We are a global leader in the design, development, manufacture and marketing of orthopaedic reconstructive implants, dental implants, spinal implants, trauma products and related surgical products. We also provide other healthcare related services. In this report, “Zimmer,” “we,” “us,” “our” and similar words refer collectively to Zimmer Holdings, Inc. and its subsidiaries. Zimmer Holdings refers to the parent company only.
Zimmer Holdings was incorporated in Delaware in 2001. Our history dates to 1927, when Zimmer Manufacturing Company, a predecessor, was founded in Warsaw, Indiana. On August 6, 2001, Zimmer Holdings was spun off from its former parent and became an independent public company.
CUSTOMERS, SALES AND MARKETING
Our primary customers include orthopaedic surgeons, neurosurgeons, oral surgeons, dentists, hospitals, stocking distributors, healthcare dealers and, in their capacity as agents, healthcare purchasing organizations or buying groups. These customers range from large multinational enterprises to independent surgeons.
We have operations in more than 25 countries and market products in more than 100 countries, with corporate headquarters in Warsaw, Indiana, and more than 100 manufacturing, distribution and warehousing and/or office facilities worldwide. We manage our operations through three major geographic segments — the Americas, which is comprised principally of the United States and includes other North, Central and South American markets; Europe, which is comprised principally of Europe and includes the Middle East and Africa; and Asia Pacific, which is comprised primarily of Japan and Australia and includes other Asian and Pacific markets.
We market and sell products through three principal channels: 1) direct to healthcare institutions, such as hospitals or direct channel accounts; 2) through stocking distributors and healthcare dealers; and 3) directly to dental practices and dental laboratories. With direct channel accounts, inventory is generally consigned to sales agents or customers. With sales to stocking distributors, healthcare dealers, dental practices and dental laboratories, title to product passes generally upon shipment. Direct channel accounts represented approximately 80 percent of our net sales in 2009. No individual direct channel account, stocking distributor, healthcare dealer, dental practice or dental laboratory accounted for more than 1 percent of our net sales for 2009.
We stock inventory in our warehouse facilities and retain title to consigned inventory in sufficient quantities so that products are available when needed for surgical procedures. Safety stock levels are determined based on a number of factors, including demand, manufacturing lead times and quantities required to maintain service levels. We also carry trade accounts receivable balances based on credit terms that are generally consistent with local market practices.
We utilize a network of sales associates, sales managers and support personnel, most of whom are employed or contracted by independent distributors and sales agencies. We invest a significant amount of time and expense in training sales associates in how to use specific products and how to best inform surgeons of product features and uses. Sales force representatives must have strong technical selling skills and medical education to provide technical support for surgeons.
In response to the different healthcare systems throughout the world, our sales and marketing strategies and organizational structures differ by region. We utilize a global approach to sales force training, marketing and medical education to provide consistent, high quality service. Additionally, we keep current with key surgical developments and other issues related to orthopaedic surgeons, neurosurgeons, dentists and oral surgeons and the medical procedures they perform.
Americas. The Americas is our largest geographic segment, accounting for $2,372.4 million, or 58 percent, of 2009 net sales, with the United States accounting for 94 percent of net sales in this region. The United States sales force primarily consists of independent sales agents, most of whom sell products exclusively for Zimmer. Sales agents in the United States receive a commission on product sales and are responsible for many operating decisions and costs. Sales commissions are accrued at the time of sale.
In this region, we contract with group purchasing organizations and managed care accounts and have promoted unit growth by offering volume discounts to customer healthcare institutions within a specified group. Generally, we are designated as one of several preferred purchasing sources for specified products, although members are not obligated to purchase our products. Contracts with group purchasing organizations generally have a term of three years with extensions as warranted.
A majority of hospitals in the United States belong to at least one group purchasing organization. In 2009, individual hospital orders purchased through contractual arrangements with our two largest group purchasing organizations accounted for approximately 34 percent of our net sales in the United States. Contractual sales were highest through Novation, LLC and Premier Purchasing Partners, L.P. No individual end-user, however, accounted for over 1 percent of our net sales, and the top ten end-users accounted for approximately 4 percent of our aggregate net sales in the United States.
In the Americas, we monitor and rank independent sales agents across a range of performance metrics including the achievement of certain sales targets and maintenance of efficient levels of working capital.
Europe. The European geographic segment accounted for $1,119.2 million, or 27 percent, of 2009 net sales, with France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Switzerland and the United Kingdom collectively accounting for over 75 percent of net sales in the region. This segment also includes other key markets, including Benelux, Nordic, Central and Eastern Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Our sales force in this region is comprised of direct sales associates, commissioned agents, independent distributors and sales support personnel. In Europe, we emphasize the advantages of our clinically proven, established designs and innovative solutions, such as minimally invasive surgical procedures and technologies and new and enhanced materials and surfaces.
Asia Pacific. The Asia Pacific geographic segment accounted for $603.8 million, or 15 percent, of 2009 net sales, with Japan being the largest market within this segment, accounting for approximately 58 percent of the region’s sales. This segment also includes key markets such as Australia, New Zealand, Korea, China, Taiwan, India, Thailand, Singapore, Hong Kong and Malaysia. In Japan and most countries in the Asia Pacific region, we maintain a network of dealers, who act as order agents on behalf of hospitals in the region, and sales associates, who build and maintain relationships with orthopaedic surgeons, neurosurgeons and dental surgeons in their markets. These sales associates cover over 7,000 hospitals in the region. The knowledge and skills of our sales associates play a critical role in providing service, product information and support to surgeons.
SEASONALITY
Our business is somewhat seasonal in nature, as many of our products are used in elective procedures, which typically decline during the summer months and holiday seasons.
PRODUCTS
Our products include orthopaedic reconstructive implants, dental implants, spinal implants, trauma products and related surgical products.
We utilize our exclusive Trabecular Metaltm Technology across various product categories. Trabecular Metal material is a structural biomaterial with a cellular architecture that resembles bone and approximates its physical and mechanical properties more closely than other prosthetic materials. The highly porous trabecular configuration is conducive to more normal bone formation and bone in-growth. Trabecular Metal implants are fabricated using elemental tantalum metal and a patented vapor deposition technique that creates a metallic strut configuration resembling cancellous bone with nano-textured surface features.
Orthopaedic Reconstructive Implants
Knee Implants
Total knee replacement surgeries typically include a femoral component, a patella (knee cap), a tibial tray and an articular surface (placed on the tibial tray). Knee replacement surgeries include first-time, or primary, joint replacement procedures and revision procedures for the replacement, repair or enhancement of an implant or component from a previous procedure. Knee implants are designed to accommodate different levels of ligament stabilization of the joint. While some knee implant designs, called cruciate retaining (CR) designs, require the retention of the posterior cruciate ligament, other designs, called posterior stabilized (PS) and ultracongruent (UC) designs, provide joint stability without the posterior cruciate ligament. There are also procedures for partial reconstruction of the knee, which treat limited knee degeneration and involve the replacement of only one side, or compartment, of the knee with a unicompartmental knee prosthesis.
Our portfolio of Minimally Invasive Solutionstm Procedures (MIS) includes the MIS Mini-Incision Total Knee Procedure. The MIS Mini-Incision Procedure utilizes specialized MIS Instruments which feature smaller, ergonomic and highly precise instruments which accommodate and facilitate a smaller incision and less disruption of the surrounding soft tissues.
We offer a wide range of products for specialized knee procedures, including the following:
NexGen® Complete Knee Solution. The number one selling knee brand in the world, the NexGen Knee product line is a comprehensive system for knee replacement surgery which has significant application across the continuum of care in all things related to primary and revision knee arthroplasty, including CR, PS and revision procedures. The NexGen Knee System offers joint stability, sizing and performance options that can be tailored to individual patient needs while providing surgeons with a unified system of interchangeable components. The NexGen Knee System provides surgeons with complete and versatile knee instrument options spanning multiple surgeon and treatment philosophies, including soft tissue balancing and measured resection MIS Mini-Incision Instruments, and multiple traditional instrument systems. The breadth and versatility of the NexGen Knee System allows surgeons to transition from one type of implant to another during surgery, according to the respective needs of the patient, and to support current surgical philosophies.
The NexGen CR product line is designed to be used in conjunction with a functioning posterior cruciate ligament. Similar to the posterior stabilized design, the NexGen CR-Flex Fixed Bearing Knee is designed to provide a greater range of motion for patients who require deep bending in their activities of daily living. The NexGen CR-Flex Femoral Components offer a tissue balancing (flexion balancing) solution which allows the surgeon to adjust component sizing and balance and stabilize the implant without removing additional bone or wasting critical procedure time.
The NexGen Complete Knee Solution Legacy® Knee-Posterior Stabilized product line provides stability in the absence of the posterior cruciate ligament. The PS capabilities can be augmented via the use of a NexGen Legacy Posterior Stabilized Flex Knee (LPS-Flex Knee), a high-flexion implant that has the potential to accommodate knee flexion up to 155-degrees range of motion for patients whose lifestyle and body type demand and can accommodate this performance standard. With the 2008 rollout of the NexGen LPS-Flex Mobile Knee in the U.S., we are now one of only two companies that can offer a mobile-bearing total knee treatment option in the U.S. market for surgeons and patients that may be best suited for this high performance implant design.
NexGen Knee Gender Solutionstm femorals represent the first knee implants specifically shaped to offer fit and function optimized for the unique anatomical considerations more commonly seen in female patients. Gender implants are an important strategic focus, as more than half of total knee arthroplasty patients are female. Gender Solutions femorals are available in both NexGen CR-Flex and LPS-Flex configurations. The concept of advancing implant design through customization based on anatomy or other patient characteristics has manifested in rapidly expanding gender technologies across the continuum of our products and into other important brands in our growing portfolio.
The NexGen Revision Knee product line consists of several different products that are designed to provide clinical solutions to surgeons for various revision situations, including multiple constraint levels for ligament and soft tissue inefficiencies and a bone augmentation implant system made from our Trabecular Metal Technology material. These augments are designed to address significant bone loss in revision surgery while allowing natural bone to reconstruct within the implant construct.
We offer improved polyethylene performance in the NexGen Knee System with our conventional polyethylene and Prolong® Highly Crosslinked Polyethylene, which offers reduced wear and resistance to oxidation, pitting and cracking. Prolong Highly Crosslinked Polyethylene is available in designs compatible with both NexGen CR-Flex and LPS-Flex femoral components.
Natural-Knee® II System. The Natural-Knee II System consists of a range of interchangeable, anatomically designed implants which include a proprietary Cancellous-Structured Titaniumtm (CSTitm) Porous Coating option for stable fixation in active patients.
Gender Solutions Natural-Knee Flex System. The Gender Solutions Natural-Knee Flex System adds our High Flex and Gender Solutions design concepts to the Natural-Knee System. The Gender Solutions Natural-Knee Flex System recognizes that two distinct populations exist in total knee arthroplasty (female and male) and offers two distinct implant shapes for enhanced fit. The system is compatible with muscle sparing MIS procedures and accommodates high flexion capacity up to 155 degrees. The system features the proven clinical success of our asymmetric tibial plate, CSTi porous coating, Prolong Highly Crosslinked Polyethylene and the ultracongruent articular surface.
Innex® Total Knee System. The Innex Knee System offers fixed bearing and mobile bearing knee components all designed within the same system philosophy. While the Innex Knee System is best known for its mobile bearing knee offering, the availability of differing levels of articular constraint, the Innex Revision Knee and Innex Gender Solutions components make this offering a comprehensive mobile and fixed bearing knee system. The Innex Knee System is distributed in Europe and Asia Pacific and is not currently available for commercial distribution in the United States.
Zimmer Unicompartmental Knee Systems. The Zimmer® Unicompartmental Knee System offers a high flexion design for unicompartmental knee surgery. This high flex product was designed specifically for MIS Procedures and Technologies. The system offers the surgeon the ability to conserve bone by replacing only the compartment of the knee that has had degenerative changes. A Gender Solutions Patello-Femoral Joint System is also available which incorporates key gender specific design features and a proprietary guided milling surgical technique for use in patello-femoral joint replacement.
Zimmer Patient Specific Instruments. In late 2009, a 510(k) Application for the Zimmer Patient Specific Instruments was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The Zimmer Patient Specific Instruments simplify a total knee procedure and help enhance appropriate placement of the final implant based on a surgeon’s preoperative surgical plan. Based on a patient’s MRI scan, a computer generated, custom guide is produced to conform to a patient’s unique knee anatomy. This guide is then utilized intraoperatively to aid in the surgical correction of the patient’s knee.
Zimmer Segmental System. Adding to our broad portfolio of revision options, the Zimmer Segmental System is a comprehensive system designed to address patients with severe bone loss associated with disease, trauma or revision. This important addition realizes our strategic goal of expanding our product solutions across the continuum of care and, with the incorporation of Trabecular Metal Technology, expands the possibilities for treatment, short and long term fixation and stability.
Hip Implants
Total hip replacement surgeries replace both the head of the femur and the socket portion of the pelvis (acetabulum) of the natural hip. Hip procedures include first time, or primary, joint replacement as well as revision procedures. Approximately 30 percent of hip implant procedures involve the use of bone cement to attach or affix the prosthetic components to the surrounding bone. The remaining are press-fit into bone, which means that they have a surface that bone affixes to through either ongrowth or ingrowth technologies.
Our portfolio of MIS Techniques includes the Zimmer MIS Anterior Supine Technique, the MIS Posterior Procedure, the Zimmer MIS Anterolateral Technique and MIS 2-Incisiontm Hip Replacement Procedure. The MIS Techniques are designed to be less invasive to soft tissues and to shorten recovery time.
Our key hip replacement products include:
Zimmer M/L Taper Hip Prosthesis with Kinectiv® Technology. The Zimmer M/L Taper Hip Prosthesis offers a proximally porous-coated wedge-shaped design based on long term clinically proven concepts. The M/L Taper has become widely used in MIS Procedures due to several key design features. The Zimmer M/L Taper Hip Prosthesis with Kinectiv Technology is a system of modular stem and neck components designed to help the surgeon restore the natural hip joint center intraoperatively by addressing the key variables of leg length, offset and version independently.
Alloclassic® (Zweymüller®) Hip System. The Alloclassic (Zweymüller) Hip System has become one of the most used, primary, cementless hip systems in the world. This is one of the few stems available today that is practically unchanged since its introduction in 1979. A new offset design was added in 2004 and offers the surgeon increased capability to restore the patient’s anatomical joint movement.
CLS® Spotorno® Hip System. The CLS Spotorno Stem is one of our largest selling hip prostheses, especially in the European markets. Additions to the product line provide the capability for restoration of the physiological center of rotation. The CLS Spotorno Stem has excellent clinical results, confirmed by the 2006 Swedish Hip Registry.
Fitmore® Hip Stem. The Fitmore Hip Stem was released in 2008 and offers the surgeon a short, bone preserving stem. Maintaining bone stock is particularly important for patients who may undergo a later revision procedure. Its unique shape facilitates MIS procedures, especially the MIS Anterior Supine approach which is gaining in popularity.
VerSys® Hip System. The VerSys Hip System is supported by a common instrumentation set and is an integrated family of hip products with design-specific options to meet varying surgical philosophies and patient needs. A unique offering within the VerSys Hip System, the VerSys Epoch® Fullcoat Hip System is the first reduced-stiffness stem specifically designed to address varying patient femoral anatomies and minimize implant-related complications such as thigh pain, bone resorption and leg lengthening.
Continuumtm Acetabular System, Trilogy® IT Acetabular System and Allofit® IT Alloclassic® Acetabular System. These systems were released in 2009 and each acetabular system offers the surgeon a choice of advanced bearing options to meet the clinical and lifestyle needs of each patient. Bearing options include Longevity® Highly Crosslinked Polyethylene, Metasul® Metal-on-Metal Technology and a BIOLOX®1 delta ceramic-on-ceramic (where Zimmer has regulatory clearances). The acetabular systems also provide surgeons a choice of fixation method that accommodates their surgical philosophy.
Zimmer MMCtm Cup. The Zimmer MMC Cup is an acetabular implant featuring Metasul Metal-on-Metal Technology and a hemispherical design that offers familiar handling for surgeons. This system was released in 2009. It is used with Metasul Large Diameter Heads, which are designed to provide increased range of motion and reduced probability of dislocation, making this implant an option for active patients.
Trilogy® Acetabular System. The Trilogy Acetabular System, with its titanium alloy shell, fiber metal mesh ingrowth surface and Longevity Highly Crosslinked Polyethylene Liners, is our most widely sold acetabular cup system.
We offer the Trabecular Metal Modular Acetabular System, which incorporates design features from the Trilogy family of acetabular shells augmented with the advanced fixation surface of Trabecular Metal material. In addition to the Trabecular Metal Acetabular System, we also offer a Trabecular Metal Acetabular Revision System that provides the surgeon with a variety of off-the-shelf options to address a wide range of bone deficiencies encountered during acetabular revisions and to achieve a stable construct.
Extremity Implants
Our extremity portfolio, primarily shoulder and elbow products, is designed to treat arthritic conditions, soft tissue injuries and fractures, as well as to enhance the outcome of primary or revision surgery.
Our key products include:
Bigliani/Flatow® Complete Shoulder Solution Family. The Bigliani/Flatow product line combined with the Trabecular Metal Humeral Stem gives us a significant presence in the global shoulder implant market.
Trabecular Metal Glenoid. The Trabecular Metal Glenoid offers surgeons a glenoid component designed to improve fixation. Trabecular Metal’s material properties allow for more normal bone formation and maintenance.
Trabecular Metal Reverse Shoulder System. The Trabecular Metal Reverse Shoulder System incorporates advanced materials and design to offer improved biological ingrowth potential through the utilization of Trabecular Metal Technology, while addressing significant loss of rotator cuff function. The reverse shoulder system is designed to restore function to patients who, because of debilitating rotator cuff tears, are not candidates for traditional shoulder surgery and have exhausted other means of repair.
Anatomical Shouldertm System. The Anatomical Shoulder System can be adjusted to each patient’s individual anatomy. This portfolio of products was further expanded to include the Anatomical Shoulder Inverse/Reverse System, designed to address significant loss of rotator cuff function, and the Anatomical Shoulder Fracture System. Both the primary and fracture shoulder implants can be converted to a reverse shoulder without removal of the initial implant.
Coonrad/Morrey Total Elbow. The Coonrad/Morrey Total Elbow product line is a family of elbow replacement implant products to address patients with conditions of severe arthritis or trauma. It remains the largest elbow franchise in the world.
Dental Implants
Our dental products division manufactures and distributes: (1) dental reconstructive implants — for individuals who are totally without teeth or are missing one or more teeth; (2) dental restorative products — aimed at providing a more natural restoration to mimic the original teeth; and (3) dental regenerative products — for soft tissue and bone rehabilitation.
Dental Reconstructive Implants
Our dental reconstructive implant products and surgical and restorative techniques include:
Tapered Screw-Vent® Implant System. Our highest selling dental product line provides the clinician a tapered geometry which mimics the natural shape of a tooth root. The Tapered Screw-Vent System, with its two-stage design, was developed to minimize valuable chair time for restorations. Featuring a proprietary internal hex connection, multiple lead threads for reduced insertion time and selective surface coatings, the Tapered Screw-Vent Product is a technologically advanced dental implant offering features designed to allow the clinician to meet the needs of patients. The Zimmer One-Piece Implant System, designed to complement the success of the Tapered Screw-Vent System, enhances this product line by offering clinicians a fast, convenient restorative option.
AdVent® Implant System. Utilizing many features of the Tapered Screw-Vent System, the AdVent Product is a transgingival, one stage design that utilizes the same surgical system as the Tapered Screw-Vent System, allowing the clinician to use both design concepts without incurring the added cost of a second surgical system.
Tapered SwissPlus® Implant System. Designed to meet the needs of clinicians who prefer a transgingival, one stage, dental implant, the Tapered SwissPlus System incorporates multiple lead threads for faster insertion time and a tapered body to allow it to be placed in tight interdental spaces. The Tapered SwissPlus System also incorporates an internal connection.
Dental Restorative Products
We commercialize products for the aesthetic market aimed at providing a more natural restoration. We offer a full line of prosthetic devices for each of the above dental implant systems as well as a custom solution, as follows:
Zimmer Hex-Lock® Contour Abutment and Restorative Products. Designed to be used with our Tapered Screw-Vent and One-Piece Implant Systems, our contour lines are a solution for addressing the diversity of patients’ needs. Featuring prepared margins, titanium and ceramic options and snap-on impression caps, our abutments are designed to simplify the restoration process, save time for clinicians and technicians and offer versatility.
During 2009, we released our new Hex-Lock Short Abutment and Restorative System, an all-inclusive system that promotes posterior restorations, as well as the Zimmer Contour Angled Zirconia Abutment engineered for use with the Tapered Screw-Vent implants to provide clinicians with a restorative solution for patients’ esthetic needs.
Dental Regenerative Products
We market the following product lines for use in regenerative techniques in oral surgery:
Puros® Allograft Products. The Puros Material is an allograft material which in the case of mineralized bone and dermal tissues utilizes the Tutoplast®2 Tissue Processing Technique that provides exceptional bone and soft tissue grafting material for use in oral surgery. Zimmer Dental offers seven distinct Puros Allograft products to use together or separately for various bone and soft tissue grafting needs: Puros Cancellous Particulate, Puros Cortical Particulate, Puros Block Allografts, Puros Pericardium Membranes, Puros Dermis Membranes and, in 2009, we extended our Puros portfolio by adding Puros Demineralized Bone Matrix (DBM) and Puros DBM Putty with Chips. We market the Puros Allograft Products through an agreement with RTI Biologics, Inc.
Through this same agreement with RTI Biologics, Inc., we provide CopiOs® Pericardium Membrane in the United States. Sourced from bovine pericardial tissue, CopiOs Pericardium Membrane provides the characteristics of natural tissue and can be used as a direct substitute for Puros Pericardium Membranes.
In addition, we extended our regenerative portfolio further in wound management by adding the HemCon®3 Dental Dressing, an advanced wound dressing material that utilizes a propriety chitosan-based technology to effectively seal the wound and minimize pain in various surgical procedures. The HemCon Dental Dressing is exclusively distributed by Zimmer Dental. In 2009, we also introduced our Zimmer Sinus Lift Balloon, created to simplify the delicate sinus lift procedure under an agreement with Osseous Technologies of America (OTA).
Spine Implants
Our Spine products division designs, manufactures and distributes medical devices and surgical instruments to deliver comprehensive solutions for those with back or neck pain caused by degenerative conditions, deformities or traumatic injury of the spine. We provide surgeons a broad range of technologies for posterior and anterior procedures in the cervical, thoracic and lumbar regions of the spine.
Zimmer Spine’s portfolio of spinal solutions includes:
Dynesys® Dynamic Stabilization System. The Dynesys family of implants was designed to facilitate a more physiologic approach to low back spinal stabilization. The system threads flexible components, instead of traditional rigid titanium rods, through pedicle screws in order to stabilize affected spinal segments in a more natural anatomic position and to alleviate pain. The Dynesys Dynamic Stabilization System is currently indicated for use as an adjunct to fusion in the U.S.
PathFinder® Minimally Invasive Pedicle Screw System. A pioneering technology in MIS, the PathFinder System is a posterior stabilization system used in fusion procedures of the lumbar and thoracic spine. The system easily facilitates single or multi-level procedures while featuring reduction, compression and distraction capabilities.
Universal Clamp® Spinal Fixation System. The innovative design of the Universal Clamp implant allows it to be used alongside traditional hooks, screws and wires to treat scoliotic deformities and correct complex spinal pathologies.
Sequoia® Pedicle Screw System. The Sequoia System was developed to simplify surgical flow, reduce implantation time and improve ergonomic tool design. This advanced pedicle screw system combines ergonomic instrumentation with an effective design that reduces implant metal volume.
Ardis® Interbody System. The Ardis implant features a self-distracting nose, convex geometry and wide range of sizes. This versatile PEEK-OPTIMA®4 device incorporates a large space for graft placement, plus an advanced tooth design to effectively resist migration and expulsion during procedures. Ardis instrumentation was also designed to streamline the surgical procedure and improve surgeon comfort.
Trinica® Select Anterior Cervical Plating System. The Trinica Select System is designed to simplify the surgical procedure with the Secure-Twist® anti-migration system, which provides visual confirmation of screw capture, as well as a wide variety of screw options to customize the construct depending on patient need.
Biological Products. Zimmer Spine offers a full line of bone void filler products to accommodate most surgical procedures. Puros® Demineralized Bone Matrix is available in Putty and Putty with Chips formulations, and the CopiOs® Bone Void Filler family of products includes synthetic bone graft material in the form of sponges or pastes that are used to fill bone voids during spine surgery.
Wallis® Posterior Dynamic Stabilization System (available outside the U.S. only). The Wallis system is an innovative spinal implant that was designed to stabilize the lumbar spine while preserving the anatomy and minimizing the need for bony resection. The Wallis system combines a PEEK-OPTIMA spacer linked to the vertebrae via a polyester band that permits an even distribution of stresses on bone.
Trauma
Trauma products include devices used to stabilize damaged or broken bones and their surrounding tissues to support the body’s natural healing processes. Fractures are most often stabilized using internal fixation devices such as plates, screws, nails, wires and pins, but may also be stabilized using external fixation devices. Orthobiologics are used in conjunction with traditional trauma devices to encourage healing and replace bone lost during an injury. We are focused on providing exceptional options to treat a broad range of traumatic injuries, addressing unmet clinical needs and implementing next-generation technologies into our portfolio of trauma solutions.
Zimmer Trauma offers a comprehensive line of products, including:
Zimmer Natural Nailtm System. The Zimmer Natural Nail System includes a series of intramedullary nails designed to address a broad range of long bone fractures. The nails are anatomically shaped and incorporate an innovative feature that allows the screws to be linked to the nails, creating a robust construct even in poor quality bone. Instrumentation for nail placement is designed to make it easy for surgeons to utilize the implants as well as to address growing concerns with obesity and osteoporosis.
NCB® Polyaxial Locking Plate System. NCB Polyaxial Locking Plates provide surgeons with the ability to place screws with polyaxial freedom and utilize both conventional and locking technology in the treatment of complex fractures of the distal femur, proximal humerus and proximal tibia. We continue to invest in additional applications of this exciting technology.
Zimmer Periarticular Locking Plate System. The Zimmer Periarticular Locking Plate System combines advanced, anatomic designs with locking screw technology to create constructs for use in comminuted fractures or where deficient bone stock or poor bone quality is encountered. By combining locking screw holes with compression slots, the plates can be used as both locking devices and fracture compression devices.
Zimmer Universal Locking System. The Zimmer Universal Locking System is a comprehensive system of mini and small fragment plates, screws and instruments for fracture fixation. The Universal Locking System plates resemble standard plates, but have figure-8 shaped holes which allow the plates to be used as compression plates, locked internal fixators or as an internal fixation system combining both techniques.
Zimmer Cable-Ready® System. The Zimmer Cable-Ready System includes a series of instruments, cables and other implants that help a surgeon treat several different fracture types, including those that occur around a previously implanted device (periprosthetic). The cables are wrapped around the bone and then secured, either to themselves or to plates, to provide fixation for fractured limbs.
Orthopaedic Surgical Products
We develop, manufacture and market products that support our reconstructive, trauma, spine and dental implant procedures in the peri-operative environment, with a focus on Bone Cements, Surgical Wound Site Management and Blood Management. Orthopaedic Surgical Products include:
PALACOS®5 Bone Cement. We have exclusive United States distribution rights for the PALACOS line of bone cement products manufactured by Heraeus Kulzer GmbH. Included in these brands are PALACOS R and PALACOS R+G Bone Cements, as well as PALACOS LV and PALACOS LV+G Bone Cements. The PALACOS R+G and PALACOS LV+G products are bone cements with the antibiotic gentamiacin pre-mixed in the formulation; both are used by orthopaedic surgeons to reduce the risk of postoperative infection in second stage revisions. These products have handling characteristics that make them well-suited for minimally invasive procedures.
Hi-Fatiguetm6 Bone Cement. We have exclusive European and Asian distribution rights for the Hi-Fatigue line of bone cement products manufactured by aap Biomaterials GmbH. Included in these brands are Hi-Fatigue and Hi-Fatigue G Bone Cements. The Hi-Fatigue G bone cement utilizes the antibiotic gentamiacin pre-mixed in the formulation and is used by orthopaedic surgeons to reduce the risk of postoperative infection.
A.T.S.® Automatic Tourniquet Systems. The A.T.S. Tourniquet Systems Product Line is a family of tourniquet machines and cuffs designed to safely create a bloodless surgical field. The portfolio includes the A.T.S. 3000 Tourniquet System, which utilizes proprietary technology to determine a patient’s proper “Limb Occlusion Pressure” (LOP) based on the patient’s specific physiology. A decrease in LOP may reduce tissue or nerve damage. The range of cuffs which complement the machines provides the flexibility to occlude blood flow safely with convenience and accuracy for limbs of virtually every size and shape.
Pulsavac® Plus, Pulsavac Plus AC and Pulsavac Plus LP Wound Debridement System. These Pulsavac Systems are used for cleaning and debridement of contaminants and foreign matter from wounds using simultaneous irrigation and suction. All three Pulsavac Systems are completely disposable to reduce the risk of cross contamination. While Pulsavac Plus and Pulsavac Plus LP Wound Debridement Systems are both battery-powered, the Pulsavac Plus AC Wound Debridement System is a disposable system that is powered by a reusable AC power source to address battery disposal concerns.
Zimmer Blood Reinfusion System (ZBRS) and Hemovac® Blood Management Systems. These two blood management systems are part of a larger family that supports the clinician in managing patient blood loss after the surgical procedure. The ZBRS product is a closed-loop postoperative system that effectively salvages and filters the patient’s own blood, which can help reduce the dependency on banked blood and/or preoperative autologous donation.
EMPLOYEES
We employ more than 8,200 employees worldwide, including more than 800 employees dedicated to research and development. Approximately 4,900 employees are located within the United States and approximately 3,300 employees are located outside of the United States, primarily throughout Europe and in Japan. We have over 3,500 employees dedicated to manufacturing our products worldwide. The Warsaw, Indiana production facility employs more than 1,600 employees. Fewer than 200 North American employees are members of a trade union covered by a collective bargaining agreement.
We have a collective bargaining agreement with the United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial and Service Workers International Union for and on behalf of Local 2737-15 covering employees at the Dover, Ohio facility, which continues in effect until May 15, 2012.