeur, scissors, screwdriver, bone skid, staple driver, bone screw starter, surgical stripper, tamp, bone tap, trephine, wire twister, and wrench. |
• Patella Resector |
• Patellar Implants |
• Patellofemoral Replacement Systems |
• Patellofemorotibial Knee Prosthesis (FDA Code: MBH / 888.3565) A knee joint patellofemorotibial metal/polymer porous-coated uncemented prosthesis is a device intended to be implanted to replace a knee joint. The device limits translation and rotation in one or more planes via the geometry of its articulating surfaces. It has no linkage across-the-joint. This generic type of device is designed to achieve biological fixation to bone without the use of bone cement. This identification includes fixed-bearing knee prostheses where the ultra high molecular weight polyethylene tibial bearing is rigidly secured to the metal tibial base plate. |
• Patient Position Support (FDA Code: CCX / 868.6820) A patient position support is a device intended to maintain the position of an anesthetized patient during surgery. |
• Patient Positioners, Clear Arm Support |
• Pediatric Arm Sling |
• Pediatric Cast Shoe |
• Pediatric Femoral Locking Nail |
• Pelvic Plating Systems |
• Pelvic Support Band (FDA Code: ISR / 890.3025) A prosthetic and orthotic accessory is a device intended for medical purposes to support, protect, or aid in the use of a cast, orthosis (brace), or prosthesis. Examples of prosthetic and orthotic accessories include the following: A pelvic support band and belt, a cast shoe, a cast bandage, a limb cover, a prosthesis alignment device, a postsurgical pylon, a transverse rotator, and a temporary training splint. |
• Pelvic Traction Belt (FDA Code: HSQ / 888.5890) A noninvasive traction component is a device, such as a head halter, pelvic belt, or a traction splint, that does not penetrate the skin and is intended to assist in connecting a patient to a traction apparatus so that a therapeutic pulling force may be applied to the patient's body. |
• Periodontal Probes |
• Peritrochanteric Nail System |
• Pin Crimper (FDA Code: HXQ / 888.4540) |
• Pin Surgical Driver (FDA Code: GFC / 878.4820) Surgical instrument motors and accessories are AC-powered, battery-powered, or air-powered devices intended for use during surgical procedures to provide power to operate various accessories or attachments to cut hard tissue or bone and soft tissue. Accessories or attachments may include a bur, chisel (osteotome), dermabrasion brush, dermatome, drill bit, hammerhead, pin driver, and saw blade. |
• Piston Syringe (FDA Code: FMF / 880.5860) A piston syringe is a device intended for medical purposes that consists of a calibrated hollow barrel and a movable plunger. At one end of the barrel there is a male connector (nozzle) for fitting the female connector (hub) of a hypodermic single lumen needle. The device is used to inject fluids into, or withdraw fluids from, the body. |
• Pneumatic Powered Orthopedic Surgical Instrument & Accessory (FDA Code: HSZ / 878.4820) |
• Polydioxanone (PDO) Monofilament Synthetic Absorbable Suture |
• Polyester Synthetic Non-Absorbable Suture (FDA Code: GAS / 878.5000) Nonabsorbable poly(ethylene terephthalate) surgical suture is a multifilament, nonabsorbable, sterile, flexible thread prepared from fibers of high molecular weight, long-chain, linear polyesters having recurrent aromatic rings as an integral component and is indicated for use in soft tissue approximation. The poly(ethylene terephthalate) surgical suture meets U.S.P. requirements as described in the U.S.P. Monograph for Nonabsorbable Surgical Sutures; it may be provided uncoated or coated; and it may be undyed or dyed with an appropriate FDA listed color additive. Also, the suture may be provided with or without a standard needle attached. |
• Polyethylene Acetabular Liners |
• Polyethylene Synthetic Non-Absorbable Suture (FDA Code: GAT / 878.5000) |
• Polyethylene TibiaL Components |
• Polyethylene Tibial Inserts |
• Polyglycolic Acid Synthetic Absorbable Suture (FDA Code: GAM / 878.4493) An absorbable poly(glycolide/l-lactide) surgical suture (PGL suture) is an absorbable sterile, flexible strand as prepared and synthesized from homopolymers of glycolide and copolymers made from 90 percent glycolide and 10 percentl-lactide, and is indicated for use in soft tissue approximation. A PGL suture meets United States Pharmacopeia (U.S.P.) requirements as described in the U.S.P. "Monograph for Absorbable Surgical Sutures;" it may be monofilament or multifilament (braided) in form; it may be uncoated or coated; and it may be undyed or dyed with an FDA-approved color additive. Also, the suture may be provided with or without a standard needle attached. |
• Polymer + Additive/Metal/Polymer + Additive Cemented Semi-Constrained Patellofemorotibial Knee Prosthesis (FDA Code: OIY / 888.3560) A knee joint patellofemorotibial polymer/metal/polymer semi-constrained cemented prosthesis is a device intended to be implanted to replace a knee joint. The device limits translation and rotation in one or more planes via the geometry of its articulating surfaces. It has no linkage across-the-joint. This generic type of device includes prostheses that have a femoral component made of alloys, such as cobalt-chromium-molybdenum, and a tibial component or components and a retropatellar resurfacing component made of ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene. This generic type of device is limited to those prostheses intended for use with bone cement (888.3027). |
• Polymer Radial Hemi- Elbow Prosthesis (FDA Code: KWI / 888.3170) An elbow joint radial (hemi-elbow) polymer prosthesis is a device intended to be implanted made of medical grade silicone elastomer used to replace the proximal end of the radius. |
• Porous Femoral Components |
• Porous Uncemented Metal/Ceramic/Polymer + Additive Cemented Semi-Constrained Hip (FDA Code: OQI / 888.3353) A hip joint metal/ceramic/polymer semi-constrained cemented or nonporous uncemented prosthesis is a device intended to be implanted to replace a hip joint. This device limits translation and rotation in one or more planes via the geometry of its articulating surfaces. It has no linkage across-the-joint. The two-part femoral component consists of a femoral stem made of alloys to be fixed in the intramedullary canal of the femur by impaction with or without use of bone cement. The proximal end of the femoral stem is tapered with a surface that ensures positive locking with the spherical ceramic (aluminium oxide, A1203) head of the femoral component. The acetabular component is made of ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene or ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene reinforced with nonporous metal alloys, and used with or without bone cement. |
• Portable Walkers |
• Portal Access Surgical System |
• Portal Instruments |
• Posture Full Back Supports |
• Pre Filled Bone Cement Mixer |
• Primary Femoral Components |
• Primary Femoral Implants |
• Primary Shell/Cup Systems |
• Probes (FDA Code: HXB / 888.4540) |
• Probes (FDA Code: HXB / 888.4540) |
• Prosthesis Alignment Device (FDA Code: IQO / 890.3025) |
• Prosthesis Driver (FDA Code: HWR / 888.4540) |
• Prosthetic Devices |
• Prosthetic Liners |
• Protective Restraint (FDA Code: FMQ / 880.6760) A protective restraint is a device, including but not limited to a wristlet, anklet, vest, mitt, straight jacket, body/limb holder, or other type of strap, that is intended for medical purposes and that limits the patient's movements to the extent necessary for treatment, examination, or protection of the patient or others. |
• Protractor (FDA Code: HTH / 888.4600) A protractor for clinical use is a device intended for use in measuring the angles of bones, such as on x-rays or in surgery. |
• Proximal Femoral Fixation Implant Device (FDA Code: JDO / 888.3030) Single/multiple component metallic bone fixation appliances and accessories are devices intended to be implanted consisting of one or more metallic components and their metallic fasteners. The devices contain a plate, a nail/plate combination, or a blade/plate combination that are made of alloys, such as cobalt-chromium-molybdenum, stainless steel, and titanium, that are intended to be held in position with fasteners, such as screws and nails, or bolts, nuts, and washers. These devices are used for fixation of fractures of the proximal or distal end of long bones, such as intracapsular, intertrochanteric, intercervical, supracondylar, or condylar fractures of the femur; for fusion of a joint; or for surgical procedures that involve cutting a bone. The devices may be implanted or attached through the skin so that a pulling force (traction) may be applied to the skeletal system. |
• Radiographic Film Cassette (FDA Code: IXA / 892.1850) A radiographic film cassette is a device intended for use during diagnostic x-ray procedures to hold a radiographic film in close contact with an x-ray intensifying screen and to provide a light-proof enclosure for direct exposure of radiographic film. |
• Rail Deformity System |