Profile: Waldemar Link GmbH & Co. KG specializes in supplying hospital products. We also manufacture orthopedic implants and surgical instruments. Our implants are manufactured under high-tech conditions. Our CNC processing centers are standard equipment in our production facilities. Classic precision tools supplement the numerically controlled machine pool. We also have custom machines designed to our own specifications and built specifically for the particular production requirements of our products. We provide a complete range of cemented and uncemented total joint systems for hip, knee, ankle, shoulder, elbow & wrist joints in primary & revision surgery. We also offer custom-made implants for tumor surgery and for cases with extreme bone deformities. We supply trauma implants, instruments for spine, shoulder, foot, and hand surgery as well as an assortment of splints & bandages.

FDA Registration Number: 3004371426
US Agent: Len Tokish / Linkbio Corp.
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• Awl (FDA Code: HWJ / 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.

• Bender (FDA Code: HXW / 888.4540)

• Bending/Contouring Instrument (FDA Code: HXP / 888.4540)

• Bone Cap (FDA Code: JDT / 888.3000) A bone cap is a mushroom-shaped device intended to be implanted made of either silicone elastomer or ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene. It is used to cover the severed end of a long bone, such as the humerus or tibia, to control bone overgrowth in juvenile amputees.

• Bone Fixation Plate (FDA Code: HRS / 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.

• Bone Fixation Screw (FDA Code: HWC / 888.3040) A smooth or threaded metallic bone fixation fastener is a device intended to be implanted that consists of a stiff wire segment or rod made of alloys, such as cobalt-chromium-molybdenum and stainless steel, and that may be smooth on the outside, fully or partially threaded, straight or U-shaped; and may be either blunt pointed, sharp pointed, or have a formed, slotted head on the end. It may be used for fixation of bone fractures, for bone reconstructions, as a guide pin for insertion of other implants, or it may be implanted through the skin so that a pulling force (traction) may be applied to the skeletal system.

• Bone Rasps (FDA Code: HTR / 878.4800) A manual surgical instrument for general use is a nonpowered, hand-held, or hand-manipulated device, either reusable or disposable, intended to be used in various general surgical procedures. The device includes the applicator, clip applier, biopsy brush, manual dermabrasion brush, scrub brush, cannula, ligature carrier, chisel, clamp, contractor, curette, cutter, dissector, elevator, skin graft expander, file, forceps, gouge, instrument guide, needle guide, hammer, hemostat, amputation hook, ligature passing and knot-tying instrument, knife, blood lancet, mallet, disposable or reusable aspiration and injection needle, disposable or reusable suturing needle, osteotome, pliers, rasp, retainer, retractor, saw, scalpel blade, scalpel handle, one-piece scalpel, snare, spatula, stapler, disposable or reusable stripper, stylet, suturing apparatus for the stomach and intestine, measuring tape, and calipers. A surgical instrument that has specialized uses in a specific medical specialty is classified in separate regulations in parts 868 through 892.

• Bone Screw Starter (FDA Code: HWD / 888.4540)

• Bone Skid (FDA Code: HWO / 888.4540)

• Bone Staple Driver (FDA Code: HXJ / 888.4540)

• Broach (FDA Code: HTQ / 888.4540)

• Calipers (FDA Code: KTZ / 888.4150) A caliper for clinical use is a compass-like device intended for use in measuring the thickness or diameter of a part of the body or the distance between two body surfaces, such as for measuring an excised skeletal specimen to determine the proper replacement size of a prosthesis.

• Cemented Metal/Polymer Semi-Constrained Hip Prosthesis (FDA Code: JDI / 888.3350) A hip joint metal/polymer semi-constrained cemented prosthesis is a device intended to be implanted to replace a hip 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 an acetabular resurfacing component made of ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene and is limited to those prostheses intended for use with bone cement (888.3027).

• Clip Surgical Applier (FDA Code: GDO / 878.4800)

• Compression Instrument (FDA Code: HWN / 888.4540)

• Congenital Hip Dislocation Abduction Splint (FDA Code: IOZ / 890.3665) A congenital hip dislocation abduction splint is a device intended for medical purposes to stabilize the hips of a young child with dislocated hips in an abducted position (away from the midline).

• Corkscrew (FDA Code: HWI / 888.4540)

• Countersink (FDA Code: HWW / 888.4540)

• Depth Gauge (FDA Code: HTJ / 888.4300) A depth gauge for clinical use is a measuring device intended for various medical purposes, such as to determine the proper length of screws for fastening the ends of a fractured bone.

• Dermatomes (FDA Code: GFD / 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.

• Disposable Surgical Instrument (FDA Code: KDC / 878.4800)

• Drill Brace (FDA Code: HXY / 888.4540)

• Electrode Cables (FDA Code: IKD / 890.1175) An electrode cable is a device composed of strands of insulated electrical conductors laid together around a central core and intended for medical purposes to connect an electrode from a patient to a diagnostic machine.

• ENT Dropper (FDA Code: KCM / 874.5220) An ear, nose, and throat drug administration device is one of a group of ear, nose, and throat devices intended specifically to administer medicinal substances to treat ear, nose, and throat disorders. These instruments include the powder blower, dropper, ear wick, manual nebulizer pump, and nasal inhaler.

• Episiotomy Scissors (FDA Code: HDK / 884.4520) An obstetric-gynecologic general manual instrument is one of a group of devices used to perform simple obstetric and gynecologic manipulative functions. This generic type of device consists of the following:

• External Non-Inflatable Extremity Splint (FDA Code: FYH / 878.3910) A noninflatable extremity splint is a device intended to immobilize a limb or an extremity. It is not inflatable.

• Fiberoptic Light Source & Carrier (FDA Code: EQH / 874.4350) An ear, nose, and throat fiberoptic light source and carrier is an AC-powered device that generates and transmits light through glass of plastic fibers and that is intended to provide illumination at the tip of an ear, nose, or throat endoscope. Endoscopic devices which utilize fiberoptic light sources and carriers include the bronchoscope, esophagoscope, laryngoscope, mediastinoscope, laryngeal-bronchial telescope, and nasopharyngoscope.

• Fixation Cerclage (FDA Code: JDQ / 888.3010) A bone fixation cerclage is a device intended to be implanted that is made of alloys, such as cobalt-chromium-molybdenum, and that consists of a metallic ribbon or flat sheet or a wire. The device is wrapped around the shaft of a long bone, anchored to the bone with wire or screws, and used in the fixation of fractures.

• Flexible Depth Gauge (FDA Code: HTJ / 888.4300)

• Forceps (FDA Code: HTD / 878.4800)

• Gallstone Scoop (FDA Code: FHL / 876.4730) A manual gastroenterology-urology surgical instrument and accessories is a device designed to be used for gastroenterological and urological surgical procedures. The device may be nonpowered, hand-held, or hand-manipulated. Manual gastroenterology-urology surgical instruments include the biopsy forceps cover, biopsy tray without biopsy instruments, line clamp, nonpowered rectal probe, nonelectrical clamp, colostomy spur-crushers, locking device for intestinal clamp, needle holder, gastro-urology hook, gastro-urology probe and director, nonself-retaining retractor, laparotomy rings, nonelectrical snare, rectal specula, bladder neck spreader, self-retaining retractor, and scoop.

• General & Plastic Saw Surgical Blade (FDA Code: GFA / 878.4820)

• Hand Splint and Component (FDA Code: ILH / 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.

• Hemostatic Clip Applier (FDA Code: HBT / 878.4800)

• Human Bone Rasps (FDA Code: HTR / 878.4800)

• Impactor (FDA Code: HWA / 888.4540)

• Instestinal Clamp Locking Device (FDA Code: FFR / 876.4730)

• Knee Joint Femorotibial Metal/Polymer Non-constrained Cemented Prosthesis (FDA Code: HSX / 888.3520) A knee joint femorotibial metal/polymer non-constrained cemented prosthesis is a device intended to be implanted to replace part of a knee joint. The device limits minimally (less than normal anatomic constraints) translation in one or more planes. It has no linkage across-the-joint. This generic type of device includes prostheses that have a femoral condylar resurfacing component or components made of alloys, such as cobalt-chromium-molybdenum, and a tibial component or components made of ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene and are intended for use with bone cement (888.3027).

• Ligature Carrier (FDA Code: GEJ / 878.4800)

• Ligature Carrier Set (FDA Code: GEJ / 878.4800)

• Ligature Passing and Knot Tying Instrument (FDA Code: HCF / 878.4800)

• Magnifying Spectacle (FDA Code: HOI / 886.5840) Magnifying spectacles are devices that consist of spectacle frames with convex lenses intended to be worn by a patient who has impaired vision to enlarge images.

• Malleus Nipper (FDA Code: JYR / 874.4420)

• Medical Rasps (FDA Code: HTR / 878.4800)

• Metal Cemented Femoral Component Hip Prosthesis (FDA Code: JDG / 888.3360) A hip joint femoral (hemi-hip) metallic cemented or uncemented prosthesis is a device intended to be implanted to replace a portion of the hip joint. This generic type of device includes prostheses that have a femoral component made of alloys, such as cobalt-chromium-molybdenum. This generic type of device includes designs which are intended to be fixed to the bone with bone cement (888.3027) as well as designs which have large window-like holes in the stem of the device and which are intended for use without bone cement. However, in these latter designs, fixation of the device is not achieved by means of bone ingrowth.

• Metal Femoral Hemi- Hip Prosthesis (FDA Code: KWL / 888.3360)

• Metal/Polymer Constrained Femorotibial Knee Prosthesis (FDA Code: KRO / 888.3510) A knee joint femorotibial metal/polymer constrained cemented prosthesis is a device intended to be implanted to replace part of a knee joint. The device limits translation or rotation in one or more planes and has components that are linked together or affined. This generic type of device includes prostheses composed of a ball-and-socket joint located between a stemmed femoral and a stemmed tibial component and a runner and track joint between each pair of femoral and tibial condyles. The ball-and-socket joint is composed of a ball at the head of a column rising from the stemmed tibial component. The ball, the column, the tibial plateau, and the stem for fixation of the tibial component are made of an alloy, such as cobalt-chromium-molybdenum. The ball of the tibial component is held within the socket of the femoral component by the femoral component's flat outer surface. The flat outer surface of the tibial component abuts both a reciprocal flat surface within the cavity of the femoral component and flanges on the femoral component designed to prevent distal displacement. The stem of the femoral component is made of an alloy, such as cobalt-chromium-molybdenum, but the socket of the component is made of ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene. The femoral component has metallic runners which align with the ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene tracks that press-fit into the metallic tibial component. The generic class also includes devices whose upper and lower components are linked with a solid bolt passing through a journal bearing of greater radius, permitting some rotation in the transverse plane, a minimal arc of abduction/adduction. This generic type of device is limited to those prostheses intended for use with bone cement (888.3027).

• Metal/Polymer Femoral Hemi- Hip Prosthesis (FDA Code: KWY / 888.3390) A hip joint femoral (hemi-hip) metal/polymer cemented or uncemented prosthesis is a two-part device intended to be implanted to replace the head and neck of the femur. This generic type of device includes prostheses that have a femoral component made of alloys, such as cobalt-chromium-molybdenum, and a snap-fit acetabular component made of an alloy, such as cobalt-chromium-molybdenum, and ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene. This generic type of device may be fixed to the bone with bone cement (888.3027) or implanted by impaction.

• Multiple Component Fixation Appliance (FDA Code: KTT / 888.3030)

• Nail Extractors (FDA Code: HWB / 888.4540)