Smith & Nephew Orthopaedics Selected To Develop New Technology For Treating Battlefield Injuries

Smith & Nephew (NYSE: SNN, LSE: SN) Orthopaedics Division is pleased to announce the signing of a technology development contract with the United States Department of Defense that may lead to the creation of a fracture fixation system intended to revolutionize the treatment of the limbs of soldiers who sustain battlefield injuries. Last year, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), the central research and development agency for the U.S.

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