Global Sports Medicine leader Smith+Nephew to sponsor select players competing at Wimbledon, highlighting advanced solutions for joint repair

Tennis is a high-impact sport that places great stress on various areas of the body – especially joints – often resulting in injury. Some of the latest technologies and solutions from Smith+Nephew for joint repair include:

• REGENETEN^◊ Bioinductive Implant: With more than 150,000 procedures¹ completed globally since its introduction in 2014, the REGENETEN Bioinductive Implant has had a transformative impact amongst those having surgery for rotator cuff tears; demonstrating lower re-tear rates than reported compared to conventional techniques.^2-6 Backed by level one clinical evidence,² the collagen-based implant supports the body’s natural healing response to facilitate the formation of new tendon-like tissue to biologically augment the existing tendon and change the course of rotator cuff tear progression.^7-12
• CARTIHEAL^◊ AGILI-C^◊ Cartilage Repair Implant: Derived from a naturally occurring calcium carbonate known as aragonite, the CARTIHEAL Implant is a biphasic scaffold for cartilage repair and subchondral bone restoration.^13-15 Shown to deliver clinically meaningful post-operative improvements in pain, function and quality of life,^* the CARTIHEAL Implant is the only device approved for the treatment of knee cartilage and osteochondral defects in patients with or without mild to moderate osteoarthritis (KL 0-3).^13,16
• Q-FIX^◊ KNOTLESS All-Suture Anchor: Building on the long-standing success and performance of the Q-FIX Family for best-in-class anchor fixation strength,^**,^17-21 the new Q-FIX KNOTLESS All-Suture Anchor raises the bar for all-suture anchor technology. With proprietary features and capabilities, the Q-FIX KNOTLESS All-Suture Anchor aims to set a new benchmark for soft tissue security^†,²² and offer surgeons a new option for soft tissue-to-bone fixation indications across multiple joint spaces.

 

“Our inaugural turn sponsoring select players during The Championships, Wimbledon in 2024 was a tremendous success supporting athletes from across the globe - including Jasmine Paolini all the way to the Ladies Final,” said Christie van Geffen, SVP Global Sports Medicine Marketing for Smith+Nephew. “We were able to uniquely feature the Smith+Nephew brand along with our leading Sports Medicine technology portfolio - designed to help weekend warriors and world-class athletes get back to competing and doing what they love.”

If you would like to learn more about Smith+Nephew’s leading Sports Medicine technology portfolio – including the CARTIHEAL AGILI-C Cartilage Repair Implant, the REGENETEN Bioinductive Implant and the Q-FIX KNOTLESS All-Suture Anchor please visit here.

 

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About Smith+Nephew

Smith+Nephew is a portfolio medical technology business focused on the repair, regeneration and replacement of soft and hard tissue. We exist to restore people’s bodies and their self-belief by using technology to take the limits off living. We call this purpose ‘Life Unlimited’. Our 17,000 employees deliver this mission every day, making a difference to patients’ lives through the excellence of our product portfolio, and the invention and application of new technologies across our three global business units of Orthopaedics, Sports Medicine & ENT and Advanced Wound Management.

Founded in Hull, UK, in 1856, we now operate in around 100 countries, and generated annual sales of $5.8 billion in 2024. Smith+Nephew is a constituent of the FTSE100 (LSE:SN, NYSE:SNN). The terms ‘Group’ and ‘Smith+Nephew’ are used to refer to Smith & Nephew plc and its consolidated subsidiaries, unless the context requires otherwise.

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