Smith & Nephew plc engages in the development, manufacture, marketing, and sale of medical devices. The company is headquartered in Watford, Hertfordshire and currently employs 16,988 full-time employees. The firm is focused on the repair, regeneration, and replacement of soft and hard tissue. The firm's segments include Orthopaedics, which includes a range of hip, knee and shoulder implants used to replace diseased, damaged or worn joints, robotics-assisted enabling technologies that empower surgeons, and trauma products used to stabilize severe fractures and correct bone deformities; Sports Medicine & ENT businesses offer advanced products and instruments used to repair or remove soft tissue, and Advanced Wound Management provides a comprehensive set of products to meet broad and complex clinical needs, and to help healthcare professionals reduce the human and economic consequences of wounds. The firm also owns Integrity Orthopaedics, which is an early stage commercial developer of Tendon Seam, an innovative and disruptive biomechanical RCR system.

Industry: Orthopedic, Prosthetic & Surgical Appliances & Supplies Peers: LivaNova PLC