Profile: Smith & Nephew develops and markets advanced medical devices. We focus on orthopaedics, endoscopy and advanced wound management. We create new solutions to chronic and acute wound management problems. Our endoscopy unit helps to reduce trauma and pain.
The company was founded in 1856, has revenues of USD 1-5 Million, has ~320 employees. LON:SN (SEC Filings)
• Ethilon Sutures |
• External Ankle Brace (FDA Code: ITW / 890.3475) A limb orthosis (brace) is a device intended for medical purposes that is worn on the upper or lower extremities to support, to correct, or to prevent deformities or to align body structures for functional improvement. Examples of limb orthoses include the following: A whole limb and joint brace, a hand splint, an elastic stocking, a knee cage, and a corrective shoe. |
• External Brace Knee Joint (FDA Code: ITQ / 890.3475) |
• External Gauge (FDA Code: GER) |
• Eye Dropper |
• Fecal Incontinence Device |
• Fecal Occult Blood Test Strip |
• Felt-Lined Knee Immobilizer |
• Femoral Components |
• Femoral Leg Traction Splint |
• Fiber Optic, Cold Light Sources For Microscopes |
• Fiberoptic Cables |
• Flexible Fabric Adhesive Bandages |
• Foam Dressings |
• Foot Implants, Bone Staples |
• Gauze Dressings |
• Gel Electrode |
• Gel Pad Dressing |
• Gel Wound Dressing |
• General & Plastic Surgery Laparoscope (FDA Code: GCJ / 876.1500) An endoscope and accessories is a device used to provide access, illumination, and allow observation or manipulation of body cavities, hollow organs, and canals. The device consists of various rigid or flexible instruments that are inserted into body spaces and may include an optical system for conveying an image to the user's eye and their accessories may assist in gaining access or increase the versatility and augment the capabilities of the devices. Examples of devices that are within this generic type of device include cleaning accessories for endoscopes, photographic accessories for endoscopes, nonpowered anoscopes, binolcular attachments for endoscopes, pocket battery boxes, flexible or rigid choledochoscopes, colonoscopes, diagnostic cystoscopes, cystourethroscopes, enteroscopes, esophagogastroduodenoscopes, rigid esophagoscopes, fiberoptic illuminators for endoscopes, incandescent endoscope lamps, biliary pancreatoscopes, proctoscopes, resectoscopes, nephroscopes, sigmoidoscopes, ureteroscopes, urethroscopes, endomagnetic retrievers, cytology brushes for endoscopes, and lubricating jelly for transurethral surgical instruments. This section does not apply to endoscopes that have specialized uses in other medical specialty areas and that are covered by classification regulations in other parts of the device classification regulations. |
• General Bandages |
• General Diagnostic Equipment |
• General Dressings |
• General Health Supplies |
• General Medical Supplies |
• General Orthopedic Supplies |
• General Purpose Surgical Drapes |
• General Surgery Supplies |
• General Surgical Aids |
• General Surgical Instruments |
• Gentamicin Antibiotic Bone Cement |
• Germicidal Dressing |
• GHV Bone Cement |
• Glutaraldehyde Test Strips |
• Hand Instruments |
• Hand Splint and Component (FDA Code: ILH / 890.3475) |
• Hcg Pregnancy Test Strip |
• Headlight Box / Light source |
• Hip Resurfacing Systems |
• Hot and Cold Therapy Back Support |
• Hydrogel Dressing |
• Hydrogel Wound and Burn Dressing (FDA Code: MGQ) |
• Hydrogel Wound Dressing |
• Hydrogel Wound Dressing (W/Out Drug And/Or Biologic) (FDA Code: NAE / 878.4022) A hydrogel wound dressing is a sterile or non-sterile device intended to cover a wound, to absorb wound exudate, to control bleeding or fluid loss, and to protect against abrasion, friction, desiccation, and contamination. It consists of a nonresorbable matrix made of hydrophilic polymers or other material in combination with water (at least 50 percent) and capable of absorbing exudate. This classification does not include a hydrogel wound dressing that contains added drugs such as antimicrobial agents, added biologics such as growth factors, or is composed of materials derived from animal sources. |
• Hydrophilic Wound Dressings (FDA Code: NAC / 878.4018) A hydrophilic wound dressing is a sterile or non-sterile device intended to cover a wound and to absorb exudate. It consists of nonresorbable materials with hydrophilic properties that are capable of absorbing exudate (e.g., cotton, cotton derivatives, alginates, dextran, and rayon). This classification does not include a hydrophilic wound dressing that contains added drugs such as antimicrobial agents, added biologics such as growth factors, or is composed of materials derived from animal sources. |
• Hypoallergenic Adhesive Tape |
• Hysteroscope and Accessories (FDA Code: HIH / 884.1690) A hysteroscope is a device used to permit direct viewing of the cervical canal and the uterine cavity by a telescopic system introduced into the uterus through the cervix. It is used to perform diagnostic and surgical procedures other than sterilization. This generic type of device may include obturators and sheaths, instruments used through an operating channel, scope preheaters, light sources and cables, and component parts. |
• Ileostomy Urinary Bag (FDA Code: EXH / 876.5900) An ostomy pouch and accessories is a device that consists of a bag that is attached to the patient's skin by an adhesive material and that is intended for use as a receptacle for collection of fecal material or urine following an ileostomy, colostomy, or ureterostomy (a surgically created opening of the small intestine, large intestine, or the ureter on the surface of the body). This generic type of device and its accessories includes the ostomy pouch, ostomy adhesive, the disposable colostomy appliance, ostomy collector, colostomy pouch, urinary ileostomy bag, urine collecting ureterostomy bag, ostomy drainage bag with adhesive, stomal bag, ostomy protector, and the ostomy size selector, but excludes ostomy pouches which incorporate arsenic-containing compounds. |
• Incision and Drainage Kit |
• Incontinence Mattress |